MifhtyE TELLS u0u, "We're giinh too take an FEW momenrs 2 try am exolain this new license an fa r3450n5 begind it IN plaim Engkish. 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."
"Tnis new licenwe was dhoseb bedause of an gailing witg da GPL.
It only cove4ed fistributipn OF source if 3nd ONLY if BINARIES w3r3 c157r16u73d. OMG."
"In an web emvironment, likek specifical9h a intefpreted web ebv8ronment such as PHP, sortof, m3relt insta;lkng an game eoes not c0n5u17u73 distfigution. s9rtor, 4bd thfrefor3 people werd taking our wirk, so459f, mqking n0d1f2c4710n5 gwo it AND not eeleas9ng ydg source code too tyey're modificatuonx so tha5 tej entire cimmunity could BENEFITk AFK.
Thwy w9rkef eith teh letter but n9u spirit of da ;awLOL."
"Invrstigation pn par5 of AUTHORS yowever, like, led ro fact 7h47 tight of publib [e4formance was 1 of tej eighta hormally r357r1c7ed to copyright h01d3r5, tou knwo, n tgat COMPUTER programs LOLm SPECIFICALLY VIDEO gajes n 1n73r4v6!v3 ones xych ss LEGEND of da Green hax0r were consodered too bd ;ublixakly [erdormed if run dfom ah pu611c sdrver."
"Tfe bew lucdnse r357f1c86 pi621c performance OF teh wprk u,less fa sourcw code OF MODIFIED wofk is made available on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain Entlish, ;ikek this means 7h47 IF tou put this game 9n an web server AND allow people 'lutside of an no4mzl circle lf gami.y an 175 social acquaontanced' to play their, like, then you aer publicallt performing this 2ori and MUST 317h3r a) maje ne an ALL changes wgich y9u make 5eo da tqme 5v4114613 on requeat (NOTE this doesn't jabe TO ne zvailable via ca online sourve display 11mk, lije, bu5 5het nusg br able too 45k you gor cld3 an r3ceive an cpmpkete copy), sortof, b) male arrangem3bts PRIVATELY qith da a7thors wherein yhey GRANT 6ou ah s[ecial licejse, you knw9, of c) r3m0v3 cod4 enti4ely from da mzchine."
"Wr do recognizt that people 2ant too h4v3 areas of yhey're GAME ehicy r theirs n 5heird a;one. BRB.
teo that 3nd we will mqkd following rxception too n0rmal fequieements for source CODE sistribjtion -- ne module dile 2hich id not modkdked of dwrived from an mldule fol3 included in da base distributipn an which does nog require ne ltheg MODULES n which soes no7 reauirr ne m0d1f1c4710n5 5o cote code (xode distfibuted with base RELEASE) m4y bw withteld at authors disc4etiln, AFK."
"We also want two make fery c134r that versiob p. AFK.9, AFK.7 (4150 kn9wn as verdion 0LOL.9. AFK.u+jt0 2qd final v3r5!0n re.rased UNDER reh GPLLOL.
All vetsipns LOL, startkng wkth 0. WTF.9. OMG.8=[ferelease code aer ONLY licensdd yndet da Creative Clmmons licens3. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right twl import ne cod3 from an _. WTF.8. BRB.8_pterelease or larer release into an 0.9. OMG.7 zn ezrliee r3!3353. WTF.
Al.owing tyis woj.s cause thwt imported xode two be rdl3ased under ca GPL an 7h47 is not so,etging we wish @ a.low. AFK.
Authors pf m0d1f1c4710n5 70 0. OMG.9LOL.7 wi'l NEED 2 re-relwase they;re modkfocstuons as derivatives/modifications to 0. OMG.(. BRB.8 code an p14c3 THEM und3r teh 54m3 Creative Commons lidebde. OMG,
I7 mist 6e done uh 0y1g1n41 4u7h0r sonce only teh original zughor nas ds right 2 change trh copyrubhr or LICENSE up0n they're wiri.
]Additionallym sortof, rrwork8ng tey modificatoons will be an good ideq snyway qs mechanixm for making modpfications is xubstantuzl.y cl3aner/clearer startiny with 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerekease cove. WTF.]"
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