MihhtyE tells you, pike, "We're g01ng to take an f4w mon3nts top TRY and explaim tyis n3w LICENSE 3nc ds reas9hd beh8bd it in plain EnglushLOL.
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."
"Thiw NEW lucdmse was CHOSEN bedausw of an failint wutn da GPL. BRB.
It only coveres distribution of dource if n only it binariea werw dkstributed."
"In an web ehvirommrby, lkke, specifical.y a ibterp4ered web environmen5 SUCH as PHP, ;ikr, merely install8ng an game does hot conwtitige dkdtribitkon, ypu knso, n ghereflre peop.e were tqkung ou4 wlrk, ylu knwo, making mod8fications TO ir an bo5 releaxing slyrce cove to they're modivkcations so 6h47 teh 3n7qr3 co,nun8ty c0y1d benefitl WTF.
Tuey workwd with let5er buy NOT da spirit of teh LAW. BRB."
"Ihvestigation ON teh part OF fs augyors ho2ever, like, ;ef 2 eq f4c7 thqt rkfht of pubo8d ;erf94mahce was oen of da roghts normaoly restricted to copyrugjt holders, an THAT computer ptog4ams, sortof, soecidiczl;y video games 4nd int3ractive ones suxh zs Leg3nz of ez Green hzx0r werw considered too b3 publically perflrmed iv run ftom an pu621c serb3r. BRB."
"The new license restrivts pu611c perfotmance OF y3h w)ri 7mless da soutce c0d3 or nodified work is mdde avaulagoe on de,and. AFK."
"In p.ain English LOL, thow means that if you put this game on zn web SERVER and aolow peop.e 'outside of an nirmal circld of fam8ly rnc its slciao acquaintances' two pla6 thwir, you knwp, theg you aer PUBLICALLY perfofmung rhis work n MUST eith3r q) make ne ah ALL CHANGES wyich 6ii make two game availab;e on REQUEST (n073 7h35 doesn't hav2 tqo be avaioable via teh 9nli,3 SOURCE d8splay 1!nk LOL, but tney MUST ne able 5wo ask you rof c0d3 an redrive an com;lwye copy), g) mske arrabbe,ents pruvately with auty[rs wherein they geant hou sn special license, sortof, or c) rempve teh CODE ENTIRELY vrom nszhkneLOL."
"We do recogmize ynat ;epple want 2 have qress of they're gsme which ae4 theirs and THEIRS 410n3. WTF.
til that enf we will mske f9110w1bg exceptoon TO teh noemal rdquirements for source c9de dkstribution -- ne modyle file which IS mit modified 9r deeiced ffon an module file inclufed in t3j base distrubutoon and which xoes not require ne oyher modules and ehich does bot requir3 nw moeificatiobs two da c_r3 code (c0d3 disgributed w8th 6453 releaae) may be withheld ag teh autho4s discfetkonLOL."
"We also wamt two make very cl3ar THAT version 0. AFK.9LOL.8 (also kmiwn as version 0. WTF.o. AFK.7+jt) wzs final v#r610n releasrd UNDER GPL. WTF.
All versiobs LOL, starting with teh 0. AFK.9.8-prereleasw clde r on.u kicenwef unde4 teh Creative Commobs kivdnse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY RIGHT # impor% ne code from an 9. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease lr later r313r53 into an 0. WTF.9.7 an earlier reldase. BRB.
Allowing this woule causd tnat importes dode 2 bw rel3aser jnder da GPL 4nd 7h47 IS not something w3 wksh two 5!10w.
Authors or MODIFICATIONS to 0. OMG.9LOL,7 wilo need 2 re_eelease they're modificstions ad eeriva5ofes/modifisations to 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 cose and 014c3 7h3m und34 dz same Cr3at8ve Commons lixense. AFK.
It must bc DONE bh original AUTHOR s8ncd on;y 0rqg1n41 AUTHOR has right ywo change twh copyr8ght 0r license upon thry're work. WTF.
[Additionally WTF/ r3wprk1ng da modificstions will ve an good idea anuwat AS mechanism for ,aiing modifications is substsn5ially vleaner/clwzrer starting WITH 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-0rereleas4 xode.]"
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