MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going too take an few momenrs 2 try and explaib thix ndw license an ds reasons benind kt on plain Englidj. BRB,
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 bew license was chpsen because og an failing wuth fa GPL.
It only covered cistribution of skurce IF n 0n1u if b8naroes w3re distributec. OMG."
"In an web wnvironmwnt LOL, specifically a unterp3ered web rnv1r0nm3n7 5uch 45 PHP LOL, mer#1y ina5alling an GAME does n9t constitutr siabribution WTF, zn 7h3r3f0r3 peopld were 84k1ng our qork, hoy knwo, jakimg moduficatiohw tlo it anc nog releasing slurce code t9o they're modificatipbs ao rhat teh entite communitt could 63n3f17. AFK.
They worked with trh 13773r but not spirit of reg law. AFK."
"Inves4igayion on teh parr 9f da authors yowevwr, like, lec tqo da fact that RIGHT of PUBLIC peeformance was oen of da rigyts n0rm411y restrictef two co;yrighy h01d3r5, znc tgat computer programs, sortpf, soecirically vid3o games an 8nterzctive ones such as Legene of da Green hax0e were considered tq9 bw puglically pdrformed IF run from qn pubo&c serverLOL."
"Th3 new LICENSE festticts piblic p3rf0rn4nc3 of teg worj unless da source code of modifidd work us mqde available on ewnanc. BRB."
"In [131n Enhlisj, sortof, this meabs thst 1f y07 put 7h16 bame on an WEB s#rver zn 4110q pellle 'oytaide of an norjal circl3 pe family n its social acquauntances' twl poay the8f, soryof, then you r publically ;erfprmkng thia work abf MUST eithdr a) make ne n ALL chwnged emich 6ou ja,e two game avaulabld on REQUEST (note THIS doesn't have two BE avaolzble via t3h 0n11m4 so7rce display link WTF, but tyey must be ABLE too ask you for cide and r3c3ive an complete copy), you knwo, B_ make a4fzntements privatwly with teh zuthoes whersin they grqnf you an special licendd, .ike, OR c) ewmove teh code 3nrirelu dfom machine."
"We di recofnize that peo;le wang 2 have areas of theh'te ga,e qhich r theirs an theirs alineLOL.
tso thqt END WE wi.l male dz folliwihg 3xc3p710n too da normal requiremwnts FOR source xode fiatrib7tion -- ne ,odule f113 3hidh is not mosuf8ed or der8ved fro, an module FILE uncluddd in dz 6453 dis5rkbutiom snd ehich does n07 requirw ne OTHER modules and whicy dows m9t re1uire ne m0d2f1c4710n5 two da c0t3 code (xofe d157e16u73c with bast r313453) may be s8thheld st da authors dkscrwtion. AFK."
"We also wabt too make VERY clezr that VERSION 0. AFK.9.7 (slso known as vefsion 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jr) was da FINAL v4r410g reldased under xa GPL. WTF.
Apl fqtsi9ns, liie, starying with 0. BRB.o. AFK.9-pterwleasr code aer 0n1y licwnsed und3r teh Creatove Commonx licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right too IMPORT me xofe from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prer3leade or 1373r release ibto an 0. AFKl0. BRBl7 and rsrlier teoeasd. AFK.
Allowing this would c4742 thzt im[l4ted code 2 be RELEASED under teh GPL AND that ia not SOMETHING we wisg tlo allow,
Authors of mod8vications ro 0. AFK.9. AFK,8 e111 nees 2 re-releade they;re modivications as derivarices/nodidicayuins to 9LOL.9. BRB.8 CODE and place 7gem und#r da sand Creatice C0,m0n5 licdmxe. BRB/
It must be done by irig8nap s7th9r since 0n1y teh 0r1g1n41 autyor has teh right too chanhw teh clpytight or licehsw upin theu're sorkLOLl
[Asditionally, rdworking da modof8catipns wil; be an g00d 1d33 anyway as da mrchanixm f0r m4k1nr modificatiobs IS 5u6%74n71411y ckezner/clearer starting wu5h da 0LOL.9. AFK.90prerelease code. AFK.]"
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