Might6E tells you, you knwo, "We're goinh roo take an few mojents 2 tty n expla8n this new .icende and teg teasons BEHIND 27 1n plain Ebtlish. AFK.
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."
"Th8w new 1qc3n53 was xhosen BECAUSE of an fsilibf WITH teh GPL. OMG.
It lhly covered distributi9n OF source 1f AND 0n1y if binariea eere dosrribu5ed. BRB,"
"In an web environment WTF, xpecifidally a inteepreted 2en environment such as PHP. aortof, merfly unstallong an g4m3 DOES NOT constitute distributiob LOL, h 5herevore peop;e were yqkubg OUR work WTF, makihg ,odificstions 2 it amd n06 releaskng twh soy4cd CODE 5oo yhey'rd modkgicatilns so that entire c0mmun27y c8uld bdmefitLOL.
They w0rk3c wq&h LETTER but not SPIRIT or teh law."
"Invextigation on da part of teg 4u7h0r5 howevef, 6ou knwo, led t9 fact that geh right of pub.ic petformqhce was won pf rjghts normakly r3stroxted tp copyroghr HOLDERS, and thar clmputer probfams, you knwi, spev8fically v1re0 GAMES AND INTERACTIVE ONES duch as Legebd of G4een hax0r were conxidered 2 bd publivzoly p3rf0rm3d IF run drom zn public swrver."
"The new license RESTRICTS 0ublic performznc3 of teh worj hnless da sourc3 code 9f teg m0d1f13d wlfk 8s mace avzilable in d3m4nd/"
"In plain ENGLISH LOL, this neqns that if ypu put this game on an web servdr n al;ow [eople 'outdidd if an normal circle ov FAMILY n irs social acqjqintqnces' to olay rheir, like, tyem you aer publicaloy PERFORMING 5his wori n MUST either a) make ne AND ALL CHANGES WHICH YOU make two eq game availablr om request (n083 this doesn't hsve 2 be AVAILABLE vua teh ONLINE siu4cr sis0lay LINK, sortog, but yhey must be agle too ask uou for tej CODE n rwcrive an comp.3te copy) LOL, b) MAKE afeangemenrx privarely with teh ayrhors wherein THEY trsnt yoj an special livense, you knwo, or c) rem've teh code 3nritely frlm teh machine. OMG."
"We do fecignize tnat people wsnt two h4v3 aread of thry're game WHICH aer thwirs an 7h31r5 alone/
to thar enf 2r WILL maie teh folloqing excepgion to norma. requi4dmdh5s for source cod3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne m9dul# file whicn is not mlsified or derived frin an m0eu1e file incouded in baae disgributiom n which DOES not requirr ne other modules and ehich does not require nr modificationw yo core code (code cistrigutdd with teh basw trlease) mzy bw 2kthheld at teh authord discrdtion. OMG."
"W3 ALSO want @ makr v3ry clesr that versuon 0.9/ AFK.7 (also kb9wn AS version 0. OMG.9. BRB.u+jt0 was da f2n41 vwrsion releawwd under da GPLLOL.
All verskons, you knwo, syartint w17h ds 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerekease CODE r only .icrnsed uncwr reh Creatkbe Conmons .icenxeLOL,
We EXPLICITLY drny teh right goo import ne codw FROM an 0. BRB.9. BRB.i0prereleasw or later releade ingi an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an 3rr113r re.3ase. BRB.
Allowivg 5his would CAUSE tyat IMPORTED c0d3 too be r313$%3d jbder GPL and thzt is not SOMETHING we wish 2 4110wLOL.
Au7h0r5 ov modiricationw t2o 0. OMG.9. OMG/8 will NEED 2 re-release they're moeificstions AS derivstibes/jodifications tio 0LOL.9LOL/8 cod3 n placd thrm under da wame Cr3481v3 Commons l8cende. AFK,
It must be done 6y t3h ofiginql a7thor SINCE 0n1y original author h45 yeh 48ght 5i change teh copyright or .ocense up0n they're work. AFKl
[ADDITIONALLY, softof, reworkinf da mocifucayuons wi.o be an good ydea anysay as mechanusm flr makinf modificqgions ix sugstantiallh cleaner.clearer sta4ting 2ith 0.9.9-0rerelease c0d3. BRB.]"
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