MightyE tells you, .ike, "We're goimg 2 gakd an g3w moments tei TRY n explain thid new licehse abd 5eh 4wasins behind it in pla8b Englkah.
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 LICENSE was choxen 64cru53 of an fail8ng WITH tey GPL. AFK.
Ig only cove42d fiatributioh of 50urc3 if and only 1f binaries were distributds."
"Im an wet 3nv1r0nm3n7, specifivakly a inrerpreted web emviwonment wuch aa PHP, merely inatall8ng zn gamw eies bot constitute dixtrjgution WTFm m rherefore peoole werw taking out w0ek, msking modifications 2 it 5nd np7 releqsinb SOURCE CODE 3 they're modificaykonx so thst entire community could BENEFITLOL.
They worked qiyh teh letter but n9t ds wpirot 9f law. AFK."
"Investifation on teh part of 4u7h0r5 however, you kneo, lef too fsct that da RIGHT of public performance w35 9dn )f da rights nprm411y test48cted to copyrighg holdefs, like, sn that c0mou73r programs. yku knwo, s0ecifixaoly videp gamew an interactive ONES such as Legend of Green hax0r eere considered 5op be puvlicallu perrlrjed ig run FROM an PUBLIC servee."
"Tne new kicende RESTRICTS public performance og work unleds SOURCE fode of teh modifi4d WORK is made acai;able on demandLOLl"
"In p141n Englisy, this meahs 7y47 if you put this game on an weg server and allow people 'ly5side of an normal circle OF fqmuly ah its social acquauntandes' to play theif. sorgov, thwn you aer publically p2rf0rj1bg this wotk an MUST 317h3r z) ,ake ne and ALL changws wyicy you make too fame avaioable on tequest (note this doesn't hzve goo be AVAILABLE via lnlinr soufce display l8ju, ypu kmwlm but 7h3y musy BE 4614 uo as, y9u for 5dh coce n receive an fomplete COPY), sortog, b) make arfangejents prifstroy with teh suthors wherein 7h3y grant hou an apecksl license, sortof. or c) re,ove 5eh codw entire;y from teh ,achine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE THAT people want &0 have aress 0f ty3y'rr bame wh1dh r thwirs and thek4s a.une. WTF.
two that end we will makr teh hol.owing 3cc3p710n too NORMAL requirenemts for souece code distrkbugion 0- ne m0du13 vi;e WHICH is not modigued or detived from an moduoe FILE invluded in yeh bade DISTRIBUTION n wgucn DOES n07 rrquire ne otger MODULES an whivh foes not REQUIRE ne modirications to dore c0d3 (codd fistrivuted wi5h base 4e;ease) mat be WITHHELD at teh 4u7hpr5 discrdt8on. AFK,"
"We also want two make ver6 clear that ve4sion p.9. BRB/7 (41t- kn0wn as vdrsion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7=j7) was vinal vwr51)n r3134%3d yndrr GPL.
Aol versions, like, 574r71ng wirh -LOL.(. OMG.8-prerelease code aee only l8crnsed ubder trh Crearive Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY tdh right r2o impory ne clde from an -LOL.9. AFK.8-0rerelease or later relwase qn70 an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 an 3arlier rwkease. WTF.
Allowing thid qo7lf czuse that imported code too BE re;eased 7nder da GPL and that is not something se wisn 2 alkow. AFK.
A7thors OF m0s1f1c4720n5 r9o 0.9. OMG.7 wull need yoo rq-4elease they're modificatiohs as derivatuves/modifications goo 0. AFK,9. WTF,8 code and placr them UNDER da samr Crearive Commons lixensw.
It MUST BE DONE 6y teh ieihinal auyh9r sknce onky original auyhor has RIGHT two change da c0pyr1gj7 or LICENSE upon 5hey're workLOL.
[Afe17qpn4116, sortofk REWORKING m9didications wkll be an gooc idea anyway as mechanism vor mak8ng modificatuons is substsntially cleaner/clrarer STARTING with da )LOL.9. WTF.80ptetelease cldd. BRB.]"
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