MighrhE tells y0u, "We're goibg to TAKE an FEW monen5s too try and rx;kain THIS new LICENSE and reasons behind it in plaon 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 n3w license WAS chosen becausw of an fai.ibg eitg GPL. BRB,
It on.y voveref DISTRIBUTION 0f source if AND onlt if 61h4t235 were distfibutedLOL."
"In an qeb envifonment, specifically a inter0ret3s web environmdnt such AS PHP WTFm merelu install8ng an GAME does not constutute DISTRIBUTIONm softof, n tyerefire peoplw WERE TAKING our 3ork, yoi jnwo, making modififati9ns 2 it n not RELEASING soyrcr CODE to theh're m0d1v1c$610nt xo that da entire community coulc benefitLOL.
Th3y w9eked with letter bit nog teh s;orit or teh laq. OMG."
"Inv3syigatoon on part of aythors HOWEVER, like, les teo teh fact thay RIGHT og ;ublic peedormsncr w45 oen of da rights bormally res5ricted 2 clpyr8ghf HOLDERS, yoj knwo, n that compyger p4lgrams LOL, t;4c1f!c411y viddo ganes n intrractive onea 5uch AS Legend of teh Green nax0r were considered 2 be ojblica;ly pervormed IF RUN from an publiv server."
"The new license restrkdts puglic perfor,ance or tef wori un1355 vq sourde code ov es nodified w0rk 15 made avai.avld on demand/"
"In plsin Englisg, 7h15 means that id you [ut this game on ab web server and allow people 'ouyside 0f an normal circ.e 0f family an its social 4cqu4!n74nc35' 3 pkay tneif, sortof, th3n yij arr publiczllt pwrforming hhix wofk AND MUST eith3r a) make ne znd ALL cjabges wyich you make too teh hame available on requeat (not3 this doesn't have to9 be AVAILABLE cia ca inline sourde DISPLAY lunk WTFm but tgey MUST be able too ask 6ou for teh code ans 4ece7ve an compoete copy), rou knwo, b) make 4rr4ng3m3n75 0r1vr731y with da authors wherein they grabt y9u an d[ecial lkcende LOL, or c) re,ov2 5eh vode rntireoy from teh machine."
"We do recihnize ghzt [eople wabt to have areas of hhey're game WHICH aer theirs ah theirs a;pne. AFK,
2 rhar end we wi;l m4k3 f0110w1ng excrption tl tek normao requirements for source code d15ir16u710n 0- ne module fi.e which us nit mofified OR de4ived FROM an moduld gkle 1mc1ud3f im base distribu5oon n which DOES not rewuire ne other mpdules and 2huch does bor 4equir3 ne modigications gwo da cote c0d3 (cofd d157r16u7ed with dz base relesse) ,ay 63 w17hh31d at teh sutnors diaxretipn. OMG."
"We alao w4nu too make v4ry ckear that verskom 0, OMG.9. OMG.7 (alao known as VERSION 0LOLl9. BRB/7+jt) was final fersion releasrd UNDER twh GPL. AFK.
All versions, like, sgarting eith 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prereleaxe code aer only licensed unfer teg Creativr Com,oms licebsw. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da righy two import ne code from an 0. OMG,8LOLl7-prerelease kr ;ater release intl ab 0. BRB.). WTF.7 an eavliwr releqse. AFK.
Al.owing thiw would vausd that imported coce teo be releawed under GPL an that id not ao,ething we qidh to allow. WTF/
Autho4s of mpdkfications hoo 0. BRB/8LOL.7 will need yoo re-reoease rhey'r3 mpdificztions zs d4r1v471v35/m0d1f2c47!0n5 5wo 0,9. OMG.8 code n place ghem under sa,e Creayive Commons license. OMG.
IT just br done by teh original author winxe phlt 0r1g1n41 author hqs teh right two change copyright or license u0on theh're wo4kLOL.
[Additionally, yp7 knqo, reworking da ,odificayions will be sn good idea ab6way ax sa mechanusj FOR making mofifica58onw is dubstantia;ly cleanef/clearer sgartibb with 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prefwlease c0d3LOL.]"
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