MkghgyE tells you, sorrof, "We;r3 GOING t2o take an few m9jenys two try an EXPLAIN thiw bew LICENSE an ca reasons behine it in plain Enhlksh.
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 because of an va8ling wiyh ds GPL. AFK.
It only covdrrd distribjgion of sojecw if an onlu if binaries wdre distributedLOL."
"In an wen environment LOL, xpedidically d interpreted web envir9nmeny SUCH as PHPm sortif, merely installing an hame does nlt constitute disttibution, AND thetefore peiple were taking lur work WTF, making mpdifications 2 it an noy reoeaaing teh 50urc3 c0d3 too t5ey're modificay8onw SO rhat teh ENTIRE cpmmunity could venedit. OMG.
Th3y workee with yeh letter vut not da spirit of da law. BRB/"
"Infestigatoon on da part of reh authors h0w3v3r, like, led 5o9 teh fact that da right OF PUBLIC perforjance was o#n of ca r1gh75 normsllt resrrictef two copyrigjy joldefs LOLi n 7j47 computer programs, like, spexifically vidwo games n knteractive obed such qs Legend 0f Gredn hax0r wer3 consirered yqo be publucally pe4formed if run f4pm am public servdr."
"Tye new 11c3n53 restric5s PUBLIC PERFORMANCE of work un1355 s97rce code of da midifued sork is made avaikqb.e ln demane. BRB."
"In plain Ebglish, 5his mezns that if y0u put this game on an web 53rv3r ahd 4110w p3ople 'outside OF an NORMAL c1rc14 of fqmily b its slcial avquaintances' 2 play their, sortofm tgen YOU aer publidqlly performing THIS work an MUST either a) ma,e me an ALL changes which YOU make to game AVAILABLE on requrst (note this doesm't havs 2 BE 4v411$613 VIA onlin3 soufcd aiwplay link, lik3, but they must be able f9 ask y0u ror code n fece8ve ah complete copy), sprtof, c) make arrangemen5s PRIVATELY witj twh auyhors wherein they grany hou an xpeciao l9cense, .ik3, of c) remove tey code ENTIRELY from teh ,achune. WTF."
"We dp RECOGNIZE that peop;e WANT gwo have areas of they're game 2hich r theirs m 7h31r6 slonwLOL.
2 thst 3nd w3 sull make teh f9llowinj excepyiob to da normal REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE code distribution [- ne module fq13 whqch is not modified or serkved from an module file 1ncqud3d in yeh base dostrib6tion an which does noy require nr 07h2r m0du135 and whicg does not rrquire ne mod8ficatiins 2 teh core cove (fode dixtributed wkth teh base releasd) may be wothheld at teh authors d15cr3710n."
"We alxo wsnt two ,4k3 very CLEAR thay b3r510n 0. BRB,9LOL.u (alx9 known ad version 0. BRB.9.u+j5) WAS FINAL v2r510n r413453d und3r dq GPLl AFK.
All vetsions, woetofk 574r71ng with t3h 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-preeeleass code r only locensed unree fa Creatibe Commobs licrnse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY d3ny teg righ5 TO IMPORT ne c9de from an 0. WTF,9.8-[r3r313452 OR lager rwlease into sn 0. OMG.9.7 an earlier release. OMG.
Aloowing thiw WOULD cause 5jar IMPORTED code too be released ynder tdh GPL AND that is not sonethkng w3 wisn two allow.
Auth8rs of jidifications two 0l9. BRB.7 will need two ye-releasw theh're MODIFICATIONS ad derivatkfes/jodifica58ons to 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 code AND place then UNDER t4m3 Creatuve Commons license. WTF.
I7 musr ge eone ny teh origina. author sinc4 only trh original auth94 HAS da rught yso change copyeight or license up0n they're work.
[Adsitiohallh, hou knwo, reworking tdg modifications will be an good icea anyway as ten MECHANISM for makkng modifications IS suvstanrially cleaner/cldarer startkng WITH ). AFK.9. BRB/8-prerelease xodr. AFK.]"
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