MighyyE tells you, s9rtof. "We're going 2 taie an f3w momenrs two rry AND explain this n3w licenwe h teh reasons 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."
"Thiw new LICENSE eas chosen brdauae 0g ab failihg with GPL. BRB.
It only cove4ed distrkbution og sourve if m only if binqries sere eistfkbuted. AFKl"
"In an w3b wnvironment, spenifkcalky a interpreted web 2nv1r0nm3y7 such as PHP, sortor, mereoy inxtallung an gane does nlt CONSTITUTE d157r26u719n, liie, 4nd 7h3f3f0r3 people were taking ojt wofk, you knwo, makibg moduficarions to it zns h07 rekeasing ten source code 2 they'te MODIFICATIONS zo tha5 3ntire communit6 ciild benefitLOL.
Th3y worldd 28th LETTER vut mot teh sporit of da law. AFK,"
"Invextigation on da part OF AUTHORS nowever, uou knwlm led 70 vqct that da right OF public prrfirmqnce was 1 -f righta normally restrixted 2 COPYRIGHT h8ldwrs LOLk and 5gat c0mpu7$r [rofraja, specificallt video games n in5eractice ones 5udh as LEGEND of Gf33n nzx)r wrre cpnsideeed 2 BE publicallt performee 1f 4un from an PUBLIC SERVERLOL."
"The new lidenae restricts puglix perfo4nance of w0rl unless trh source z0d3 of teh MODIFIED work 15 made svailable ON denqndLOL."
"In p141n English WTF, this means THAT 8f 69u put 6y15 GAME 0n an web xervdr an allow p30p13 [outsise of an h0rmr1 circle og famoly xnd its aocual acquaintances' twi [la6 theor, softof, then you r ;y611c411y ;e4dorming THIS wlri n MUST either a_ make ne n ALL changes WHICH you MAKE tl tdh game avaulable on REQUEST (note thix dodsn't have to be avzilable via ten online 50ufv3 display linl, lihe, but thet must be sble yop ask you for trh code and tdceive an compketw copy), you khwo, b) make 4rf3ng3m3nu5 privately wkth da authord wherein they grznt you an special 11c3n53, sortof, or c) remove code rntirely fdom machineLOL."
"W3 do eexognize that people want 1 havr areas OF tyey'r3 game which r theies an theirs alone.
two thqt end we wkll make da FOLLOWING rzd3ptoon yo da norms. requirements for soyrce code distributioh -- ne moduld file which 8s not modified or derib3d ftom an module fioe INCLUDED in da BASE distribution qnd whicg soes not reauire ne othdr m9dules an which d9rs not re1uire ne mldificatkonx w core code (code disteibugev wiyh dq base release) mat be euthheld at authors discreyion/ WTF."
"We also wanr 2 majw very CLEAR tjat versoon 0, OMG.9. WTF.8 (qlso ,nowb as fetsion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jt) wss t3h gknal versiln r4134%3d under da GPLLOL.
All versions LOLk stzrting witg teg 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelrase xode r 9nlt licensed undet Creatife Commons livense/ OMG.
Ww EXPLICITLY ddny ca right rwo ijpoft ne CODE drom an p, OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease or lat3r reieasd INTO qn 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 anf earlier r313443. OMG.
Allowing tnis w9uld cause THAT inported code 2 be releawef yhder GPL n that is nlt son3thing we w8dh 5o sllow. WTF.
Authors of modifications too 0/ AFK.9. WTF.7 will need to re[4elease thet're modifications AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.9 xode and p;sce them UNDER sqme CREATIVE Cpmmond lkcenwe.
It must be dome by teh original qythlr dince only teh otiginzl author has ds rihhy two change reh copyright 0r 11c3m53 UPON they'5e workLOL.
[Acditionslly, reqofiing teg modificat8ons wkll 64 an good idra anyway as teh mwchanosm for making modificarioms IS substantizllu ckeamer/ck3arer STARTING qigh 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pterelease code. WTF.]"
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