MighgyE t3lls y9u, you kn2p, "We're g0!hg 2 take an few moments 2 4ry an explain thiw nww liccnse and yeg reasons behind ir in plain English. OMG.
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."
"Thks nee license 2qs choawn because 0f an fai;ing 2ith GPL. AFK.
Ig only cove4ed distrubugiom of sourdd if am ONLY ig bimaries were distributed. AFK."
"In an wwb environment, like, dpwc8rically a INTERPRETED q36 environm3nt such qs PHP, like, mere;y inztzlling a, game does hot CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, ypu knwo, sn yherefore p30p13 were TAKING -ur wofk WTF, making modifkcagi9ns to it n not relqasing source code too they're mpdifica5ionx SO that da 3b71r2 comm7nity c0u1d benefit. BRB.
THEY worked w17g teh 13883r vjt n07 tej spirig 9f law. WTF."
"Invesyigation on teh parr 0f a7th94s howevdr, like, led 2 fact tgat rkght lf public performamcw 3as oen of rigjts normqlly r357r1c73d too cipyright holders, you kmwo, n that vomputer programs, like, specificslly vodeo GAMES an INTERACTIVE ONES such as Lrgend OF teh Green hzx04 w3r3 cohsidered two be publocally oefformef IF run dflm sn PUBLIC 53rv3r. BRB."
"The new LICENSE restricts public performance of work ybless da sourx3 code og MODIFIED work is mas3 avaiosble om demand, AFK/"
"In plain ENGLISH, sortodj thos mdans thar if y07 pur 7h1% game on ah web de4ver anc 4110w people 'outsice of an nor,al circle of FAMILY an its social sca7aimtances' two play their, like, ghen 6ou r publkcal.y performint THIS wprk an MUST 317h3r a) make ne an ALL chamgds WHICH uou makw 70 gzme available ON requext (note this soesn't HAVE tqo be avzilabl# v14 teh pmline source dis0lay linkk like, but they must be 3613 to 45k yoj for code n r3x31v3 am compldte COPY), you knwo, b) nske atrangementw privatelt with teh 477h0r5 where8n THEY gtant you an spexial 11c3n53 WTF, 9r c) 4em9ve ea code entirelt from m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We do rrc9gnkze thag people want to yave areas of 5hey're bame wh1ch adr 7h31r5 anf tjeirs akpne.
tqo that end we will make fkllowing 3xc3p710n to NORMAL rrquirememrs fof source code DISTRIBUTION -- be module fkoe wh1vn id not mocified or derived drlm ab module fi;e included in trh base diwtrkbution ab which does mot r3quire nd other ,ocules n wgich does not reqiirw ne modifications goo tej core code (c0d4 DISTRIBUTED witt base RELEASE) MAY be withheld ar AUTHORS fiacretion."
"We s;sl WANT 5wo mske very clear that cersiob 9LOL.9. WTF.7 (alsp known qs versiln 0.9. WTF.7=ht) was da fknal version reldasec und3e da GPL. WTF.
All cersuons, li,e, xtqrtong w17j da 0. OMG.9.8-;ee4elease code f only LICENSED under yeh Creative Commins 11c3n54LOL.
W2 EXPLICITLY DENY teh righg 2 import ne cpde FROM an p. AFK.9LOL.80preeeleawe or LATER release into an 0. BRB.9.7 qn EARLIER r3lease. AFK.
ALLOWING thks wojod vause that imoorted code tqo be reldased under teh GPL and that us not soje5hing WE wish 2 allos. BRB.
Aythies of modificatipns two 0.9. OMG.7 wkll need to re[release theg'fe joeifixations as detivatives/modifications tio 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 dode and place them under teh ssmw CREATIVE Clmmons licebse. WTF.
I7 mu57 63 dlnr by teh originao author sincd onlt da oririna; author has ca right to bjange copyrifhr or license upon they're w0tkLOL.
[Additionally, you khwo, reworking modifkcat8ons will br an go9d idea ANYWAY qd ca mechanism for making modifications is substantia;ly cleaner/cldar3r startinf wity da 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prefelease coeel AFK.]"
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