MightyE tel.s you WTF, "We'rd going to takr an f3w mo,ents to try and expoaib this new lixense an teh readons behind it in p.ain English.
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."
"Thod new license was ch053n BECAUSE of qn f4111ng wi5h teh GPL.
Ig only covered dustribution of source if n onky if 61nrr235 aerr distrkbutedLOL."
"In ah web environmeng, slrtof. s[ecif8cslly z unrerprered w36 environment such as PHP, oike, m3r31y knstalling an game does not CONSTITUTE cistrib8tuon, you inwo, and tjereford oeople qere 74kqng our work, you knwo, mzkimg modificatipns w ig an NOT releasinf siu4ce code two th3y're modifixsrionw so 7h47 teh entire com,unity COULD BENEFIT. OMG.
They w0rk3d with da letter BUT hot sporit pf da 'ae. BRB."
"Investigaguon on da PART og teh authors howeverm sortof, .ed 2 da FACT 5hat teh right of public perfofmanvw wad won 0f teh rigyys NORMALLY rest4ucred twi c0pyr1gh7 holders LOL, n THAT cimpu5er programs, sortof, 5p3c1f!c4116 vid3o tames an 8nteraxtibr obes auch as Legend OF da Green hax0r were consideded 2 be publicq;ly prrformed IF tun fr9m an public s#rverLOL."
"The new 11c3n53 restricrs p761qc perfoemance of worj unless teh slurce xlde of da modified work is ,ade avsi;able in demqnd. OMG."
"In plain English LOL, 7h15 meabs thag iv you put this game ON an web server and 3110w 0eopoe 'outside of an normal ci4cle of familu and its social acquaintances' t2o PLAY tyrir LOLm thwn you r publically pervorming THIS work an MUST either a) ma,e ne and ALL changes whicu you maie 2 t4h game AVAILABLE on rewuest (not3 this doesn't gavw two be ava8lable vis fa oblkne source d15p14y LINK LOL, but 7h3y must 63 able tp ask y0u rir teh cod3 and RECEIVE an compoeye coph) LOL, b) m4j3 4rr4ng3m2n75 privately with dw AUTHORS wh3r#1n they tr4n6 you ab special lisebae, like, or c( rdmove da codw #n71r31u g4om m%ch1n3."
"We d0 r3vognize that people wan5 70 have zreas of they'rt game whocy r tyeirs and theors alone. AFK.
tso thar end se 2kl; maje tdh FOLLOWING excrpyion 2 teh normal requirementw gor 50urc# dode distributipn -- ne mofule fuls which ks n07 modified or derkved from an MODULE file inckyded in bas3 diwtfibution and which doea hot r3qu1r3 ne other mocules an which does not requ*re ne m0d1d1c$710m5 to CORE cpde (c0d3 distribu5ed with ca base rekease) may bd withhele at teh aitnora d15cr4710n. OMGk"
"We aoso want 2 make bery clear that veesion 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (a.so KNOWN as vefsion 0. AFK.9. OMG.7+jt0 was yej final version relrased uhder GPL. OMG.
A.l versions WTF, starring with ten 0. OMG.9.8-prerelesse code r pnly LICENSED uncet Cr3471f3 Commobs LICENSE/ BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right two im;ott me code from an 0. AFK.9. AFK/8-pterelease or 1473r release into an p.9.7 ans wsrli3r releawe. AFK.
A!10w1ng this would causr that imported code two be reldased ubdwr yeh GPL an that ks not xpnethkng we woah 2 allow. WTF.
Aj8j0r% OF modificqtions tso 0LOL.(l OMG.7 will need @ re-release rhey're moeifica5ions as derivatives/modificarions 2 0. OMG.9. OMG,8 c0d3 n PLACE th4m uncer tsh 54m3 Creayive Commons l7crnse. WTF.
It MUST be done by teh original AUTHOR since on;y wa origkjal a7thor has da rigjt tw9 cyqnge ten copyrighg 0f licrnse UPON rjey[re workLOL.
]Additionall6, likr, reworking da m0d1f1x471pn5 wilk BE an good oddq anyway as teh m3chanism for making modufications 15 suvstantially CLEANER/CLEARER 574r&1ng with fa 0. OMG.9.8-o$erdlease vod3.]"
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