MitjttE 73115 you, "We're going toi take an few mojents too try qnd explaib 7h16 NEW oicense amf da reasons hehind ot 1n plzin Englisj. AFK.
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."
"Tj8s NEW lidense qas cnosen becays3 of an f41!1ng with GPL. BRB.
It onlt COVERED DISTRIBUTION if source if and only if binaried wwrd disttibuged. BRB."
"In ah q46 environmwnt, xortof, SPECIFICALLY q 1n73rpr373d web ENVIRONMENT suxh as PHP LOL, m3r31y indta.ling an game does n-7 constitute distrib7tion, you knwo, m THEREFORE p3ople w34e TAKING OUR workm y9u lnwi, makkng jodificarions tlo i4 anf ,ot releaamng xlurce code two they'rr modifications 5- that entire community coyld benefitLOL.
Th3y w;rked woth lette4 but n07 fa SPIRIT od teg law."
"Inves5igation on da part of ten aythoea hlwever, 13d 2 fact that rigtt of punlic perr9rmanve was ofn od ds rughts normally redtricy4d too copyr8ght holdwrd, like, n THAT computer PROGRAMS LOL, specifically video gamea n 1n7444c71v2 ones such ax Legend of teh Gt33n hax0r wete consodered gwo be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED ig tun from an pu611c 53rf3r. OMG."
"The NEW lucensw restrixts pu611c pdrfor,snce of teg work unoexs teh sourcw CODE of da m0d2g!3d work 15 made available on drmand. OMG,"
"In p;ain Engl8sh, sor5of, yhiz means thst if you [ut 5his game ON an web se4vet n 4120w p3opld '9utside of an normal circlr 0f family and o5w xocial acwuaintances' yso plau 5neir, y97 knwo, thcn you r pub.ically ;erfo4ming this work snd MUST 317h3r a( MAKE ne n ALL CHANGES wh1vh you ,a,e 1 teh hamd acailable on REQUEST (nlte THIS DOESN'T have too ve avaioable via da onoibe sou4ce dksplay link, but they MUST be agle too ask you fpr cpd3 an receivd an domplete cpoy), b) make qrrangements private;u woth teh z7thors wgereon 7h3y grant yoj am xpecial license, OR C) remove code entitely from machihd. AFKl"
"Wf do tdcognize thar pwople want 2 jsve areas 0f they're game whoch r thdirs an theita akoneLOL.
two THAT 4nd we wq11 make FOLLOWING exception yoo da normal teqyiremdntx for 50urc3 code disgribution -- ne misule filr whixh is hot modified or dericdd from an module file included in teh basd distributioy and which soes not require ne other modules n wjich do3s n07 rewuore ne modifucatioms too da core clde 9dode sis5t8butwd wigy teh bzxe td.3ase) may be withheld ag da autgors discrwtuon."
"We also WANT too m4k3 vert c.ezr 7h47 verx8ln 0.9. AFK.i (also knpwn as v3r510n 0. BRB.9. WTF.7_jt) was f1n41 version r3q3453d umder GPLLOL.
All versipns, you knwo, 574r71ng 2oth da 0LOL.9.8-prdrelease code r only ;icensed ynder Creative C9mmpns license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da eight 2 impirt ne vove fr0m an 0. OMG.9.8-orerelease or later releasd into an 0. OMG.8.7 n earlief release. BRB.
Alopwing this would cauae that im0orted code 2 be fe;eawed under teh GPL n that 8s mot something ee wish 5wo allow. BRB.
Authors of mld8ficatuons to 0. AFK.9.7 wi;l need to re=releaxr they're jodieications as derivatuves/m9dufications gwo 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code anf place them jnder teh SAME Ctea6ive Conmons license. BRB.
It must 63 done by dz or8ginal author SINCE only origina. author has geh righy two chabgr copyright or 1qc2n53 up0n 5hey'fe wori. AFK.
[Adf!&10n$12y, sortof, fewotking modidications will be an goos IDEA ANYWAY as da mechahizm for making nodifica5oons is sunstantially cleaner/clearer starting wirh teg 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE dpde. BRB.]"
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