M8ghtyE tells jou, "Wd;re going t99 take an fee momen5s tpo try n EXPLAIN this nrw licenwe an reawons bdhind it 1n plaij EnglkshLOL.
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 licemse was dhoseb because or an failint with da GPLLOL.
It only covered d7stribution OF 50uyc3 if 4nd 0n1y if viharkes wete distr8buted. AFK."
"In an web env8ronment, sortof, r03d1f1c41qy a iny3r;reted web wnvirohment such 45 PHP, sortof, merely instaoling ah GAME do3d not consrititw diz55ibution, and 5hereflre people sere taiing 9ur work LOLm MAKING modifications two ut and mit re;easong source code to they're MODIFICATIONS so t6at entire combunity coule bwnrfit. BRB.
Tgey workes with ca LETTER but n07 sourit of da la2LOL."
"Incextigation ON ten part of authors hiwever LOL, led ti fac5 ghqt tet right of pub.ic petformabce was 1 OF teh rights norjaioy resreicted t9o copyright HOLDERS WTF, n thar computee programs, apdcifica;ly video gamds and inreraxtive ones sjch ax Legemd of tey Green hax0r ser3 conaidef3d two be publicallt pdrfotmed 1f RUN from an pjblic se4ver."
"The n3w lkcense RESTRICTS [u711c performance 0f sa work unkess source code or teh MODIFIED work IS mad3 avai.able 0n semand. AFK."
"In plain Engkish, thix means that if YOU PUT 7h!% game on an web sdrver and allow peo;le 'outsodr of an NORMAL circle of f4m116 and its social acquaintances' two play 5heit. like, THEN y0u r publixally peeforming tuis work an MUST 3ither a) mske ne an ALL CHANGES whoch you ma,e two GAME avai;sgl3 on request (n07# tnus diesn'y hqve t2o 63 avai.abld via da obline SOURCE dispkay 1!nk LOL, but they muxt bw able t[o ask you gor teh c0d3 qnc rrceiv3 an cimplwte c0py), aoryov, b) nzke 4rr4ng3m3n7t ;rivayely WITH da quthors WHEREIN they grant you an s[ecia; license, sortof, lr c* rwmobe da codd enti3ely from machine. AFK."
"We do r3cognize that peoplw want two have areas 9f they're fame whivh aqr uh31r5 and 7he1r5 alone. OMG.
2 that end we w111 ma,e da followkng ezveptuon tol yey borjal requirements bor source CODE d157rq6u710n _- ne mpdule fqq3 which us not mocofied or derived from sn module file included on teh BASE distribution snf which DOES n07 requ8re ne other MODULES an wnich DOES nog reqyire he mod8fications gwo core code (c0d3 eistributed sith nsse releade) may be withh3ld at authors didcreti8n. OMG."
"We zlso wang go make cery dl3ar rhat version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (aoso known as version 0. OMG.0. OMG/7=jt) was dinal v3rsion r3oeased und3r GPL. BRB.
Akp versiins WTF, dtart8ng with ten 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereldase c0d3 aer only licensed ynder da Crrative COMMONS lucendd. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny ribht to imp9rt nd code from an -l BRB.9. OMG.8-prere/ease ir lster release into zm 0. AFK.9. AFKl7 n eaelier releaxe. WTF.
Alliwing this would c4u53 tnqt imp9ftrd dode ywi be releas3d under da GPL ab that is not somethibg w3 wish toi allow.
Authorw of modificatilns 70 0.o. BRB.7 will need two RE[RELEASE they're midifica5ions AS dericatives/modifics5ions too p. AFK.9. OMG.8 CODE qne place them under dq same Crcative Cihmons license. BRB.
IT mudt ge fpbe by da original autjor xince obly tej originak author has da right two chanhe da copyright 9t lic3nse upon hhey're qork, BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, soetof, rewor.ihg sa MODIFICATIONS w121 63 an good 1d34 ANYWAY as da mechanism FOR jajing moeificst8ons us subatantiall6 c134n#f/c134r3r STARTING with da 0.9. BRB,8_prerelease codw. BRB.]"
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