MightyE tella you, "We'f3 h01nf two u4k3 an few n9mengs to try an EXPLAIN this new license znd teh teasona behind i5 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."
"Thiw new licensw wad ch053n 63c4u53 OF an failing with GPL. AFK.
It lbly coverrd cistribution ov qource if an only if binari3s wdrd dostfibuted/ WTF."
"In an WEB environment, sir5of, so3cifically a in53fpreted web 3nv!r0n,3n7 sich AS PHPk uou knwo, m3r3!y ihatqlling an game DOES not consgitute DISTRIBUTION, like, n tyerefore people were 74k1mg our work, sortof, making jodoficariond 7p it anf not 4wleasind teh aource code to they'te ,9difidations so that teh entire c=mmun17u vould benefit/ BRB,
Thet wor,ed with dz letter but bog t3h SPIRIT 9f da law."
"Investugarion on teh part of da aytjord howevrr WTF, led ywo yeh fac5 THAT da rifht of pub;ic pwrformahcd eas won of teh rights normally RESTRICTED to copyr8gjt holddrs, you knwl, an THAT COMPUTER programs WTF, speciriva.ly video gam4s n ibterzctive on3s sucg as Legene 9f da Green gax0r were conxif3fed to be PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if run fr0m an public xetver."
"The new license restricts public perfor,anxe og dq wlrk un1#55 teh source CODE 0f modified work ks MADE avaklable ln dejand. BRB."
"Ih ;lain Enb115h LOL, this means THAT ig you puy this ga,e on an web sercer n aolow pepple 'outside od an nlrmal circle od fa,ily n ITS 50c141 acqyaintances' tqo play thei4, theb you aer [ublically pdfformibf this wo4k and MUST eigher a) ,ake ne n ALL changes which you ,ake tlo ea gamr availaboe on e3qu357 (note tyix dodsb;t yavd 2 63 available via da 0n11n3 slurce display link, like, but 7h3y mjst bw able too ask 69u f0r dpde ans recwive an comp;ege co0u), likr, B) make arrangements orivateky wigh reh authkrs whetein tgey grant you an spddiak license, ot c) REMOVE x8de enrirely feom machine. WTF."
"Wd d0 4ecogmize 5jar people WANT too yav3 areas ov tjey're GAME whidh f tyeirs n theors alon3. WTF.
too that ehd we qill makw teh foolowing ezception TO normal REQUIREMENTS for so6rc3 c0d# disyribution -- ne nodu;e f.le which is hot moeified ir dee8ved from an modu.3 file included in da BASE diwtribution an which does npt require ne OTHER midules n wh2ch doed not r3q71r2 ne mldificatioms 2 t3h coe3 xode (dode disteubutee with da 6r%3 release) msy be withhele 47 da auggors discretiln. OMG."
"We alsl want ywo mqkw vewy clear 7g47 VERSION 0. BRB.0. OMG.7 (ALSO known AS versioh 0. OMG.9LOL.7+ut) was fa final versi9n t3leased under teh GPLl OMG.
All vr4skonsk l8ke, startibg wirh tey 0l AFK.9l OMG.i-prerelease code aer onl6 licenxed uhder Crea5ive COMMONS license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY ceny r1gj7 w import ne v0de froj an 0. WTFl9.8-prerelease or latdr release inti an 0LOL.9l OMG.7 n earlier eekease. OMG.
Allowing thiw WOULD caywe rhat imported code 7p be rwldaswd und3r da GPL an that is not SOMETHING w3 wish reo allow. AFK.
Authors of modificatilns two 0. AFK.9, AFK.7 WILL NEED two re-release ghey;re modifixatipns AS eerofatices/nodirications two -. OMG/9. AFKl8 code an p.ace 7h2m under ss,e Cr3ative Cobmons kicense.
It must br fone b6 teh original auyhof since only da original author has right too chang3 da copyrkghr or LICENSE up0n theu'fe 2ork, WTFl
[Afditional;y LOL, reworkung da MODIFICATIONS wqqq be an g00e ides an6way as da mechanism FOR ma,inh modificationw is subst1ntially ckeaner.clearer sgarting w17h 5eh 0l9.8-prerelesse codeLOL.]"
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