MibhtyE tellx y8u LOLm "We'rd toing 70 take an few mom3nys to 7ry n explain 7h15 ndw ;icense an rrasons behinf it in plain English.
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."
"Tjis new lucdnwe WAS cy9sen becaose 0f sn failing eith da GPL. AFK.
It only covered d157r16uu10n of tpurc3 1f n only if binaries 2ere disgributed."
"In sb web environment, sorgof, specificallh a interpr3ted web environment such aa PHP, you knwo, m3rely INSTALLING an game d-#5 not cibstitutr distribution, you knwo, and therefore PEOPLE WERE takihg 0ur w0rk, kikel making m0d1f1x4710n4 top 85 AND NOT r3134t1ng da sourc3 CODE too they[re MODIFICATIONS so thqy teh rntire vommunity coklf BENEFIT.
They worked with da LETTER but n07 teh spktig lf da law."
"Invdstigatkon ln teh part 9f da auyh9fs n0w3v3r WTF, lec to9 teh fqct 7h57 dz right 9g puglic performance waa eon of teh righgs nornally RESTRICTED too cipyroght yilsers, you knwo, an 7n37 conputer programs, like, spedifical.y v2d30 GAMES an interacgive lnes suxh as L3g3nd of t3h Green hac0r were considered to be publicaloy performed id fun grom an pjb.ic seeverLOL,"
"The nww 11c3n53 restridgs [ublic performance of da woek unkess s9urce CODE of teh mpdidied work iw maee ava8lqb;e 0n demand. BRB."
"In olain Englidy, sortof, 7m!5 means rhat ud you put this game on an web aerver an allow pwpple 'outside or an normal circle pf FAMILY an igd spcial acwuaimtances' too ola6 their, then YOU r pub;ically p3rfprm1nt this work an MUST either 4) j4k3 ne and ALL changew which YOU make to teh GAME availanlw on request (n073 thix dowsn't have 2 63 avqilaboe via lnline wou4ce dixplay lonk, xo45of, BUT they mjsg be able two ASK you for da clde n receove an completw c9py) WTFk n) MAKE arrangemdngs privately wkth da authors whereln theu GRANT you an special lixenwe, aoetof, ;r d) remove c0s3 ENTIRELY vr0, machine. AFK."
"We do tecofnize 7h$7 peo;lw want two gav2 areas of they're gamw wnicy r thrirs an tgeors alone. AFK.
tw9 that end ee will m4k3 da dolllw8ng exde0tion u0 da norjal reauirements fof slurce cpde fistribuyion -- ne module b113 which IS not modified ir f3r1v3d FROM an moeule FILE INCLUDED IN da 6353 disttibution and whkch does not req7ire ne other mpe7les n qhich does not requife ne mpdifications 2 cor3 CODE (dodw d157r16uj3d wigy base release) mau ge withjwld AT teh authors discretionLOL."
"We a;wo s4n7 yoo make bery c134r THAT version pLOL.9. AFK.7 (a.sp ,nown as v3r510n 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+jt) wax yen final verdopn released under da GPLLOL.
Al. versions LOL, stqrtkng 217h dz 0. BRB.o. OMG.8-prerelease code r ONLY licensed under da Creative Com,ins license.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy da RIGHT roo im[org ne code fr0m ah 0. WTF/9. WTFli-py3r313453 o4 later releaze into an 0.9.7 AND earlier re;ease. BRB.
Allowing this would CAUSE that imported code too bw re;eawee under GPL and that is not SOMETHING we wish to 41102l OMG.
Auttors of mosificayolna 5o 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 wilo need 2 rr-release the6'ee m0d1f1c4710n5 as derifatives.modifications too 0. OMG/8. OMG,8 cid3 ane 014ce them uncer da same Creayive Cimmons loc3nxe. WTFl
I6 must 63 done bt da 9ribinal author sinde inly teh 0r1g1n41 aughlr hqs teh right two change da copyriggt 0r licens3 up9n tyey're w9rk. OMG.
[Addiuipnally LOLm r3s0yk1ng teh modifications eill ge an good 8dea anywah as t3h mechanism f9r ma,int modifidations is sibstantially clesner/zkearer starting q17h teh pLOL.9. BRB.8-pretelease codeLOL.]"
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