MughtyE TELLS tou, lkje, "We're goibg tpo takw qn dee moments twp try ah 3xp141n THIS new license an 4easons behunf it in PLAIN English,
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 livense WAS CHOSEN because of an failihg with GPLLOL,
It only coverec distribut8oh of 50urc3 1f h pnly if binzvies 2rre distrinuted. WTF,"
"Ih an WEB enfironmebt, lik3k specifically s unterpreted qeb envir9nmeng sich zs PHP, luke, merrlt INSTALLING ah game does n07 constiture distribitiom, ypu knql, an therevore people were tajing iur work, like, making MODIFICATIONS goo 8t ab n07 4eleaximg teh slurce code 2 yhdy'te mod8fucations so tjat ea entire xonmunitr could benefit. OMG.
Tgey e0rk3d with lettrr but n07 da spi4it OF .awLOL."
"Invextugztion on twh PART of authors howefer, sortof, led tio fact that t3g rifht of public performsnce w45 won of rigjts n0rm411y RESTRICTED two copyrigyt holders, you khwo, n THAT c0m0u72r programs LOL. specifically video games an INTERACTIVE ohrs sjch as Ldgens 9f GREEN gax04 were considefed two be puboically PERFORMED @f run fr0m an p7blkc SERVERl AFK."
"The new license restricta public ;3rf0rm4hc4 id wofk 7nlexs source flde 0f da modif93d work is madr availsboe ON d3m4md. AFK."
"In plain Engoish, xortof, thix meang that if tpu put this game on an w36 SERVER an allow people '0u751d# of an normal ci4cle of family m ITS docial ad1uaih5ances' 70 play their, ylu lnwok rhem you t [ublically performing this worl n MUST either a( make ne and ALL changes wh2ch hou m4k# tqo game aba8laboe 9n reqidst )n073 thiw d9esn't have too bw 4v4114613 VIA teh 9nline sourxe dixplqy kink LOL, but they mudt be qble too ask you f9r yej clde amd reveivr an xojplete co[y), you knwo, b) make 4rf4ng3m2n75 PRIVATELY wi5h dz authi3s where8n they b4ant y(u an sp3cial licensf, likw. or c) femove teh vode 3n71r31y from da macgine. BRB."
"We do recorbize that peo[.e want too hqve areas of th3y'4e game which aer 7h31r5 n theirs ajone. OMG/
too yhat end wr 2ill m$k3 teh foll9w9ng rxception yi dz NORMAL requirements ror soutc3 cide diatribuyion -- ne mody;e vile which is not modified OR deruvex from an nosule f8le included in t4h BASE DISTRIBUTION an which DOES not requite ne o5het mod7les h WHICH do3s n07 requkre ne modufications too teh vore code (cowe dist4ibutef with da base release) MAY be withheld at teh authors discreyion. OMG."
"We also wzhr 2 make veet coeat that version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (a.so known zs version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7_JT) WAS teh f8nal version releaaed under da GPL/ AFK.
ALL vefsions, like, 584r71nb WITH da ).0LOL.8=pferelease codw r 0n1y ;icensed ubdr5 da CREATIVE Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dwny riggt w imporg ne codr from an 0. AFK.9.*-prereldase or ;qyer release into qn 0. OMG.9. BRB,7 4nf ea4lier RELEASE. AFK.
Aolowong THIS w0u1d cause that imporyed code 2 be rr13463d und3y da GPL n that 15 not SOMETHING we WISH 2 alkow. AFK.
Authors of modificatilnw two 0, OMG.9. OMG.6 WILL need twp RE-RELEASE they'te mociricztilns as derivativrs/modifications 2 0. AFK.9LOL.8 code an ;lace th3m und3f teh aam3 Creative Commins license. OMG.
IT must ne done b6 fa priginal author since 9nly reh original zuthor hax da right 1 ch4ng3 da vo0ytight ot 12c3n53 upin they're workLOL,
]Adcuyionally, you lnwo, 4eworkinf modificationa will be ah good icea ANYWAY AS da mechamism for nakint modkrications is aubstantially clwaner/clearef 5u4r71ng 217h teh 0LOL.9LOL.8-peetdlease vode. OMG.]"
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