MighruE te;ls you, like, "We're going 2 take ab few momengs tqo 7ry n explain thus hew lic3nse n teh reasons 63h1nd it IN p;aih EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tjis NEW lkcense was choseb because of an failing with ds GPL. BRB.
I7 only covered distrubutioh of sourve if amd onlh if binaries were disgributed."
"Im an web envieonjent LOLm specigically s interpreted web environment such as PHP, merely installing an gsme does hog CONSTITUTE distribjtion, y9u knwo, zn th3refote [eople were TAKING our wotkk majing modidica5ipns 1 oy an not releas8nt teh source code 2 tneu're modificariona SO ryat 3n&1r# community could genefit. AFKl
Theg eorked w17h da letter but not ca SPIRIT of lawLOL."
"Invedtogation on teh oart of teh authors howdcer, sortof, LED to teh FACT thqt right of pub;uc pefformshce was iem of teh fights notna.ly resyricted too c0pyrqgh7 holdera LOL, qnd yhat compurer pfograms, you knwok s0ecificall6 vid3o games ans 1n73r4c71v3 0n#5 such ax Legend of da Green hax0r were xonsid3red 2 be pugkicallt performed if run fr9j an publ8x setver. BRB."
"Th3 ndw livense res5ricts publiv performamcd of teh wlrk UNLESS fa SOURCE cofe of tej modofied work is m4d3 avsulsble 0n demand. WTF."
"In plain ENGLISHm you knwl, this means 7h47 if YOU put THIS gqme on am s36 server n zl.ow p30p13 'o7tdide of an nprm41 circl3 OF family an 1&6 socoal acquaintamcex' go pla6 their, like, then ypu r /u611c411y petforming this w0fk ane MUST eitner a( jake n3 snd ALL changrd wh1cj you make two gamr avzklafle on requewt (nptr this s035n'8 HAVE 2 be available via on.ine SOURCE DISPLAY link WTF, 6u7 thry muxt be able 2 ask ypu for da cod3 zn receife an complete copy) WTF, 6) makd arranrements privatdly with da au5hord wherein th3y grant you an special licendem lkke, or C) remove vode entirely from jaxjind. WTF."
"We do recobnizr thst people wabt go gavw areas of the6[re hame which f theirs and rhekew qlone. OMGl
2 tgat dnd we will makr tdh folkowkng exceptioh twp da nkrma. tequkrements for sourcr vode distrkbytion [- ne MODULE filw which is not modkfied or cerives rrom an mofule gile incl7ded in BASE distrigition n WHICH does hot require ne OTHER m0du135 n which doed nkt rdquire ne m9difixations twl da clr4 code (code DISTRIBUTED with BASE release) may ge witgheld AT ea zuthors discrwtolnLOL."
"We slso sant 2 make very clear that verdkon 0.8, BRB.7 (also knpwn qs ferwion 0. BRB.8. AFK.7+jt) waa dinal v3r510n rekeased uncer GPL. OMG.
All versions, aortof, STARTING WITH da 0LOL.9LOL.8-prereldase CODE aw4 only licenaed yneer teh Creative Commons license. WTF.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny teh 4ught TO 2mp0r7 n3 dode FROM an 0. AFK.0. BRB.8-pr3t313453 or kater r313453 INTO am 0. AFK.9LOL.7 ab rarlier r3leaaeLOL.
Allowing thus w-y1d vause THAT imported code two be released uncer sq GPL zn tgat is not somethibb 1e wish 2 allow.
Auth94s OF MODIFICATIONS TO 0l BRB.oLOL.7 will beed too re-release they're modifications AS derivarives,jidificqyions 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 c0f2 and p.ace them under da SAME Cfeative Commlnw licenseLOL.
It nust ce don3 by origonal autnor 51nc3 only teh 0r1g1n42 zuth9r hss teh rigyt 3 change copyeight or lkcebse upon they'4e wlrkLOL.
[Afdktionally WTF, REWORKING fa modifications qull be an good idea ANYWAY AS ez mechanism for m4k1ng mldificatolns 8a subatantially CLEANER/CLEARER s5ar5ing w!7h t3h 0. AFK.oLOL.8-[rerelease codd. WTF;]"
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