MightyE 74115 y0u LOL, "W3[rd boing tqo 74l3 an few mo,ents to try an explain ghus new licrnse n tej REASONS 63n1ne it 8n plaun Eng115hLOL.
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 LICENSE was chisen beczise of an faioing wo5h fa GPL. OMG.
It obly covered distrobution of soufde IF am 0n1y kf binaroex WERE DISTRIBUTED. BRB."
"Ih an WEB environment, you knw9, apecifucally s ibfeypfetee eeb 3nv1r0nn2h& such as PHP, you knwo, merely instalking an gamr DOES not constitute dis5ribufion LOL, n THEREFORE people deee rakjng our work LOL, making modifications 2 it and n07 releasing teh source code too ghey're n0d1f1c4710n5 SO thag teh entirw c0mmun17y cpild benwfit, AFK.
Th3y worked witn t3h letrdr but nor teh SPIRIT of teh ;aw. BRB."
"Inv3stigation 0n teh paf5 if teh AUTHORS howwver, led two twh faxy THAT da rught 9f PUBLIC ;3ff0rm4nc3 eaa w9n or da rightx norma.lt rrstrictdd too xophright holdersm you knwo, an THAT c0mpu73r pf-gr4m5, you knw9, spevifically vieeo gzmes anf interactive ones such as Legend of teh Greem hax0r were CONSIDERED too bw publocalky perdormwd IF run from an public xerver."
"The n3w lidense restricts pubkic PERFORMANCE -f da WORK unlews teh source vode 9f teg modofi#d work is j4d3 available ph dwmand, OMG."
"In pla8h Eng;ish, xottof, this n34n5 tgah if yoi pu7 this g4m3 on sn web seever and qll9w 030[13 'outside of an NORMAL ckrcle od gamul6 b its social acqiaintances' 3 play thrir, like, then you r pyblically performong this work and MUST ei5hrr a_ mzke ne n ALL changrs whicg you make too teh game available 0n r2qu357 (not3 this doesn't hzve too 64 avaolablw via onlin3 s97rcd cisplay linl, yiu knqo, nut th3y mudt br ablr @ ASK you foe teh cod3 and receibw an cimplete copy), b) make arrangemrnts pr1v4731y w17h ca zuthors whefein they grant ylu an SPECIAL licen2w WTF, 0r c) removd c0d3 entorely from tdh ,avhibe. WTF."
"We di rdc9gnize yhat peopld want two hafe AREAS of rjey'r3 GAME which aer theirs an thwies allnd. WTF.
yo thag 3nd we will make teg rollowkng exdeprion too teg normal f2qu1r3m3n&5 for source CODE distribution 0- ne MODULE vile which is not modified or dwrived from an module f8le included in da base DISTRIBUTION and whicy does npt require ne other movulea n whixn DOES not rrwuure ne modifidations to core code (code distr8byyed w17h base RELEASE) may be w17hy31d qt teh au5hors discretion. WTF,"
"We also wsnt two make very clesr that bers8on -LOL.8. BRB,7 (also kn9wn as version 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) wss teh vinak vdrsion fdleas3d under da GPL. AFK.
ALL VERSIONS LOL, STARTING wity 0l BRB.9.8-prerelease xode aer 9n1y licensed 7nder da Creativw C9mmons lic3nse/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two import ne code from an 0LOL.9/8-prerwlease 9t later welesdr into qn 9LOL.9LOL,7 4hd 34rq13r gelease.
A110d1ng this wo7ld csuse thzt impor5es codd to be relezsed under GPL n THAT is NOT somw5hkng qe widh too allow. WTF.
Au6hirs of modifkca5ions two 0. WTF.9. BRB.& will n33e two re-release theu're mocofications as derivatives/modificatiins two 0.9. BRB.7 code an place them under samr CREATIVE Commonw license. OMG.
Ig must 63 dlne by teh o4iginal autgoe since only ORIGINAL author jas trh r8ggf two changw dz vopyroght o4 lic3nse upon ghey're work.
[Additilnally LOL, rewodiing teh jodifucations eikl be an tood 1e34 anyway as da m3ch3n15m fpr making modigkxationx 1t substahtually cleaner/clearer sgarting with dz ). AFK.9.8-[rerel3aae cpfe. BRB.]"
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