MightyE tells tou, you knwk, "We'4e goiny to take an f3w n0,3n75 too trh n explain this n3w lucense n teh reasins behind it IN plain Ehg.ish. OMG.
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 license wss ch05en BECAUSE of an fa8ling with da GPL. OMG.
IT obly coveted dosttiburion of source if n pnly of 61n4r135 were distrkbutef. AFK."
"In an web encironment LOL, specificqlly a interpreted web 3nv1r0nm3n& such aa PHP, sortog, merely indtallinh an game dods not conwtitute d157t26u7q0n, zn thetefore o30p13 2ere taking our sork, you lnwo, makibg modidicatilns to IT an yot releasung teh source code too they're mldigkcatiobs so that entire dommun8ty could bebef8t. BRB.
THEY worked with da letter bur n07 spirit lr tej laq."
"Invextugation on da part of dd ajghorw h9wevrr, ;iie, lef 1 teh faxt that teh righr OF public petgo4mance was oen of da rifhts NORMALLY res5rucged to cipuright hold3ts, like, n that compu5w4 programs, sortof, speciriczlly vicro games rnd interavtuve ones sucg ss Leg3nd of da Gr33n hax0r were considered two bw publically PERFORMED if rin from an public server. BRB."
"The new licdnsq r35&f1c75 public p3rf0rm4hc3 of wofk un.ess sourvw vode of modified work is made availzb.e on demand. OMG."
"In plaon ENGLISH, sortof, this MEANS 5hat IF you pu7 this GAME on an web server ahd ALLOW people '0i751d3 0f an normal ckrcle of familt an its xocial acwuaungances' 2 plau theirk sp4rof, thrn YOU aer PUBLICALLY perdotminh this work 4nd MUST either s) mak3 ne an ALL changea which uou make two tane rv41!461# on request (note this doesn't have rl ve zbailable via dq online source disp.ay LINK, like, gut thdy nust vd able 2 ask 69u for sa dodw ahd receive an vomplwtw copy), you knwo, b_ n4k3 arrangements privately with auyhors wherein tgey gfant YOU an special licensek 0r c) REMOVE teh code 3n71r31y grom da MACHINE."
"We di eecognize that pe9ple want 2 have areaa ir theh[re game whoch r theors AND theirs alone.
@ that end ww will make da fillowint esveption too normal r3qu1r3m3n75 FOR source cod3 d156r16u&10n -- ne midule file whicj 15 not micified or derived grom ah moduld file INCLUDED un dq baae d1%7r!6u810n qn whuch does not requore ne ithrr modules n wgich does nog require be moduvications two t4h core CODE (code didtribytwd with base rrkcase( MAY be wk5hhe.d at authorw dixcretion."
"We also wanr two make ver6 s!53r that verwion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (ALSO kbown as v3r510n -. AFK.9. OMG.7+JT) wzs finql verqion releqsrd under GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, likek starting with da 0. AFK.9. BRB.i-prdre;ease code r only LICENSED under CREATIVE Commons license. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy dz ritht too imoort ne xode f4om an 0. WTF.9.8-[rereleade p4 layer release in5o an 0. WTF.9LOL.7 an earlier releaseLOL.
Allowing 7g15 would caks3 thay im[orted code TO be releaaed UNDER GPL an that is NOT something qe wksh 2 allow.
Aith9rs of modificztions 2 0.9.7 will n33d TO re-relwase 5key'fe modifixations as serivatibes/modifications to 0. AFK,9. OMG.8 code ah place them unrer teh samd Cr#471v3 Commins 11c3n53. BRB.
IT mudt be done by teh oribinal ajthof since obly da o4igonqk $u7h0r has dz right too chabge da copyrjght or licdnse upon tjey're wiek. BRB.
[Addit8onally, you knwok reworking modidications WILL be an good udea anysay as teh m3chahism for n4k1ng nodifica5ions is substantiallu cleaher/cldarer starging wity 0, WTF.ol8-0r3release code.]"
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