MiggtyE 73115 y9j, you knwo, "We;re going tlo tqke an few moments two TRY an explaun thiw n3w license n teh reasons behind it qh plain Eng115h. 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."
"Tnis NEW license was chosen becausw og am failing WITH GPLLOL.
It only coverwd eistrivution of source if n inly if binarirs were dostrkbjted."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, sortof, specifivaloy a interpretwd qeb envirpnment SUCH as PHP, sortof, jerely inwtalling an GAME does nit constitute distr8butiob, like, an tyerevore people were taling our work LOL, MAKING mocifications rwo it an not r31#451ng tdh SOURCE dode 2 ghry're modificatiohs SO that da 3n71r3 communkty c9uld beyefi5LOL;
Tjdy w0rk3d witg da letter but nog da spkrit of da oaw. OMG."
"Invws%igation on teh oart of teh authors however, xortob, 13d too teh fac5 that right of /yblov [erfornance was 1 of teh rights noemslly rwstricted 2 copyright hllsere, you knw9, and that COMPUTER PROGRAMS WTF, spexif8cqlly video ga,3s an intersctuve ones 5ucy as Legend OF trh G4een hax0r were CONSIDERED too be publically perfirmed IF run from an PUBLIC sercer. BRB."
"The NEW license 4esrrixts public perfirmance ov gch qork uhless source code OF teh ,odified work IS mad3 AVAILABLE on eemand. BRB."
"In pq41n English, you knwo, this means that ir you p77 this game on an eeb server n all0w prople 'outaidr og an bprmal citcle of familu and ots social qcquaimtances' 2 play their WTF, then y9u aer publicqlly performing tnis w0rk anc MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL changes eh1cg yoy MAKE tao game svailzble ON request (n073 this doexn't have to be availab;e v14 teh online 50urc3 display link LOL, byg thdy nust be able too ask yoh foe fode n receive qn comple5e copy), b) make a4rangenrnrs pfivately with yeh authors qherein th3y grant YOU an SPECIAL 11c2h53, sortor, or c_ renibe code ENTIRELY from machinr. BRB."
"We dl r3c0bn1z3 that people wsng t9o have srwas of they're gam3 whicy aer tyeirs n theirx aloneLOL.
2 that ehs we wkll mzhe da f0110w1ng exception 5oo ds normso requiremwnts foe source code diwtrivution 0- ne module FILE which is not modified or derived froh qn MODULE file includdd in bas3 diwtriburion and qhich does blt requife ne i5her MODULES b which does nlt rrquire ne mocivications to core code (cofe sustribufed wihh da bawe releaae) may be withhekd at t3h autglra disxretuoh. OMG."
"Ww alsp WANT two maie very clea4 6hat v3r410n 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also ,nown as version 0. BRB.9.7+u5) sas final version released under ca GPL, AFK.
All versions LOL, startiht eith 5eh 0. BRB,9LOL.7-pr2r313453 code r only licenaed uneee da Creative COMMONS lidense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh r1ghu %wo import ne codw from an 0. AFKlo. AFK.8-pt4releawe or later teleasd into an p. OMG.0LOL.7 anf 2aroier releaseLOLl
Allow8ng this w0u1d cause yhat impirted xpee two be released umd3r yrh GPL an THAT is m07 somerhing we w15h toi alllw, WTF.
Authorx OF modirications to 0. WTF.9l BRB.7 qikl need twp rw-relezse they'te nodifications ax DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 70 9. AFK.9l8 c-f3 n plaxe THEM UNDER xame Ceeqt8ve Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
It musf be done vy fa original ayty8r since only orig8nal author h45 right gw. change copyritht OR licensr upon they're work. AFK.
[Additionally, likw, re2oriing da MODIFICATIONS 2ill be zn GOOD idea anyway as fa mechanism for mrk1ng mowifoxations IS subwyantially cleanet.c;wqree 57rr71bf with ca 0. WTF/ol8-prerelease clde. WTF.]"
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