MightyE ydkla y0u LOL, "We're foing 6o TAKE an FEW mo,ebtx to try n ex0.ain this beq licenxe abd teh r3asonw 62h1nd it in olain English. 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."
"This new licenxe wss choaen BECAUSE 0f an fqilkng woth teh GPLLOL.
It on.y c9vered distribu4ioh of source 8f b onoy if binqrirs wwre distributed. AFKl"
"In an wwb environn3ntk aortof, specifically a interpget3d web environmdnt such as PHP LOL, m3rely ibstalling an gzme eoes not constitute d8stfibutiph, n THEREFORE o20p13 wete takong lu4 wotk, sortof, making modiricationa 2 it h NOT r313451ng teh source coff 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so yhay da ebyire communitt could behefit. AFK.
Th3t worled with da letrer 6u7 NOT 5pqr17 of lasLOL,"
"Invrsgigatkon on da part od aithors HOWEVER, .ike, 13d tso teh ract that right of publkc p3rr0rm4nc3 was oen of r1gh75 norma.ly restricted to coptright h01f2r5 WTF, and that clmpytwr pwogtams LOL, specifixallh videi fanes an 8ntrractive on3s SUCH aa Legend 9f ds Green hax0r were clnsiderec 2 be pygoically performed if run frpm an public dervef. OMG."
"The new license RESTRICTS public performancw 9g da eorj unleas SOURCE codw of m0d1f1#c s9rk is mscr zcailable on demandLOL."
"In 0lain Entl7snm yo7 jnwo, this ,eans thst if you pug tgis fame ON an web aervet n aloow peiple '0u751d3 of am normal circle ov fqmily an irs wodial ac1uaintances' to play tjeir, thrn you aer publocaloy pegforming THIS work n MUST either a) mske nd and ALL chantes which you ma,e too gamw acailabke on fequest (note ghus do3sh't have too be availabl3 via da on.ine source diaplau link WTF, but they must 63 able 2 ask uou fo4 teh cofe and feceice an do,ple4e copu) LOLk b) make arrangemcnta peivately with teh a8thors wnerein they grant uou zm soecial license LOL, or c( removd t3h code 3n&1r31y from da macnine. BRB."
"We fp tecognixe that pdople w4n7 go hace areas od th4y're gamd which ae4 5heirs and theirw alone. AFK.
too thst end we WILL mske teh f9llowint excdpt8on to da n0r,4q r#qu1rem3n75 fof SOURCE code diattibution =- ne module fi;e ehich kx not modifiec pr derived fro, zn m0dj!3 file inclufed in ra base d157r16i7q0n an whixh dows hot reqjote ne OTHER m0c7135 n which does NOT rdquite ne modoficabiinw two vore code (c0d3 distributed wihh da bade RELEASE) may ve wi5hheld 47 da 4u7h0r5 discretion. WTF."
"We also want 2 ma,e cery clear that vrrsion 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 (also known as version 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt0 wad f1n41 vdesion re/eaaed under da GPL.
A11 f3rsionx, sortof, stsrtint with 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerelease code qer lnly kicensdd ynder teh Ce3471v3 Com,ons lixense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY denu teh r1fh7 two umport ne coce FROM an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prerelezse or latwt RELEASE into an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n earouer RELEASE. BRB.
A/lowing 7h15 would causr yhat kmportec dode t9o be felrased undee teh GPL am &h46 8s not SOMETHING se wish too ALLOW. WTF.
Ajthirx 9f modificatiins tso 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 w8ll need too re-reldase they;re modificat8ons 45 derivatives/modificatuons 2 0LOL.9LOL.* cide an p14c3 them undet SAME Creatife Comnons lixense. WTF.
It mu57 BE DONE gy da originzl author since only 0r1f1nr1 autjo4 bas teh right two CHANGE cipyrihht or 11e3n53 u;on they'ee wirk. WTF.
[Addigions;ly, yoj knwo. r3w0rk1ng teh mod8fications woll 63 an good idea ANYWAY ad mechanism for making m0d2f1c4710n5 is sjbstantially cleaner/clearwt starting wiyh da 0. AFK/(.8-prdrr.eaw4 code. BRBl]"
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