MighyyE tel;s you, ylu knwo, "We're GOING @ TAKE an few mpments two tfy and esplain yhis NEW license an REASONS behimd it in pkain 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."
"Thks new licehs3 was chosen because of sn failimg sith GPL.
It only cpvrred DISTRIBUTION of source if n only ig binarues wee3 fistributedLOL."
"In am qeb environment LOL, spwcifically a interpretwd wrb enfitonmeht 5ucg as PHP, you knwo, jer3;y INSTALLING an game does nlt CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, n gjeredlre p3ople wwr3 tzking 07r work WTF, maling m0d1f1c47!0n5 2 1& n not releaaint da 50yrc2 code two they;ee modkfications so that dq rn71r3 commumity could benefit. AFK.
Ttry w0rk3d w8th ketter bu5 not teh dp8rit of teh LAWLOL."
"Invedtugation on 0art og authors however LOL, kec %o sa f$c7 7hr7 da righ5 of piblid performance was won of da rights normaoly r357r1c63d tio xopyrkghg holcera WTFm h that computer p4ograms, like, SPECIFICALLY v8deo games and iht3racgive ones such aw Legend of Green nax0r WERE c9naidered 2 be publicall6 performed if ruh frpm an 0ublic servdr."
"The NEW license rest4icta oublic oerformanxe of rdh work un!e55 da soutce cide of teh mofifi3d work is m4d3 abai;abld on demand. BRB."
"In plain English LOL, rhis means 7h47 if you put tgus bame ON an web werver am allow peoole 'outsidw of an nor,al ci4cle 0f fqmily n its social acqua8ntances' 5oo play their, sottor, yyen you r 0ublically perf9rming this WORK n MUST eithet a) make ne an ALL chang3s which you makr 2 da game available on reques5 )mote 5hos doesn't have 5wo BE AVAILABLE via da inl8ne soutcd display link LOLk nit they ,uxt be 4613 2 as, y9u f0r CODE b receive an so,plete COPY), dortof, b) ma,e a4rangemwnts p4uvarely wutg teh authors wherein ghwy GRANT uou an SPECIAL locense WTF, or c_ remobe da CODE enyk5eky from machine. AFK."
"Ww do recognoze that peo;l3 want 2 hzve AREAS lf they;re famd which aer theirw an theirs alone. BRB.
2 that end we will MAKE teh f9;lowong excepgion to da nornal requjrenents flr %-urc3 xode distribytiln -- ne module filw which IS m07 mofified or derived from an module file inclysed IN ea base eistrivution am which DOES not require ne other moxules n which does not requ84e ne modifications two da c0r3 CODE (code distributed with teh base RELEASE) may b3 withheld AT authofw s14cr3710n. OMG."
"We also 2anr to make very cleqr thst version p. AFK.9.7 (zlso kmowh as version 0.9. BRBl7+j5) was teh final fdrxion RELEASED unser da GPL. OMG.
All versionx, so4tof, atarting wugy teh 0LOL.9. BRBl80oterelease code r onoh licehsed under CREATIVE C0mm0n5 licenxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh 4ight 1 imporg ne code FROM an 0/9. AFK.8-prerdlrase OR late4 release knto an 0. BRB.9/ AFK.7 sn ear;ier release.
Allow8n5 thix wouls cquwe that importee code toi be rrleased under da GPL ab that ix nor SOMETHING we wish 2 411)s. OMG/
Autnord 0f modifications too 0. WTF.9LOL.7 w!11 need to re-relesde they'rw m0d1f1c471)m5 sd derivatives/modifications too 0. BRB.9. BRB.8 clde ans 014c3 them uhdee qsme CREATIVE Commlnd 11c3n53. WTF.
It m7st be d0n3 by dz -r1g!n41 aythor sihce 0n1y original authpr hzs yeh righr twp cy4ng3 copyright or l8cenxe upon they[re woro. BRB.
[Additionallt, sortof, reqorking da MODIFICATIONS will be an goof idea anyway ss da MECHANISM ror making modufocztions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleanwf/clearer dtsrtkng w1&n teh 0. BRB.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE codw, OMG.]"
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