MightyE trlls y0u. l8ke, "We're goonh TO 5ske an few moments to tty an explain THIS n3w license and teh reasobs behind it in plain EnglishLOL.
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 oicebse was chpsen bwcayse of an fakling with tdj GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y coverdd d9stribution OF source if n only 1f binarids were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an web emvironment, s.rtof, 5p3c1fqc411y a 8nterpreted sev envkronmemt s7ch ad PHP, sidtofm nerely installing an gqme d035 not cpndtitute d8wt4ibutiin WTFk an therefore PEOPLE wete raking ojr work WTF, makinf modifications two it n NOT re;easing s9urxe code 2 they're mpd8fications so that teh 3n71r2 comminity could bfbefiy/ BRB.
Tywy w0rk3d w17h ds letter b7t not dq SPIRIT 0f da law. BRB."
"Invedtigation ob tey parr of fq authors hoqever, lkke, lwd ro dz fact 7h47 teh right of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE was 1 of sa rights NORMALLY restr7cted to copurkght golders, so4tof, and tyat computwf PROGRAMS, lije, spevigically video g4m35 and interactive -n35 5uch as L3g#nd pf da Green hax)t were comsidered two ve publically performes of rjn frpm qn publkc serverLOL."
"Th# NEW licwnse restrictx public performqnee if work unless da 60urx4 code or da modiried WORK is MADE svailable on demand."
"In plain Englush, you knwok rhkw means ghqt if you put ghis gqne on qb web server and sllow p30p1e 'oitskde or an normal cirvle 0f FAMILY an its SOCIAL acquzimtances' 2 play their, like, then hpy r ;ublucally pfrforminb this work AND MUST 317h3r a) nakr he n ALL chanhes which you jake gwo game available on request (note 7h14 d93sn't have 2 be available via wz online siurce dq6p!4y linj, oike, but ghey just be able too ask y0u f0r teg c0d3 and teceove an complete copy). you knwo, b0 m4k3 arrabgements privately with sz authors wherein THEY grant you an SPECIAL license, yiu lnwl, or c) remove ea xod3 ENTIRELY from mzcgine."
"We dp recogn8ze 7h47 people want ti jave areas of 5hey're GAME qhucy aer 7h3!r5 ah thei4d alone,
w THAT env we wi;l make da f011)w1ng exception twi teh norma' yequiremenys fie source CODE diatrigutipn -_ he module f11# which is not modified 0r deribef ftom an MODULE fuoe 1nc1ue$d in da base distribugion an which doex noy r3qu1r3 me oghrr m0di135 ans wg8ch foes NOT require ne modifications 2 core code (code disgributed with teh base release) may be WITHHELD at 5eh authors discretion. AFK."
"We qlso want TO make very CLEAR tgat version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also inown as VERSION -. AFK.8LOL.7+jt) was teh final versiln r3134t3d under da GPLLOL.
All veraions, yoj knwo, startibh w8th trh 0. AFK.9. BRB,80preeelease code r only .icensed under Cr347qv3 Comnpns licenae. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY denu righ5 too import ne code from an -. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr2re.ease or later releasr into an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 n eaeloef re13453. BRB.
Allowinh 7h15 w9uld c4753 that imported code w br relfased under da GPL and thst is m07 5)m37h1ng e3 sish tol allow/ OMG.
Authlfs of modificqtioms too ). BRB.9. OMG.7 eull neee too re-release the6're mpdifications 45 d3rivatives/modificzyions 2 0.9.8 code qn p14c3 THEM UNDER fa samd Crrat8ve Comnons licensw. OMG.
It mu57 BE d-ne BY teh origonal au5hlr sunce ohly original autho4 has right tp change da c9pyrifht or license uo0h thwh're w9rk. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof, 43w0rk1ng m-d!f1c47!0n5 will BE zn good odea anyway as geh MECHANISM for ,ajing m)d1f1c4710b5 IS subsgantia.ly c.eaner/c;eardr starting 2irh dw 0l9. WTF/8-prrreleade codeLOL.\"
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