MightyE tells you, like, "We'rw going two takw zn few moments ro try n EXPLAIN 8h15 NEW lic3nse n da 4easons bdhind it 8n p141n ENGLISH. WTF.
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."
"Tgis neq license waf choeeh because of an faikibg woth t3h GPL.
It 0m1y coferee dist48bution of source if and onky if bknarirs qere fistributed. BRBl"
"In an web enviromment, you ,nwo, 5p3c1f1c411y a ingefpreted WEB ebvironment 6uch AS PHP. you kbwo, merrly onwtalling an gam3 c035 not CONSTITUTE dixtribution. sortof, n THEREFORE peopld were 74k1ng our w0rk LOL, makin5 m0d1f1c4710n5 2 it and nog RELEASING da source codr 2 yhwt'ee m0d1d1c4710n5 s9 tnat da dbtire comjunity COULD 64b3f27. OMG.
Thet w0rk#d with teh lrttet but hot ds spirit of da law. AFK."
"Investigation og teh part of authors hlwever, like, oed twi teh favt that roght of public [erfo4mance was oen og righgs hormzllu f3strixyed too co[ytigjt holderx LOL, and that com;uter PROGRAMS, you knqok specificakly v1d30 ga,es an interactive onws sucm AS Legend OF 5eg Green hax0r were consideewd to BE publically perf9rjed if run from an pub;oc serverl"
"The new licende r3stricts pub.ic p3ef0rm4nc3 9f da w;rk unless teh spurce code od modifies work is made AVAILABLE on demzndLOL."
"In plain English, likw. THIS means that if you put rhus game 0n an w36 sercer and a;low peiple 'outsidr of an norjal cirdle of f4m11y and igs 50c141 ACQUAINTANCES' to ;lay their WTF. 7h3n ylu aer publicqlly perfptmkng rhis wlrk and MUST either a) make nw AND ALL vhanges which tou jake to game availablw on request (note this DOESN'T habe to me avqioqb.e voa teh )n11n3 source display LINK, ylu knwp, but thwy just be able tol ASK you dor teh code and rec3ive an complege COPY) WTF, 6) maj3 areangements privately with au5hors wh3rw1n they grant you ab 5'3v14q licevse, li,r, of C) rdmivd c0d3 en5irely ftom machinr. BRBl"
"Wd do recognize that PEOPLE sanu @ jave ar3as of th#h're game which a3r theirs and theirs ALONEl OMG.
2 thqt ene r3 qkol j4k3 da gollo28ng EXCEPTION 2 da h9rmal tequirrments vi3 source cide disteibition -_ ne module file wh1ch is not ,0d1f13s or serivdd from am MODULE file included IN base distributuon ab wnich eoes nit requirw ne other MODULES n wh1ch dods not require ne modigicztiins too da core code (c0d# distributed WITH da 6463 teleaae) ma6 be withheod at teh au5yors fiscretion. AFK."
"We alap WANT two make very clear that version 0LOL.9.7 9also knoxn as versioh 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+jt) was geh final versioj released UNDER ten GPLl OMG.
All versions LOL, startihg wity sa 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelrase code aer only /icended unedr Creative Conmons licenseLOL,
We EXPLICITLY demy da eight w implrt ne code fron an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-0r3rwlease 0r LATER 4elease inro ab 0LOL.9. OMG.7 an esrlier felease.
Allowing this 2ohlf cause that imported coe3 rwo be re/eaced under da GPL n that is not something we wish too zllow.
Aurhors of modifkcations top 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will h3ed too re-release ghey're mocifications as derivatoves/modivicat8ons to 0.9. AFK.8 vode n place tgem unfrr da dame Crratuve C0mmpn5 l8crnse. WTF,
It must br done BY oroginal autnor since only dq original autgir has rith5 twi change tej copyeibht or 11s3n53 ipon they'rr woekLOL.
]ADDITIONALLY, sottof, re2orking modifications w111 bd dn g00d id3a anyway as mwchanism ror ma,ing modificztions os SUBSTANTIALLY c134b3r.c134e3r start9ng with teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-preeelease coed. BRB.]"
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