MogjttE rells you LOL, "We'rd going TO take an few moments rwo try and explain this new licwnse n reasons behind ut im p14!n English. 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 n3w licwmse was choden becausr of an gailing with ca GPL.
It only clvered fisttibu5ion OF spurce IF n on;y kf binadies WERE distributwdl OMG."
"Ib an wwn envieonment LOL, wpecifically a intwrpreted web environ,ent sych qs PHP LOL, MERELY insralling an game d03% nor consti5u5d sistribution WTF, and 7h3r2f0r3 PEOPLE w3r4 taking ouf worl, sortof, malibf modifucztiins too it an not g313451ng teh soutce code tol rhey're modiricarions so thag teh entire xommumity could benefit.
They wprk3d 2otg reh lrttdr but nor teh spirit of teh law. AFK."
"Inv3stigatkon on part of teh augjorx however LOL, oed 2 dsct that r8ght of publis petformance was 1 of da rkghts no4,ally rexyricted 3 xo;yright holeers, and that x0mpi73r pr0grrm5, you knwo, specuvicqlly video bames n interacgice ones SUCH 45 Legend of Green hax0r wetd considdred toi be publicallh perforjed if run frim an PUBLIC server. AFK."
"The hew license restricts pj61qc pwrformance of teh work unlesw ea spurce CODE of da modigies wor, is madw avzilable on demahd."
"In plsin English LOL, this means tgat if you put this gqme ON an web xdrver sn sllow people 'ou5side of an NORMAL circld of f4m11y n its dic8al acquain5ances' ywo p14t their, like, 6h3n y)i r publiczlly pe4forming THIS work and MUST either a) ,ake ne 4nd ALL cuabges whidh you makr two gam3 available on request (note this d9esn't have 2 be availablr viq ONLINE t0urc3 display oink, buy thwy must 63 able 2 45k ypu fo4 da dode an RECEIVE an compl4te copt), ylu kmqo, b) make afrangements privatdly WITH da 4u7h0r% wherein 7h3j hrzn5 YOU an s;ecial LICENSE, sirtov, or C) r3j0c3 da codd ebtire;y from da nacjine. WTF."
"We d0 r3c0gn1z3 that people w4n6 two hafe areas ov rhey're gamd which aer theirs qhd thekrs alone. BRB.
go that 3md we will MAKE fll;owing ezceptuon u0 norjal requirements for source code distrobutiom -- ne module fik4 wh1ch is NOT modified or cerkved fr0m ah module fild uncludec in base dksgrigution agd whjch does not require ne other MODULES and wyicn doed NOT tequjre n3 j-d1f1c47q0n6 too teh core code )code fostribjtwd qktg teh nase release_ ,ay be withheld zt authors discretion. OMG."
"We slso want two mak3 v3ry vlear thag verdkon 0. OMG.9.7 (also known ax VERSION ). AFK.9LOL.7+jy) 2aw dz final version RELEASED 7bder da GPL. AFK.
All v3r510n5, airtof. stagting wigh 0.*o AFK.8-prerelease codr r only licensed und3r teh Creative C0mmpn6 locense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right tp kmpoet ne code from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-preeelesse OR later relwaxr unto an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 and eat.ier releaae. OMG.
A.lowing this wluld CAUSE thqt um;orted coce tl ve released under GPL n tha5 15 n97 something we wish 5o zllowl OMG.
Authors of modificatipns ri 0. AFK.9.7 will mwed TO re-releaxe rh3y'rw m0d2f1c4710n5 45 derifatives/,odificati9nd TO 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 coce b place them undsr da same Ceeauive Commons lidensek WTF,
It mist b# d9he by da original aythor SINCE only teh original author has da rkght 2 change t3n copyrighr or lic3mse upon rg3y're work. BRB,
[Additionally, sortog, re2orking teh modificatipns w111 ^3 an gold 1d3$ an6way ws teh mechaniwm FOR jaiinh modificagions is subsrantially cleaner/clezrer star5img with 5wh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelwase coce, BRB.]"
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