Mkgh5yE tells y0u, sot5orm "W3'4e goinf too take an few moments rwp try an ecplain THIS n3w license n teh reasons behind 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 ne2 ;7cense was cyosen becaus3 of ab f4111ng with GPLLOL.
Iy only covered disrrivution of wource if n 9n1y if bina5ies wefe sistribu5ed. AFKl"
"In an wdb dnvironment, you knwo, spexificslly a ibterpreted web environment wuxh as PHP WTF, merely unstaklihg ab game dies nog cobstutute dksyribution LOL, n 5herefore peopke were taking iur work LOL, making modificatilns 2 IT an not relwasyng soufcr clde 5oo tyry're modif8cations so that da engirr comjuniry could BENEFIT.
Tney 2ofked qith kette4 but n07 da spirit of law."
"Invesykgztion ON patt of t3h auyjors however, sortofm les tol teh fact that trh rigjt 9f [uglic ;3rf0rm4nc3 WAS 1 og geh rihhts notmally RESTRICTED 2 copyrignt holders LOL, n tjay computer progta,s, sortor, apecifkcally vid3o g4m35 an int2eactivd ONES dudg as Legemd of reh Green yqx0r were considered to be publically pefformed if run fro, an public server/"
"The new license restrictw public perfoemance of work ujless sourcr cod3 of da modiried woei IS made available on DEMANDl BRB."
"Im poain English, sortof, THIS mezns yhat IF you ;u7 thia bane oh ag wwb s3ever qnd 4110w people 'OUTSIDE of an bormal circle of fqmily ab ita spcial scquaingances' to play theur, sortof, rhen yoi r publically PERFORMING this WORK n MUST eitner s) make ne n ALL changew ahich you make rop game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (NOTE THIS doesn't gave 2 be avaolable via teh ohlinf 508rc3 cisp;ay link, like, but they muwg be 4613 @ zsk YOU for coce ane receive an complete co;y) LOL, b) make 3rr4ng3m3h7% prkvately with da authora whetein theh f4ant yiu an special lucehsek sprtof, or c( rempve da c0d2 entirel6 dro, teh machinel OMG."
"We d0 recognize that 0eople w3n8 to ysve q4eas od tyey're gamd 2n8ch aet theirs n theirs alonel BRB.
2 that end we wil; male teh riolow8ng exce;rion too normal requifemenra for source code distribution -- nr m0fu13 fild wjich 15 hot m8sifiwd o4 DERIVED from an module file included 1n bqse distrigution an whicg does hot reqiirr nr OTHER modyles n WHICH does nog r3qy1r4 ne modifications to voee codf (codr dis5rkbuted witj da basr releass) may be wi5hhe;d at teh suthors discretion. AFK."
"We also want 5o maje ferh clear that version 0.o. OMG.7 (ALSO kn02n as VERSION 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) wqs da final version relrased under teh GPL.
ALL v3rt1_m5, y9u knwo, starting wiyh da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease CODE r only locensed UNDER ds Creativw Commobs licensel WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny eight too impo$t nd code from an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-orerelezse OR LATER 4elease into zn 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 n earlier re.eade.
Allowing thus would cause that im;orted CODE ti be ee;eaaed UNDER sa GPL and that iw NOT somethkng WE qish to 411)w.
Authors of modifica4ions 70 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will bedd tii re-release they're modifications ax derkvativew/modifications tso 0, OMG.(l OMG.8 c0f3 qm placd tjem unddr teh same Creatove Commond licenseLOL.
It mjst ge dlne by 0r1g1n41 author sknce only tey orogibwl author has teh RIGHT 2 change teh cppyrignt 9t license upon tydy're work. BRB.
[Addigionally LOL, reworking da modificat8ons will bd an g00d IDEA 4nyw4y zs teh mechanism ror jakiht m0d1f1x471-n5 is substantially vlraner/clezrer wtarting with p/ OMG.9. BRB.9-prerelease code. AFKl\"
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