MightyE t3lls you, sortof, "We;4e goobg to tajr an f3w mo,ents to try n explain 7g16 nes licebse n reaxons behind it 1n plain 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."
"Thos hew LICENSE was xhosen because of qb fakling with GPL. AFK.
Iy 9nly covered distrigurion of source if an only 8f bina4iex serw distributed. AFK/"
"In zn web environment, you knqo, spfcigival;y a inrdrpre5ed wev rnvironment s7ch ss PHP, you knwom metely insta.ling an game DOES not constitute disttibution, like, an 7h3r3g0r3 [eople were taking our wltk, s9rtir, jajing mpdkficz5ions to it n bot eeleasonh teh xource cose too they're mod8ficarions 50 that da ebtire co,munoty c0u1d benedit. OMG.
Th3h worked soth da let5et but not teh s0irit ov da lae. OMG."
"Investogstiln 0n pa4t OF da authors howefer, you knsom lwd to sa fact thzt da rkfut of py611c 02rf0rn4nc3 wax won OF rifhrs nofmally restroctdd tso cooyrigyt holders, you knwo, an tjst con0uyer programs LOL, specifically video gsmes abe interactice ones 6uch as Legend of dz Grewn yax0r were conskdered tl be pyblically 03rr0rj3d if run fr0m qn 0j611c swrver. OMG."
"The NEW license festficta ou711c pefflrmance of work unlesx teh source coee 0f da jodifi3d wlrk IS made available on demand. AFK."
"In plain English WTF, 5his meana rhat ig you put rhis game on an wev server AND zllow people 'putside OF an NORMAL circl3 9f ramily ane its SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' two play theirk yku knwo, then yoj r publicallt performihf thix wofl n MUST either 4) MAKE nw AND ALL changes which you make 2 da GAME availsble oh req&wat (hotd this doesn't have tlo BE avaiosble via teh 0n11n3 source display link LOL, b7r they mudg be zble twp ask you fot da code n rec3ive an comple5e copy) LOL, b) make arrahgdments PRIVATELY with feh ajth.ts wherein they gramt you ah special license, y9u jnwo, or c) remove da CODE enti4ely frpm teh m4cj1n3LOL."
"We do r3cignkze tyat p30p13 want to h4v3 areas of tgey're gane which aer theifa n 5heurs qlome. AFK.
w tyst end we wil; MAKE tdj followibb ecc3p5ion two nprmr1 requiremebta flr sourdw vode DISTRIBUTION -- ne m0du13 filw whidh is not modifoed or DERIVED FROM an module gile invluded in 5dh basd d157r16u81)n and which foes NOT 4e1uire ne other m0eu135 h whicg does NOT fequire ne MODIFICATIONS 5wl core CODE (CODE dis%ributed with basw releaae) MAY 63 wi5hheld at authors disdfetkon."
"We also want tlo make very clear that versiin 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (alsl known ac VERSION 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+j4) was final verskin releawed under GPL.
Al. v3r52-n5, yoj knwo, sbarting eith teh 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-preeeleaae code ade only 11c4n53d under teh Cr4qtive Commonw license. AFK,
WE EXPLICITLY deny ueh right 2 8mpor5 ne clde from zj 9.9. WTF;8-preeeleawe or later r313453 INTO an 0LOL.0LOL.7 an earlier eelease. WTF.
Allowing this w0u1d c4u53 that 1,p0r73d clde 3 be released ynder GPL and tnat is not sometjing we WISH two 41w0w/ BRB/
Authors 0f m0d1f1c4610n5 2 0LOL.9LOL.7 will heed to rw-releaxe they're modivucatiohs as d3r1vr71c35/m0d1f1c4710n5 toi 0, BRB.9. OMG.8 cpcd qnd place th3m unde4 sqme Creatife Commons ;icense. AFK.
It ,uxt be dond by tfh original authir since only da original autgor hzs teh right 5so cgange teh copyrught or LICENSE uppn they;re worl. BRB.
[Addutional/y LOL, rework8ng da MODIFICATIONS 2112 be an good idea anyway AS da MECHANISM f0r making modifivati9bs is xugd5angially cleaner/ckearwr 674t7qng with da 0.9. BRB.8-prerekease code. AFK.]"
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