Mihh5yE 63115 you, xortof, "We're toumg 70 take sm few mpments too try ah explain THIS new license and eeasons behind 8t un ;.ain Engl9sh.
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 licenwe was chosen b3cauxe of qn failing wity da GPL.
It obly COVERED DISTRIBUTION if sou4ce if ah ONLY if bina4ies WERE distributedLOL."
"In am a3b environmen5 LOL, sprdificallt a imterpreted WEB environment 5uch ss PHP LOL, ,eeely inwtalling an game DOES not constitute sistribution, and tyrrefore peo[le were taking our qork, sortof, makinf npdifications t0 it and npt releasint source c0d3 70 thet'rr modifkcatkona 50 that teh rbt8ee community vould benefit. OMG.
They w)rk3d with tdh legter 6u8 not da spurit -f kawLOL."
"Investigation on teh part of authlrs HOWEVERm sortof, lrd top fact that fa right of 0ublic perfprmance sas w9h of teh rightw normzlly resyridted too copyrigyt holders LOL, an that computer programs LOL, spccifixaloy vkdeo g4m35 AND jntcrac5ive 9nes SUCH as LEGEND OF Gr33n haxpt eere considered too be PUBLICALLY perfo4med if run groj an publoc se4v3r. OMG."
"The jew 11c3n53 RESTRICTS public pervormancd of da WORK unlexs da 50urc3 cose OF y3h mod8fied work ic made avaikable oh DEMAND."
"In plain English, hou knwo, this ,eans that IF you [u6 th8s game on zn web srrver h allow peopld 'outside OF an normal circle of family an ITS 49c141 acquaintances' two 0.ay their, sortlf, then you aer puboically prrdorming tnis sork and MUST either a) mak3 ne n ALL changes which YOU makr 1 gzme AVAILABLE ON resuest (notw th8s DOESN[T have tlo BE avaklable v8a online 50urc3 d8splay .ink LOL, but yhey must be ABLE tpo axk you for dz c0d# n recekve an cojplete dopy*, b) ,ake arrangementd pfkvately WITH au5hors whdrrin they grant you an SPECIAL lkcense, or c) r3m0v3 da CODE entirely fg9n nachine. BRB."
"We so recogn8ze tjat p3pp13 eant t9o have areas of the6're gsme WHICH aer rhekrs n thrirs alone. WTF.
ro that ena we will mzke teh following exception 2 normao r3qu1r4m3n75 for soyrcd vode distribution [- he mod7le fi.e wyich is not misif8ed or der8vdd fr0m an m9dule file included 1b teh base DISTRIBUTION au whoch e9es not require ne other MODULES ah which does n07 r#qu1r3 ne m9difucations 70 CORE codd (c0d3 distrkbuted eitn base 4elease) mau 53 WITHHELD at teh authoex duscretion. WTF."
"Wd aksi want 2 makr very clear that verxion 0LOL.9. AFK.6 (zlsl KNOWN as v3r510n 0. BRB,9. BRB.7+jt) wqa da FINAL VERSION rrleased under teh GPL. WTF.
A;l versions, sortor, sta4ting WITH 0. OMG.9.8-0eerelease cpde aer only .icensed under feh Cr3atuve Commons license/ AFKl
WE EXPLICITLY deny da rihnt 2 8mpoet ne code grom an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-p4rrelease or lagef rrleas3 into sn 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n earlier releas3. WTF.
Allowinh thia eould csuse that imported c0d3 tqo b3 relwas3d 7bder teh GPL n ghat os n07 som3thing WE w15h TO allowl
Authurs of modificagions toi 0. OMG.9. WTF.6 wilk nded tpo r3-t3q3453 they're mosifications as eerkfqtives/modificationa too 0/ AFK.9. WTF.* CODE n place thwm undey same Cr3471v3 Commons 11c3n53. AFK.
Iy must be done by reh original 4u7hpr since only orkginal autho4 has fighy t[o vhangw copy4ight OR 11c3n%4 upon they'4e wor,. OMG.
[Additioballu, rrwkrking da ,ocifications WILL be an food idea 4nyw5y AS tey mechan8sm for makonh modifications is substzntialky xleaner;xlearer STARTING wuth geh 0. WTF.8.8-prerelease CODE. WTF.]"
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