MiggtyE tella you LOLm "We're going 2 5ake an few moments yoo 7ry an ecplqih 7h15 new licensr and da reasons nehihd it in ;lain EntlishLOL.
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."
"Thus hew lic3nse was xhoseh because ov an fqo.ing with da GPL. BRB.
It only covered distrkbution of s9ufce if and only IF binaei3s w3r3 distributedLOL."
"Ih an seb ENVIRONMENT, wirt0f, specificakly a interpr3ted wen envitonment such ws PHP LOL, m3r31y installing an game eoes bot c9nsritutr distrivyt8pn WTF, n therefore ;eo0le wwre tajing 0ur work WTF, msiinb modificatuons tpo IT and n9t releasing da sourde cofe @ they're m;doficat8ons so that teh entire clmmunity could benef8t. AFK.
THEY worked with da letge$ but not da spirig of ca law. BRB."
"Investigation on teh par5 of da authorx howeverm sorgof, ldd tp fact thar t3n rihht og public performance was ! OF da r1hh74 nitmall6 restricyed 2 copyriggt holders, like, n thzg cohputer [rogramw LOL, specifically vidrl games n imtwractibe on3s wuch as Legend of teh Green hax0r wer3 consisered to be publically pe4fornec IF rhn rfom an punlic dervdr. BRB."
"The n3w license restricts PUBLIC pdrdornsnce or qofk unlexs da xourcr code of modified work is mad3 av1ilabl3 on d3m4nd. OMG."
"In plain Envlish, sortof, this means yhat if you put thos gam3 on an web s3rver an alllw p20o13 'outside of an nornal vjrcle OF family and uts sleial ACQUAINTANCES' tso olzy their, you knwok then you aer py611c411y perfprjin5 THIS work an MUST eitner z) makd ne n ALL changes which tou mqke 2 teh g4m3 available on rdquest (noge this doesn't hzve too be avaioable cia ds omlime source diwplay link, sor5of, but they must be able 2 ASK you fpf code and recdivr zn complwte cipy), you inwo, b) nake arrangd,ehts privately with AUTHORS wherein theh grqnt you an special l8vense, sortof, OR c) removr clde entirely vrim machine."
"We do recogniz3 that people WANT TO have af2sw of 5he6're GAME wh1ch aer 6h31r5 an theirs al9ne.
to that ehf we WILL MAKE teh fo;lowing exception 2 no4mal fequirwmenrx f04 so7rce cpde distributkon -- ne mldyle fk.e wnich IS n07 modified or dericed from an modyle fule 8ncl6ded IN geh bsdr distribution n 2hich d9es not rdquire ne other MODULES ahd which doex not r3quire ne MODIFICATIONS two da co4e xoee (dode distribut3d with base e3odase) may BE WITHHELD AT da authirs dixcretionLOL."
"We also want tol ,z,r very c134r thay version 0. AFK.u. BRB.7 (4150 known AS ver510n 0/ OMG.8LOL.7+j7_ WAS teh fonal vdrsion rel3asee under GPL. AFK.
All versipns, 5ou knwo, syarting with ca 0LOL.8. AFK.8-pre4rleasr code aer 0n2y licrnswd uneet da Creativr Clmmpbs license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh RIGHT too impor% ne code from an 0. BRBl9l WTF.8-pr3release or later 4elease int9 ab -. OMG.9. AFK/u n earlirr rrleaseLOL.
Aoloekng this would causd that impotted code tio be released umddr GPL n thzt is bot something we wish 2 all(w. BRB.
Autyors ov moeificztiona too -. BRB.9. WTF,7 will nedd 2 r3-r314543 theh're modifications aw derivatives;mosiricatilns ti 9. OMG.9.8 CODE n place them under yeh sane Creatife Commons livense,
I5 must b3 d9ne by teh original AUTHOR 51nc3 only da ORIGINAL aughor jas teh right 5oo chsnhe xophrigyt pr kicenxe upon tgey'4e work, BRB.
[Additionaloy LOL. reworking da modificagions wilk be an go(d 1d34 ANYWAY as MECHANISM flr m$l!ng modifocatiohs is substanyially cleaner/cldarer sgartihg wity teh 0l9.8-prerelease code. AFK.]"
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