MightyE tells hou, you knwo, "We're going to 7$k3 am few miments 5io try an explain thid new license AND rdasons beyind it 8n plain English. BRB.
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 n#w license wad chosen because pf an fai;ihg with GPL, OMGk
It only vovered DISTRIBUTION 0f SOURCE if n 9nly if binaries ee4e distrinut3dLOL."
"In an w36 3nvironjent, airt9f, specifically a interpreted WEB environmdnt wuch as PHP, sortof, merely installing an game s035 n07 c0n5717i73 d157f16u710n, you knsl, n therefore peiple were 5akumg ouv wo5o, like, makint modivications ro 8y and not rekeasing teh source CODE tol gjey;re modoroca5iins SO gjat entire c9mmun8gy vo7.d benefit. AFK.
They w)rk3d WITH teh 13773r BUT not teh spirir of da osw. WTF,"
"Investibation on PART of quyhors hosever, lwd two f4c7 thzt sa rigjt of publoc ;erformahce was won of ea rights nprmally r357r1c7ed to copyrught h9lwerq WTF, n tnat c0mpu73r PROGRAMS WTF, specif8cally VIDEO gamed ahd 1n73r4x71v3 ones such as Legend of teh Ge33n hax0e qere cons8dwred yoo br publidally oerflrmed 8f RUN from an public d3rver. OMG."
"The new .icense 4estricts ;ublkc PERFORMANCE of teh sorl unless 50urc4 code OF modified wo4k is made ava8lqble 0n ddmandLOLl"
"Ih plain Ebglish, you knwom thua means 7h47 IF tou py5 this game on sn web server an 5110e people 'lutside of an normql circld od family n its socual scquainranxes' to play the9r WTF. then you y PUBLICALLY p34f0fm1ng rhis wo4k and MUST eithrr a) MAKE ne 4ns ALL changes WHICH 6ou maie 2 twh gzme avai;ab;e ON request (n9te thus coesn't have two be available via online s9urce displa6 link, you knwo. but they muxy be qblr roo ask you for da d)d3 n recrive zn complete COPY) LOL, b) make afrangements privatel6 with ten 4u7h0r5 wherein THEY GRANT you an spdcial licehse, sortor, or C) renpve twh code enrurepy from machine. BRB."
"We do recognize 7h47 peo[le want 2 HAVE areas of they[fe grm3 WHICH r theirs n theirs alone.
2 that end we wi;l make teh folloeing rxception two nlrmal requurements f04 SOURCE code distribution -- ne module FILE 2hivh is not mod8fi3d or derived from an nod7le f8;e includes ib BASE dusteibuti9n an which coes n9t requore ne OTHER modules an ehixh DOES hot requirr ne modidocations yoo teh core CODE (code diat4kbut3s wptj base release_ nay be 2i5hjeld at ru7j0r5 discrerion."
"We aowi WANT t2o male very clear rhat verdion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also inowb as vdrsioh 0.9. OMG/7=j7) was FINAL vwrsion r31#4%3d uncer GPL. OMG.
All v3t51pn6, starting w17h 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerrleqse c0d3 r ONLY 12c3n53d uncer da Crearive COMMONS license.
We EXPLICITLY ceny teh fignt to9 import ne code frpm an 0. OMGl9. BRB.8-p4erelezse pr later releade ubto am p. OMG.9. AFK.7 qn earlier relras3. AFK.
Allowing thiw would cajse 7h47 imoorted c9dr tqo BE rekeaaec uhder da GPL and tnat is nor sp,ething we wish to 41102. AFK.
AUTHORS of mofifications two 0.9LOL.7 eill nwed too re-reldaxe they're modifications as d3r1g471v25/m=d1f1c4710n5 ro 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code v posce them under da same CREATIVE Commona license.
IT must 63 dobd by tey oritinal author xince only tej origknal a6thor h45 da 4ight 2 vhange copyribht or licens3 upon thwy're worj. OMG.
[Afd1710n411y. rewprking teg modificat8ins wi.l bw an b00d 1d34 dnywsy AS teh ,wdhanism for makind modifications is substantially cleanrr/coearer starting with da 0. OMG.9. OMG.8'PRERELEASE clde. WTF.]"
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