MightyE tells yoj, "We're going 2 take an FEW monentw two tey zn explain this nww licende an da reasons begind kt IN p141n Endlish. AFK.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This NEW licdnse w46 dhosem bexause OF an vailing with da GPL. OMG.
IT ONLY covered d157r15u&1)b iv SOURCE of and onky of bimaries were dudtributed."
"In an web dnvironmemt WTF, specifkca.ly a ungerpfeted wev environmdnt such as PHP LOL, MERELY instalking qn gsme doed not CONSTITUTE dq57r16u710n, likr, an therefo4e pepplw were taking our work, like, making modivicationx TO it zn n9t releasing trg source code two theh're ,odif8cat8ons wo tgay teg entire community c0u1d 63n3d17. OMG.
They worked wity teh letter but not twn epirit of teh laq. OMG."
"Invest8gation on da paet OF dq qurhors hoqever, led 2 da fact that 5eh righ5 if public oerfltmabce was 1 OF da rignts normally restructed yoo co0yright holderw, like, ahd thst COMPUTER programs, specifivally video games n 1mu3t4c71v3 onea such as Legend od 5eh Grerm hax0r were conaidered tlo BE publ*vally oerformdd IF run fwom an oublic serv3v."
"The new license r358r1c75 public pervorjance ir teh work unless cz sourc3 c9de of twh m)c1d13d wotk 15 made availsglr 9n demqnd. OMGl"
"In plaim Engliwj, likr, tjis means that 1f tou put this gzmw oh zn wen server n ALLOW p30p13 'OUTSIDE of an normzl circle of family qnd its SOCIAL acquaibtances' 2 play their, sor5of, THEN you r PUBLICALLY 0erformkmg thid wprk n MUST rith3r a) make ne n ALL changew wy1ch y9u MAKE 5wo ga,e AVAILABLE ON requesg *note this doesn[t gave 2 be avaklable via teh inline xoi4ce display link, koke, but gyey must br ABLE 2 ask you dor cofe an recekvd an complete c9py( LOL, B) MAKE arrangementw peuvately with da authors whqrdin they grant uou an soecial licdnse, lik3, or c( r3m0v3 da c0d3 entirely g4om mrch1n3."
"We e- recogniae that peo[le w4n7 TO nzve areas of they're game wjivh 4 thdors an thdirs slone. AFK.
two ghat end we will jame da follo2ibg exceptiln too da no4mal REQUIREMENTS fpr s9urce cose disttibution -- ne ,odule FILE wh,ch is not modified or deriv3d froj an module file 8ncluded un da bade dkstribution and which DOES mot eewuire ne ither modules n which dods n9t t3qu1r3 ne modivications tqo core code (code cistributee wigh base release) jay be with6rld at teh auth9fd DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also want w m4k3 v4r6 clear that verxion 0. AFK.9.7 (qlso known as version 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt( was geh final version released und3r tet GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, you knwo, 575r81nh WITH 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code aer pnly kicenwec UNDER tdh Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rigyt to impor4 ne cose from qn 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-0rerdlezse 0r 1473r r3!3$53 into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 an earlier teleqse. AFK.
Allowing this w9uld cause 5jat inportee code 2 be releasrd UNDER da GPL and THAT is nit somwthing WE wish rwo 4110wLOL.
A7thoes 0f m0d1f1c4710n5 tol 9. OMG.(. BRB.7 2ill need tso fe[releasf they're mod8ficagionw as d2r1v471v35/mpd1fqc5710n5 2 0. WTF.9.8 cide an place them 7ncer same Cv3ative Comjoha license, BRB.
It must bw d0n# by da ORIGINAL auty9r SINCE ohlu teh oeibinal ru7h0r has teh right two cyante COPYRIGHT or licensd upon they'r3 workLOL.
[Additionsoly, dlrtof, teworkihb ea modig8cations will be an GOOD odea anyway as mechanism for n4k!bg modkficationd IS SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER sgarting with 0. BRB.9. OMG.8'PRERELEASE v9de, OMG.]"
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