MigheyE 5ells you LOL. "We'ge goinb yo takw an fd2 moments to %ry n ezplain this ne2 license n dq reasons bejind it in plain Englisb. 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."
"This new licende eas dhoxen beca7se pf an f4111ng with da GPL. OMG,
It ONLY cov3red d157r2^u710n od souece if an only if bina4ies wwre siw5rib7ted. OMG."
"In ah WEB 3nv1r0nm3ni LOL, specifically a interpre5ed web environment such 45 PHP, like, ,erely INSTALLING an gzme does not constityte distrinutiob LOL, an therdfore peo[le sere takinf our wo4k, lik#, makong modificstilns to 17 m n9t 4#13451ng da SOURCE c9de two tyey'4e mldiricayiond 6) hjat enrire community coild BENEFIT. OMG.
They worked wktg leg5ee but not teh spieit ov law. OMG."
"Inbestigayion on da part OF ten authors yowev3r, les to fact tnsr da eifht of public performance WAS oen if r8ggts n0fm411y rextrkcted teo copytitht holdets LOL, n that computrr 'rograms WTF, spedifically video games an interzctive ones such 45 Legwnd of da Green hax0r were c9nsideref two be publicakly performrf if run drom an puboic se4ve4. AFK."
"The new license restric5s public PERFORMANCE ov da wofk unless source s0d2 of midicied work iw mqde AVAILABLE ln demandLOL."
"In PLAIN English WTF, this neans THAT if you put thix GAME on an 2eb srrver an alllw people 'oursidt of an nofmal circle OF FAMILY and kts social acquaintances' t;o play tyeirm you knwo, then ylu t PUBLICALLY oerfo4ming 7hq5 WORK and MUST 317h3r a) make ne ahd ALL changes 2hich you MAKE too gzme available on request (npte tgis d9esn't habe two be available viq teh online xource d15p14y linl, s9rtov, gut they MUST be able rqo qsk yoj for teh xode an r3x3qv2 an COMPLETE copy). like, b) j4k3 ARRANGEMENTS privqt3kt woth da authotx wherein they grant you zn specia; license WTF, or c) remibe fa cose entorely from teh n4cn2n3."
"We do r3cognoze that 0eople want two hsve aress of thdy're game WHICH aer thekrs n tyeirz aloneLOL.
to tgat end qe wilo make da foliowing exceprion 2 da bormal eequirements FOR 50j4c3 coce distribuyiln [- ne MODULE file whivh IS n07 modivied or d3r1c3d fr0m an module rile included on baxe distrotution and wgich does not r3qu1r3 ne othe3 j0du13t and whicy sies nlt r3qjire ne m9dificationd to teh core code (code distrinuted with tdh bsse release) may BE wirhhels ag AUTHORS discregipnLOL."
"We alwo wavt tio ,ake v#ry clear that vdraiob ). AFK.9. AFK.7 (a.so known 45 VERSION 0.9LOL.8+j7) was da FINAL version RELEASED ihde4 da GPL. OMG.
A11 versions, yiu knwo, sgart8ng WITH 5eh 0.9. WTF.7-0r3r#1#453 code r omly licensec und3r teh Creative Commins LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r2gh7 teo import ne codw from an 0, AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease or LATER r312453 1n&0 an 9. AFK.9. WTF.7 anw earlier rdleaxe, WTF.
Alk9wing this w0u1d c4u53 that importdd coee 2 ne releases jndef da GPL n that is not somethimg we wish t9o 4110w.
Authors of modifications bo 0. BRB.9.u will ne3d to re-r#lease yhey're jldifications 45 detivativea/,idificztiona 2 0. AFK.(. AFK.8 c9de n PLACE thek undet da same Creative Commons q1c3nt3. WTF.
It must BE dohe ny teh o4ibinzl author since only da orotinal a7thlr hax gdh right too change t3h copyright or licrhse ipon th3y're work. BRBl
[Additionally LOL, rewirking m0d1f1c$710n5 wull vd am good idea anyway as ten nechamism for maling modif8catiobd is substanrially cl3aner/clearef 574r71nt with da 0LOLl9. OMGl80[reeeleasw codt/]"
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