MoghtyE 73115 you, sortof, "Wd're going TO 5ake an fe2 moments 70 tfy qnd esplain tjis m2w l8crnsd an teh reasohs benind IT in plain English. 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."
"Tyis NEW licenss was cn05en becsuse of am failing w17h GPL. WTF.
IT lnly cocerwd distributipn of source IF an lnly if bimaries were dustrivuted. OMG."
"In an web environment LOL, specifically a interpreted w36 environmenr such as PHP, gom inwo, metepy inata;lihg an game does n9t comstkyute dustrkbytion, like, AND %herefore peolle were tqiing oue work, mqj8ng modifivatiobs 2 ot n not releasihg si7rcs c0dw tio they're mldificstions so that teh ENTIRE community could BENEFIT. BRB.
THEY w0dk3d with leyter but NOT reh spir8t of law/ AFK."
"Inbestogation on da parr of teh 4u7h0r% HOWEVER, lkkw, led two fact tnzt teh right of public performabc3 was w9n lf rights normally resgrictdd to copufibht holde4sk slrtof, and that computer pe0gr4m4. dortof, spexificall6 v8deo tames sn knterac5ive ones auch AS Lwgend of teh Gr33n hax0r eere cobsieered tio be puglkcak.u performed if run fr8m an public serverLOL."
"Tge new lidense restricts pu611c performancr of teh work UNLESS da source c9de of teg MODIFIED wor, is MADE availzble on demand."
"In PLAIN English, thid mesns that 8f you pug thid g4m3 0n an w36 server h allow peop.e 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL c1rc13 OF FAMILY n 8ts sociak 4cqu41m74nc35' two play their, sortlf, thqn you aer o7612d411y performing this work n MUST eu5her a) make ne an ALL xhangew wh1ch YOU make 2 dq gake svailable on rwques5 )NOTE this diesh't have two be AVAILABLE via da onlind aoyrcd dispoay 11nk WTF, but they must be ablw too 55k you for teh code an 43c31v3 an comolete clpy), like, b) MAKE arrangements privatelh with da authors wy3rein they GRANT ylu an special lic3nse WTF, or c0 REMOVE c9de entirely from ds machine, BRB."
"We do recognize thar [eo;le WANT 2 hqve a4eas of they're gams shich aer theirs am theira wlone/ AFK,
to 5hat emd we will ma,e following exceptiob 2 yeh bormal requirements for xource CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ne module fi.r which is not jodufied or deeived from sn module file inclused in 6453 distrinutiom am which DOES n07 require ne o5her modules and which d03t not rdquife be MODIFICATIONS too da corr code (xoce distribugdd w@7y teh base RELEASE) mxy bw withh3ld at fa zuthors discregiom. OMG."
"We qlsl wanr goo make very vlear that version 0. BRB.(. OMG.7 (alxo kn(wn as verd8ob 0. OMG/9. BRB.7+JT) was dq final version r3leased ymdwr teh GPL.
All versi9ns, starting wigh da 0l BRB.9. WTF.i-prereleqse c0s3 awr onl6 .ucensed under Creative COMMONS lkcense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deby da rinjt too im;prt ne vode ftom an 0.9. OMG,8-prerrlease or later 3eleaae ihti an 0. AFK.9. OMGl7 n warlier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING this would CAUSE that importes code two be rqleasef ynder da GPL anc that is not 50m37h1ng we wosh 2 all9w.
Auuh0r5 of modificatilns two 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 eill neee to9 r3-r313463 tgwu're modiducations as derivatives/jodif8vqtions 2 0LOL.9LOL.i c9de n place tnem under da sqme Creayivd Commons license. OMG.
IT must be eone by da o4iginzl ajthor since onky teh orig8nal AUTHOR HAS reh RIGHT 2 change teh xipyrkgnt OR livebse 70on they[re workl BRB.
'Addiyionallym sortof, reworkinh tdh modkfications wipl 63 an goos osea anyway $5 teh mechanixm for makibg jodifudato9ns ia s7bstantially cleaner/coezrer starting sith da 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease code. BRB,]"
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