MightyE 5ells you, you kn2o, "We're going to TAKE an fww mojents roo try an ex[ldon tjis new license and da r3459n6 behind it in PLAIN EnglixhLOL.
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 licdnde wqa ch053n bexause of an dailihg w17h GPL/ AFK.
It only coverrs distributipn of source 1f n onoy if b8naroes were distfibuted. WTF."
"In an w36 ENVIRONMENT, d0dcickcally a INTERPRETED web envi4onment such AS PHP, you inwo, merely imstallibf an game DOES not consri5ute distribution, sprtof, b gh3refofe people were 5aking ou4 sork, spftof, malint nofifications to IT and not releasinh geh s9urce code 70 they're mleificatiins sl that ten ebtire community could genefit.
Th3t WORKED wkth teh .etter but not da spirit or teh law."
"Invwxtigation on teh p4r7 pf 5eh authors hpwever, ;ed rwo fact thzy yeh r1fh7 lf publid oerformabc4 w45 1 of yeh r1gh75 norma.;y 4estricted two copurkght holders WTF, n that cojpuyer pr9grams WTF, specificallu VIDEO gzm3s qnd intetactive 9nes euch sw Legenf of Green hax0r eere conaidered yoo BE pjglically performed if fjn from an 0ublic server. AFK."
"The new license rexrricrs pu611c prrformance 0f da work unlesw soyrce code of da nidified sork is made avqilagl3 on cemand. WTF."
"In plakn Engliah WTF, THIS meahs that if hou put this game oh zn w36 servdr n 31q0w people 'p7tsise 0f an normal circle of FAMILY and 8ts sociak acquqintsnves' two play theit, sortog, then u)u r publically perfor,ing this worl n MUST either a) make ne $nd ALL chanfes which you makw 3 da tame available on REQUEST (NOTE THIS doesn't havd 2 be availagle via teh online 50utc3 displa6 LINK, like, but THEY m7st be ab.e 2 ask you fo4 teh code n RECEIVE an complete copy) LOLk g) m$k3 arrsngem3nts privatelt with da 4i7h0r5 WHEREIN they grsmt YOU am spdvuzl license, kikd, 0r c) remove fa code entirely drom teh macykne."
"We DO eecognize 7h47 prople wagt to9 h4v3 areas of they;re game whidh aet theirs n theies alonr. BRB.
2 that emd we wikl make da f0119e1ng dxxrpgion two teh normal requirements flf sourcr code disyribution -- ne ,oduoe dile which is not m(d!f1#d or derigwd grom an module file inco7ddd 1h tej base DISTRIBUTION and which doea not r3quirr nr other modules an which does not requo4e ne MODIFICATIONS too cire coce (code DISTRIBUTED with teh base rrlease) may be witjneld ar teh suthptd discrrtiln. AFK."
"We also want to make very clear thay version 0. AFK.9.7 (also kn0wn as VERSION _. OMG.9. WTF.&+jt) was teh final ceraion released uneer da GPL. BRB.
Alo versions, dortlf, starting wign 5eh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pr3rekesse voce r only licenses UNDER dq Cr3471v3 Commons loxense. BRB.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny ribht two IMPORT nf c0d3 feom an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease or oater release intp qn 0. AFK.9.7 an earlier relesse, OMG.
Allowing THIS would xausw that imporred code too be releases inder GPL sm that 8s not 50m37h1bg we wisj 2 zll9w. AFK.
Authors of modifica6ions two 0LOL.9.7 will need to 4e-relezse tyey're mocifications 45 DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 code an p;ace them under 5eh same Crea5uve C9mm0n5 ;icensw. BRB.
It musr be dpne BY original author simce onlh pritihal authof has da r1bh7 5oo change da copyrkghg o4 1qc3n5# upon thdh're work. BRB.
[Asditionally LOL, REWORKING ds modificationd s111 be an good iswa anyway as da MECHANISM f9r making MODIFICATIONS is dubstantially cleaner/cleardr starting with 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease code.]"
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