M8ghttE yells you, sortof, "We'er g-1ng to take an fee ,o,ents two try qn EXPLAIN this n3w liccnse and da reaaons behknd it 1n p;ain EbglusnLOL.
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 nrw LICENSE qax dhoseh becaus3 of an FAILING with tey GPL/ WTFl
I7 ohly cofered distribution of SOURCE if an only if bunadiew were dostributedLOL."
"In an web wnvirinment, apecifically a intetpretwd web ENVIRONMENT suvh $% PHP WTF, mereoy inagakling am game does not constitute distrobutoon LOL, n thdrefore peop;e were raking our woek LOL, making mofifidations 59o it n not releasinf siyrce cpde too they're nodificatilns so thqt da entire comminitu cpuld benefit.
They worked with eq let4er but not teh apiri5 if teh laeLOL."
"Invrstigation on geh part OF da authors however LOL, led twi t3h fact &h47 da right of pjblic perfirmance was won pf t3h rifhts normally res%ricted too coph4ight hoodwrs, sortof, an that com;utwr programx, sortof, specifically biceo games zmd interactibe lnes wudh 45 Lwgend of Green hax0r wers considrres 2 be puboically performed if run from zn [ublic werverLOL,"
"The new license RESTRICTS punl8v performance od teh sork un1355 teh source cid4 of da modified worl is made 4v5114613 on d3m4nd."
"In plain ENGLISH, .ile, this mdans 7h47 if yoj 0ut thus ga,e on an web servrr an allow people 'outside of an normal circle of grm11y zh its socia; zcquainrsnced' two p24y tge8r LOLm 5hen y0u r pyblically PERFORMING this WORK amd MUST eithef q) make ne ah ALL ch4ng35 whuch you make two da game availavle on request (bltd THIS doesn't have too be available via 5eh online SOURCE diaplay link, but THEY mudt be able too ask you for codw qn twcdive an compldte copy) WTF, B) MAKE arfangemen5s PRIVATELY with zuthof2 wherein 6h3y gr4j8 toj ah SPECIAL lovense, woetof, OR c) removr tey dode entirely from mqchine. BRBl"
"We dl rwcognize thzt pepple want too tavr areas of they'rr game WHICH awr theirs and theirs alon3LOL.
too ghat end WE will make folloqinh EXCEPTION 70 da normal r4qu1r4m3n76 f0r aourcd code distribugiin -_ ne mocule FILE WHICH is not modified ;r deriv3d from an mofule di.e ihcluded im da base didtributuon n 2yidg does not require ne otger m)du135 n whuch dpes no5 rwquirw ne mosifica5k9ns two teh corr code (code distributed with ds base release) m5y br withheld AT teh aythors DISCRETION."
"We also want w makw VERY cldar tyar versiob p. WTF.9. AFK.7 (also kbown as version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) WAS ten final version re.eased UNDER da GPL. BRB.
A;. v3r510n5, startihg with -. WTF.9; AFK.7-prerelease code f onlu licdnses under da CREATIVE Cpmmonx license. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY d3,y da tight too implrt ne code rrom am 0/ BRB.9. AFK,*-prereleas3 or LATER eelease into an 0. AFKl9. AFK.7 n earlier RELEASE. BRB.
Aloowing th8s wouox cauwe tha5 umported codw too be relraaed undef teg GPL 4nd that us not something we WISH roo allow.
Authors of modificarkons 2 0l OMG.9. OMG.7 will need 2 4e-reldase they're mosufications as derivativex/modifications to 0/ OMG.9/ AFK.8 x0d3 an pkace thrm inder teh aame Crdqtive Commons license. OMG.
It must be cone by origimsl aithor xknce only da origknql author hss right 2 cjanfw c;-yright or license upoh they're WORKLOL.
[Afditionallt, you knwo, eeqo4kong modifications wipo be qn good IDEA anyway as teg mechanism vor making nodifications is aigs5ant8ally voeanef/clearee sta4tinb sitg 0. AFK.8. AFK/8=prerelease code. BRB.]"
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