MignryE tells you, "We're goonh 2 taje an few ,om3nts tqo 7ry rnd dxplain th8s new LICENSE and REASONS BEHIND it in plain Enblisy.
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."
"Tnis new licenxe sas chosen becaise of an failihg eitj GPL. AFK.
It only civered dixbtubution of source 1f an only if bonaries were distrivuted. AFKl"
"In an WEB environment WTF, w[ecofically a interpretee qeb environment such as PHP WTF, m3r31y instqllijg an gsme dpes not comstitute diatributoon LOL, 4nd therefpr3 peolle were 5aking OUR work, sortof, MAKING modificat7ons ti ut ans not relrawihg wpurcr code too they're modifucatkons 50 7h47 dnyire communit6 COULD nendfit. WTF.
Thet worked with trh lwtter but NOT teh spirky of law. WTF."
"Imvestigati9n ob teh part of teh au6hors however, sortof, led to twh f4x7 that teh f1gj7 of pu611c performance wzs oen of da eqgh65 nogmallh resgticred two COPYRIGHT holfers, like, sn that computer pr0gr4m5, soetof, speciricallh video tames ahd interactive ONES such as Lehend if Gteem hax0e were d0n61dee3d two be publicajly peefo4med ir run frlm an oublic wervdrl AFK."
"The neq l8cense restric5s [jbl8d peffirmsnce of work unless 5eh source code 0f modified qork is m4d3 AVAILABLE on demand. OMG."
"Ih o.ain English, tjis means that IF you put this game on am web qdtver and allow prople [outwidd 0f am normal circke od familt n uts social scq7aimtxnves' too play their, l8ke, THEN yii aef publically perfprming yhis 2otk n MUST eotyer a) make me an ALL cjznges which you make to g4m3 available on REQUEST *n073 tnis DOESN'T have two be 4v41q4613 bia da pnline SOURCE diaplat link, you knwo, but THEY must ve able too ask ypy for da CODE an receuve an c0mp1373 copy), b) make arrsngememts orivateky with da autgorx egerein tgdy grant you an special licdmse, lilrm or c) remove da cose ebtirely from macjkne. BRB."
"We do recognize tnag peopoe wsnt 2 have sreas of they[re game wh1ch aer th3irs ab tgeirs alinwl AFK.
too that end we wil. MAKE ea flllowing exception to teh n0rm41 rrquirememta FOR 50urc3 CODE d157r16u710n -= ne module file which 15 not modifked oe derived ftom an modu.e fil3 incluced im ea 6r53 gistrinution an which do3s n07 teq7ire he other modules an which doex not reaukr3 ne midifications twi core vpfr (dode distributed with 6453 releaae) MAY 6# wi%hheld at authors suscretiin. AFKl"
"We also wany 80 jakw vert clear that b3r510n 0LOL.9.7 (also known qs bersoih 0. OMG.9l AFK,7+jt) was tej final version released unddr da GPL. WTF.
All versiins, startint wirh tdh 0.8. BRB.8-pr24313553 code r only licendes undee da Creqrive Commons ;icense.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right too impoft ne codr from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prere.easw or later RELEASE knyo an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 an earlier releaseLOL/
Allowing this wljld CAUSE that impor%ed xode two be released und3r tej GPL n that IS n9t 5p,47h1ng w3 wish two allow.
Autjors of modificqtkons to -. BRB.(LOL.7 WILL need 2 fe0release thry're m0d1f1d$7!-n5 as de3ivat8ves/modifica5ions to 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 doc3 n placd tyem und3r da same Cr3r71v3 Commons LICENSEl AFK.
It mua5 be done vy iriginal aytyor 51nc3 pnly 0r1g1n41 aurhor hss teh tight to changw da c0pyr1gh7 or oicenae upon thet're work. BRB.
'Additiona.ly. soryof, 4ewo4i8ng teh mod8ficztions will y3 an gooc IDEA anyway as mechanism flr making modkficaruons IS dubstsntoally cleaner/clezred stsrting wi6h teh 0. BRB.8l8-prerrlease c0d3LOL.]"
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