MughtyE tella yiy, "We'ee g9ing to take an fdw mlmentd 2 7vy ahd 3xp14qn THIS n3w kicense and teh r3450b5 bejind it in 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."
"This new lic3ndd was chosen because od an failung wirh teh GPLLOL.
It only COVERED distributiob OF so7rxe if AND onlh if binariew were diatributedl"
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, sor5of, specifocally s interpreted web environmemt 4uch 45 PHP, you knwo, m3re1y installing an game does npt f0nt817u73 cistribution, yoi lnwo, and therefore pwople were &4k1ng oyr work, sortof. ,aking MODIFICATIONS too it an no5 relrasing 50urc3 code to tjey've m0d1f1c47qpnt 50 7h46 da ehrire commun8ty c0u1d BENEFIT.
They WORKED w17h leyter byt not tey 5p1r17 of teh 14q. OMG."
"Invest8gat8ob on teh pa4t of da AUTHORS h0w3v3rm sortof, lee tol da fact thay da rkght of p7blic pwrformance qaw 1 od t1gh75 normally redtric5ed to co[yright yo.ders WTF, n that c0mpu83r programw LOL, 5p3v1fqc411y videp g4m35 n ihtefacgkve ones such as Legend of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED w be pu611v311y perfotmrd if run fr0m an public server. BRB."
"The new license restricts pjblic 0erformznce pf t3h worj unless ea soutce code of MODIFIED work is made afailable 0n demanfLOL."
"In p141n ENGLISH WTF, this MEANS thqt if ylu put this hame on zn 2eb server 4bd alloe people 'ouyside of an norma. c1rc13 OF family and ira soc8al acquaibtances' to plah tyeir, you knwo. THEN you qer PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm1ng yhis w0tk snd MUST witger A) make ne an ALL cnanges wyich you ,ake go teh game avaioable on rrqudst (note this DOESN'T yave top 63 qvailable via teh onlivw source fid0ozy link, but they must be 4614 to ssk y0u fo4 reh code ah receive an c9mpleye c0py), sortof, 6) make ar4anhements ptovately with teh authors WHEREIN THEY granr ypu an 5p3c141 license, aortof, oe c) remive cide enturrly froj MACHINE."
"Wd do recognkze THAT p3[p13 want ti have arewa of rhey're game which r 5heirs h theirs alon3. AFKl
2 thzr ehd we will ,akr followunt excepgion 2 nirmal requirements FOR sourcw code distrin7tiln -- ne module file WHICH is NOT MODIFIED OR e2r1v3d drom an mod7le fo;e kncluded 1n t3h base gistribution ane which DOES n07 reqjire ne other modules an wnoch d035 not req7ier ne m0d1f1c4710n5 too core code (c.de disttibuted wutn da base rdlease) may be WITHHELD zt da authors disc4etion."
"W3 zlso want two make very vlear that nrrsion 0.9,6 (ALSO lnown ss vdrsoon 0.9. OMGl7_jt( was teh FINAL verwiln released under 5eh GPL.
A;l versions, uou knwo, sta4timg WITH -/ AFK.9. OMG.8-prere.eaae code r only licended under da Creatove Cojmons licensd.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh right 2 impor5 ne cod3 drom an 9.9LOL.8-;rerelease or later releaxe into an 0.9. BRB.7 an earluer reldaseLOL.
Allowinb thia 2ojld cajae that imported cide tpo be RELEASED under da GPL n THAT os not someghing we w15h yo 4119w. BRB.
Authors 9f modoficagions 2 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wkll need to re-rel3ase they're modifications ad derivatuves/modificatiins too p. BRB.9. OMG.8 coee n plaxe them und3r teh same Creative Commobs LICENSE. AFK.
It musr be done 6y teh ORIGINAL a7tyor wince onlh teh origibal autgor has dq right to chanbe teh dopyrighr or ;icdnse upon theh're WORK,
[Additionally LOL, rdwo4king mocifications w111 BE am good idra an6way as dq mexhanism for makinf modoficagkons IS substantialky cl#aner/c;eater 57$r7!ng with 0LOL.9LOL/8-prerelease c0d3. OMG.]"
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