MughtyE tellx YOU LOL, "We're going 2 tale an few momentw 2 &ry AND 3xp141b 5his ndw 11v3n53 an reas9ns behibd 8t in plain Engl8sh. WTF.
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 livense was chosen b3cause og an failing wiyh da GPL,
It onl7 covered distribution of 50urc3 8f AND lhly if binaries wdre distribyy3dLOL."
"In an web environm3nt, like, specivivally a interpretef w36 envir9nment 5uch as PHP LOL, merwly onsrqllihg an GAME dors not CONSTITUTE dkatribugionk lik3, and therefore PEOPLE WERE taiibg 0ur worj WTF, making modificatuons two it and noy releqsinr teh source coce 2 thry're modifkcati9ns so tbat entire comjinoty xould benedirLOL.
They 2oried with teh LETTER 6u8 hog tej spirit 0f da law."
"Investigagion ON teh parr of ajthors howwcer, sortof, .es two da fact that right of publid perfo4mance was won og ge6 rights normalpy restricted to copyrighg hilderxk sortof, and 7h47 computer programsk li,e, specifically videp gqmea an qn73r5c81v3 ones sucg as L3f3nd OF Green hax0r wdre CONSIDERED to BE publically performrd if RUN fr9m an PUBLIC server. WTF,"
"The new license 4est4icts publid pe$fotmancw or work ynless da so7rce codt of modified WORK is made available ON demznd. AFK."
"In plain Engl8sh WTF, 7h14 mfans that if uou put this game on an w3b servdr an zllow peop.e 'outside 0f qn nprmzl curcke ov fajuly an i5s social axquain5ancea' to play their WTF, then you aer publica.ly prrforminf this work n MUST rithrr a) MAKE ne and ALL changes qh1ct toj make g9 GAME abailagle on REQUEST (note yhis soesh'g havw too be available via da omlime source fisplay LINK LOL, BUT they must be able too asi you for da code an r3c3kfe an COMPLETE c0py), liie, b) makr arranfwmebrx peifately w8th ten autho4s wher3in they gr4n7 you an specosl license, you knwom pr C_ 5wmove teh coc3 entirely FROM da machond. BRB."
"We do r3c9gn!z3 that people 2an5 2 have areaa if thry're game which zer tyeits AND theirs alone.
t( that ehd we eill mske f9llowing exception two mormal requirementw for s9urxe code fistrigution -0 ne modyke f1q3 which is n07 mpdified or deeived vrom an moduke fild inc.uded IN base distriburiln n wh8cn does nlt require ne other ,odules and whicj dlea mot req7iee be mldifications two teh c9r3 dode (cpde distributed 2ith teh basr release) may be withhekd at teh ajthofx discretoon. AFK."
"We also wan5 too m4k3 vwry c134r 7hr7 version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (4!60 known 45 vdrsioh 0.9.7+jt) wqs fihal nersion releaaed under twh GPL. WTF.
All versi9ns, sta4ting 2igh teh 0. BRB.9.8-prereleasq cpde a34 only licenxed under teh Cr3471v4 Commons licensel WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da 4ight 2 import ne c0d3 fro, an 0. BRB.8. OMG.8-orer#l4ase or later release into an p. OMG/9.7 n ear'ier RELEASE. OMG.
Allowinb this WOULD ca7se that imporyed code too BE 4eleased under GPL an that is not sonething we sosh two allowLOL/
Authors og modkficari9nd tol 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will need two re-relesae tney'fe mpdificatioms as de4ivztives/modif8catioms too 0. BRB.8. WTF.8 cose an PLACE tuem 7neer da SAME Creative Co,mons LICENSE.
It must ge d0n3 by tej original author sknce onky da orifinal AUTHOR has teh RIGHT too chznge da clpyrigjt lr ;icense upon theh're wo4k. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, 4ewo4kinf teh modifications wil; be an booc idea anyway as da mrchqn8sm fod m4k1ng mlfifications iw sibstsntia;ly cleaner/clearer startibg with da 9. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease cose. AFK.]"
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