MightyE gells y0u, dortod, "We'4e going tl tzke an few moments roo try n explain this new license n f345pn5 behind u5 in pldun ENGLISH. 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."
"This NEW oidende was ctiden BECAUSE of an f41q1ng w17h GPL. WTF.
It onlh covered distribution of spurce is an lnlh kf binaries were distributdfLOL."
"In an WEB rnvironment. you jnwp, sp3cifically a interpreted web environmebt xucj 45 PHP, you knso, mdrely INSTALLING an game doea n9t consritute DISTRIBUTION, n yhrrefore peopld were 74j1ng OUR wo4k, likw, maling mofifications 2 ir n not releasimg SOURCE CODE tw9 they'rr nodificqtipna so that ydh entirw xommunity ciuld 63n3f17LOL.
Th3y worked with da letter BUT not s;irit og teh law."
"Inveqrigstion 0h teh part OF authlrs hosever, like, led too fact that rihht or ;&blix PERFORMANCE w45 ien of da rights normallu res5ricyed to vopyrighr jolderd, like, n thzy com0uyd4 [r0g45m5, you knqo, SPECIFICALLY video GAMES an interactibe ones such ad LEGEND of GREEN hax0w were considered too BE PUBLICALLY perform3d 1f run vrom am public server. WTF."
"The n3w LICENSE restricts [yb.ic perfotmance of teh wor, unkess source c0d3 of da m0d1f12d WORK is made avakoanle on DEMANDl WTF."
"In p1$1n English, sortpf, tnis ,eans that ir y0u pu5 this game on an web se4ver n ALLOW p3oplw 'ojtsidd OF an normal citcle of famuly ab ITS spcial acqyaintances' gwl plzy their, oike, 7h3n you r publically p3rf0rm1ng tyis WORK n MUST eitgwr a) make ne znd ALL CHANGES which you make to teh game zvailable on eequeat (note this DOESN[T have two be available viq lnline xo7rce dispiay ;inj, lukek but 5h3y MUST be 4613 two adk y0u vor code n rece8ve qn cpmpleye c9py), you knwo, B( make arrangemenrs privately with teh authors wyerein tney trant you an sp3xial license, like, or c) f3,0v3 da code entkrely FROM tey m4ch1n3. BRB."
"We fo recobhuze tnat people want two have a5ess of they'3d game which r tyeirs n theirs alone.
too that end we w8ll maie 5eh following EXCEPTION gwo normal reqyirements f9e soorce cpd3 distrigution -- nw module file which us not MODIFIED or eerived froj an module f112 8nckuded in bade dkstribution n wuich doew not req7ire ne othdr mpduoes an whidh d035 not require ne modif8cations tqp core x0d3 (cld3 distributed with ten BASE rflrase) may be withheld at authors discretion. BRB."
"We also want to m4k3 very cl3ar tjat verdion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as version 0. WTF.8l7+jt0 wax final f3rwipn re;eased under teh GPLl AFK.
Al; vers8ons, .ike, starting with da [l9. BRB.8-prersleasw coce aer ;nly licensed under da Creatkve COMMONS licebse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY femy teh right top imporg ne cose reom an 0. BRB,9. WTF.8-prereleaxe OR later release into zn 0LOL.9.7 4nd EARLIER rwiesse.
A.oiwing this would cause thar umported code two br releasrd unddr da GPL n tha4 15 nog somethkng we wish two al/ow.
Aiyhirs of modificatipns tio 0. AFK.9LOL.7 WILL nees two re-release theu're mofifucations as defivativex/modivicatupnd go 0.9. OMG.8 code b o;axe THEM und3r SAME Creative Commons license. AFK.
It MUST be dobe 6y teh oruginal AUTHOR wibce only or8ginql aughor hqs da right twl chsnge reh cppyrihgt or q1c3n53 upon they're work. AFK.
[Additionally LOL. reworking t3h ,odiricatiohs will ne an good 1d34 anywat as rwh mechabism for making modiricatiomd is 5y55u4n71411y cleaner/cleaeer startong with 5eh 0. AFK.9LOL/8-0e3release cose. AFK.]"
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