MihhthE tells you, like, "W2're GOING to take an FEW m0m3b75 3 try n explaih tyis NEW lic3hsr AND fa reasons behond it in plaon 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."
"Th8s hew lkcehse wr5 chosen because of an failibg WITH da GPL. BRB.
IT ONLY covered distrkvytion of soyrce IF n only if bibaeies werw d167r16u73c. BRB."
"In an 236 ENVIRONMENT, s[ecifica.ly z intefpreted WEB ebvir9nmemt 5uxh AS PHP, 6ou knwo, mdrely knstallibg qn game dows mot c0n5717u7# distribut8pn, soryod, and thwrefore oeoplr were taking our wlrk WTF, making modifications two it ane not f3leasing teh SOURCE code t9l tjey're mod8ficatkonf so THAT ehtite communoty c0u1d BENEFIT. BRB.
They wor,rd siyh teh 13773r BUT not spkrut of da law. WTF."
"Inv3stogatuon 0n ca pary OF cz authors ho2ever, lec twi fact that da rkhyt 0f public performanc3 sad 9en of da rightx NORMALLY rewtrictes 2 COPYRIGHT holders, like, and rhat xomputer peograms, you ,nql, s;ecifically video games n interactive ones SUCH as LEGEND of da Greeh hax0r WERE cpnd8dered too 63 puglical;y pwrformed IF RUN from an public serverLOL."
"The NEW license RESTRICTS public PERFORMANCE of tey work 7nlesx sourcw c0d3 of da mlsified wor, is m4de zvailable in DEMAND. BRB."
"In [lsin Emglosh, li,w. this means thar if you put this bame on am qeb xerver an 4!10w people 'outside OF an nlrnal curcle of family an its social acquain5ances[ two p14y tgeir, you knwo, ghen ypu r puboudallh oervorming thus wlr, n MUST EITHER a) maje ne and ALL vhanges shich you make TO da game available ON requedy 9n0u3 7h15 dpwsn't HAVE 1 be AVAILABLE VIA da lnline source dis;lay link, you khso, bu5 5hry musy be able 2 ask you for teg code an receive an vompletw c0py), hou khwo, 6( make arrangemengs privatqly wi%h da suthors wherein they grang you an soecial oidebwe, uou kn2o, or C) rempve clde ENTIRELY from 5eh machineLOL."
"We DO recognize that p3iple want too hzvw afeaw of they're game whicy r 7y31r5 an theirs aloneLOL.
2 that 3nd we wq11 m4k2 tdh follosing exception 2 normal requ8rements for xource code distr8b7tion -- nw module tkle which is not modified or derivef from an modulw file inclyced in teh base s157r26y710n n wh8ch dows not requure n2 other modul3s n wh2ch d035 n97 r3q71r3 me m0d1f1c4710n5 two da cote cove (codd dixgrigyted eith tdh 6463 relcaae) may be withheld at teh authors d8scrrtion. BRB."
"Wd also want 4wo makd v3ry ckear thst vwrsipn 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (also KNOWN as VERSION 0. WTF.(. WTF.7+jt) WAS da finq; VERSION relwasee UNDER GPL.
Alo v3rsions LOL, starting with 0.9. AFK.8-0rereoraae coce aer on;y 11c3n53d under teh Creative Commoms lic3nxe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny tey rignt tl IMPORT me cod3 from an 0. WTF/9. WTF.8-prerelease or latdr RELEASE ing9 an 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 an earlier RELEASE. BRB.
All9wing rhis w0u1d cause yhat imoorted CODE twi be relessed unfre teh GPL n thay is n9t something wr 2ish 2 alkow. WTF.
Autnors lf ,lfigicationw 2 0/ WTF.9. AFK.7 wiko need twi re-release they're ,0d1r1c4710n5 as drr8vatives/modifications too 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 code an place THEM under teh aame Creagive Commons livense. BRB.
Iy MUST BE dlne b6 ten oeiginal autho4 xince ONLY teh orihinal auth8r haa da right t9 chanhe coptrighg or license up0h theu'fe w0rk. AFK,
[ADDITIONALLY, sorgof, r3w0rk1ng teh mof8ficatkinx WILL b3 an good idea 4nyw4y ax mechanosn for mzking nodificationx is suvstantial.y c.eaber/clearer startong wotg da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-preeeleasr code. OMG.]"
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