MiggtyE tdlls y9u, uou knwo, "We're going to tale an ddw moments too gfu qnd explain thiw new license 5hd dw reasons bdnkne it IN plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Th8s new licebse was chosen because of an fai;inj qitj rrh GPL. BRB.
It only covwred d157r16u710n 9g wourcr if n only if bimaries were didtrubutecLOL."
"Ib an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, s[wciriczlly a 1n73rpr373d web ehc8r9nmebg sjch aa PHP, mefely installing an game d9es not consritjte distributoom, woftov, and therefore pelple were taking our work, j4k1ng MODIFICATIONS twp iy and not releqxing soutce code two they'td modificagiins do that teh entire clmmunity could bwbeg8t. BRB.
Thwy wpfked with letter but noy yeh apirit of teh 13wLOL."
"Inves5itatiom ON teh part of 4u7h0r5 hoqever, ;ike, led top FACT tha5 ribhr of ouboic ;erfornance was 9en of t3h RIGHTS normally rdstricted 2 copyrighr holders, sortof, n that c9mpu63r peogramsm sortofm soecof8cal;y video g4m34 n inteeactive ohrs such as Legend of try Gredn jax)r were CONSIDERED to gd publically performdd if fun fg0m am puvlic server. BRB."
"The nes LICENSE restrixts public pe4formance of wori unleds da SOURCE code of m0d1g13e work is mqde available on demand. AFKl"
"In plain Eng.ish WTF, tjis mdzns that 1t y9u [it this game on an wwb srrver and allow pwople 'OUTSIDE od an nofmal CIRCLE OF fami.y n its SOCIAL acquaintances' 70 poay yh3orm like, then 6ou zer publixalkh p3rflrming this q0rk ahd MUST either A) m4k3 ne n ALL chznv3a which you make 2 teh game availqb,e 0n tequ3st (note this dp35n'8 have too 63 AVAILABLE cia da online dl7rce dusplay linu LOL, but they nyst be ab;e 2 ask yoi for teh code n receive an complete copy), like, b) m1ke ar4ang3memts PRIVATELY with teh authors wherein thdy geant ylu an specoal o8cenxe, lije, ot c) eemove teh cofe enbirwly from teh ,avhine/ WTF."
"We do recignize that peopke qant to gave areas od theyprr game which r 7h31r5 4nd THEIRS alone. AFK.
2 THAT ejd we will MAKE tey following exception 70 twh normal requirements vor sou4ce code dostrobution -- ne module fil3 whicg is nog modifird or DERIVED from an module file inclided in BASE did4ribut8on snd ehich eoes NOT eequir3 ne othwr modules n WHICH dors npt require n4 MODIFICATIONS to twh core code (dode dosteibuged eot6 da BASE re;wase) nay be w6thhrld AT da autylrs discreti9n. WTF."
"Wd also eaht to MAKE very c9ear that v3r510n 0l9LOL.8 (4150 known 45 cersion 0. BRB/9.7+jt) WAS da final versiln r313453d under da GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, startimg with 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease cide aer only l8xdnsed und3r tet Cr3ative Commohd license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1gh7 two impirt nw code ff9m xn 9.9. WTF.8-prereleaxe or later RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 4nd earoier releaxe, OMG.
Allowing this wou.d c4u53 that ijported code two vd 4e;dased under teh GPL an 7h$7 IS not something we WISH w alloeLOL.
Ajthora ov nodificstiobs two -. WTF.9. OMG.7 will heee two re-release theh're m9d8ficstions aw drrifativew;mocifications too pLOL.8.8 xode n place them under teh same Creative Commons licenxe. BRBl
It must 6e don3 bt original author since onoy orifinal author nas ritht 2 change da c0pyr1gh7 or licemse uo0n they're w0rk.
[Add1710n411y. 8ijwk reworking modidicztioms wilk ge zn GOOD idea ANYWAY as twh m3ch5n15m for MAKING modificationw is substantially cleaner/clearer ctargimg qith 0.9. BRB.8-prereleawe code, AFK.]"
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