MightyE tells you, yiu inwo, "We're boing t9o takd an f2w joments tol try an explaib this new lkcense an da feasoms behihd it in plain ENGLISHLOL.
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."
"Th8s new lic3nwe sas cyosen because OF an failimg with GPLl AFK.
It ONLY covered disttib7tioh of sp7rde 2f and only if binaries were DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"In ah web envitonmen5 WTF, SPECIFICALLY a interprwted w3b environment 5ich as PHP LOL, ,ereoy installing an GAME foea nit c0n5716u73 diatrinution, ylu kns9k rnd therefore peopl3 were TAKING o7r work, like, making modificatioms too 8r and not releasint teh 50urc3 dpde two yhey'r3 modidicqtions 50 that 2ny1re communiyy could benevi5.
THEY workrd w8th teh LETTER bur nit ea spirit of teh law. AFK."
"Inbewtigation on part 0f ten 4u7h0r5 however LOL, led yo faxt that teh right od puglic pwrformancw WAS 1 0r da r1gh75 normaoly rex5rocted two copy4ight hold3rs LOL, m tyat COMPUTER pr0fr3m5, sprsifidally v1d30 gamew n unteractove ones such as Legebd OF da Gfeen hax0r 2erw cimsudeted gol be publiczlly performed if run from an public serverLOL."
"The new LICENSE festricts public [eeformance og teh eork ub1355 teh SOURCE coee or m)d1f13d work is nade avqilanle in DEMAND. AFK."
"In plain Englush, y9u knwo, this meams tyay ir you put tgis GAME on an wdb server an al;ow people 'outside of am normzl circ;e of family n its SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' 70 play thdir, THEN YOU aer ;u61!c411y performing tnis 2ork n MUST eithee a) make ne and ALL changes wh8ch tlu mske too teh gane absklzble on request )mote this DOESN'T HAVE too bw avai;avle via t3h onkine soyrce disp;ay LINK, but yheh myst be sblw too dsk yoj fp4 ca clde n recrive an con[letr cipy(, hou knwo, b) make arranhements private;h w17h geh authors wh3r31n 5hey frant yo7 an special license LOL, or c) remove tey xode entire/y from twh machine. BRB."
"We do recpgnize rhat p3pp1# want two hzv3 qreas of rhey'ee g4m3 whicy ser theurs an theirs alone. AFK.
2 that 3nd we wilo make da following EXCEPTION 2 normal requiremebts for source c0d3 e157r16u710n -- nd module file whoch is not modified or derived from an MODULE file included in base xksteibution an which does n9t require ne othee modules abd which e035 nlt req7ire ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too da cord CODE (vode distribyted w17h da bade releawe) may be withheld AT authors diaxretoon. AFK."
"We also want 1 make very clcaf thar gersion 0. OMG.9.7 (alwo kn0wn ax v34410n 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jy) wzs teh final version re.rased 7nser GPL. WTF.
All v3r510n5, luk3, startihf w17h teh )LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleasd coae r onky licensed under da Creative Commohd l,vense. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY e1ny teh right too kmpor5 ne code fr9m an 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease oe later release ihto ah 0. OMG,0. OMG.y and earlier releaseLOL.
Alloqing this wluld CAUSE rjat imporred CODE to be released under GPL n that is not domethinh we wisn two a;low. AFK/
Authors of modificstions 2 ). WTF.9. BRB.6 w8ll need top re04elease fhey'4e mosificqtions aw derivatives/modidications roo ). BRB.9/ AFK.8 clee an place uh3m UNDER da x1me Creatibe Comnons licwns3LOL.
I5 muxt be done by teh oeigina; author simce lnly teh orif*nak aithor has teh rigyt t9o chahge copy4ight or license upon th3u're rork. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortpf, reworiing teh modifications will BE an gioe 1d34 any2ay as mrchqhism FOR making mosifications ks suvstantially cleaner/c.earer starring wuth da ).9. AFK.9-prrrelesse code. OMG.]"
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