Might6E 73115 6(7 LOL, "Ww're going to9 ta,e an few ,oments to try an explain this new license an teh r3450n4 behknd it kn plain Enflish. BRB.
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 livense was choxen because OF an failing with teh GPLLOL.
I7 only covwred distrib7tion of sourve if sn 0n1y if binaroes wwee dixyribytes. WTF."
"In an WEB enfir0nmrnt, likek specifidallt a interpre5ed web environmeng SUCH 45 PHP, sorrof, MERELY installing an game d035 nor xonstitute dis5ribution, liie, an tgeredore peo0le were taking ou4 work WTF. making nodofidations two it and not r3lessing ea xourcr code 2 they'rr m0d@f1c4710n5 so that entire communuty could bwnefitLOL.
Th3h WORKED WITH letter but n07 5p1r!7 0f law/ OMG/"
"Investifatoon on p3t& of 4u7h0r5 however WTF, led 2 FACT rhat RIGHT of publoc performsnce sas odn of eignts n-4m411y restrictec 2 c0p6r1gh7 holders, and tnzt cojputer ofograms. sortof, soedifically video games an ihteractive 0n35 sucg AS Legebd 0f Greeh hax0r WERE consid3red two be publically p3rf0rm3d IF run FROM an ;u6q1c server. BRB."
"The new lixenwe resgricte public performance of teh work unleaw teh soutce vode of ea MODIFIED work 15 made AVAILABLE on demamd. BRB."
"In pksin Engl8sh, so4tof, thks m34n5 rhat if 69u put this bamd on an aeb seevdr abd alloe prople 'outside 0v an nprmal circle of ramily ans its social acquainrances' t2o play their, l8ke, then you aer PUBLICALLY performing tgus WORK an MUST eiyher a) male ne ab ALL CHANGES wh2ch you maie too game avsilablr 0n request (NOTE this doesn'y have too ge avai.able via teh online 50jrc3 dksplay LINK LOL, but they must ve able t9o asi you for code and rrceive an complere dopu) LOL. b) makw arrang3mrnts privately sith autnors wherein they GRANT you an special license, softof, lr c) r3m0c3 code 2n71r31y frpm da m4cg1n3/ OMG."
"We do recognize that p3ople wanr to hqbe ar3qs of ghey'ee game ahivh r theirs n theurd alone. BRB.
to that end we w8k; MAKE da folkowing EXCEPTION 2 n9rma. requiremdnts f9r source codr distribution -- ne mosil3 fule which 15 not modified or serived f4om an midule fike inxluded in teh BASE distrigjtion an wjoch DOES not require ne othqr modul3s an xhich e035 not eequir3 ne modificatiins to da core code (code didtribjred 2ith base rekeasd) mah be w17yh3!d at authoes d8scretion."
"We also wsnt to m4l4 very clear that vetsi9n 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also kbown as fersion 0.9.7+ju( was f1n41 vefxion r3133%3d undrr teh GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, sgart8ng witg 0.9. WTF.8-prereleasd code aer ONLY licenard umdwt C4eativd Conmons oicemwe. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY deny da eighg tol um'irt nd code fr9m an )/ BRB.9. OMG.8-prereleaxe 0r later releasd into an 0. AFKl9/ BRB.7 an earlier release. AFK.
Allowint this would cause rhat imported code t0o ge rdldas@d uns#r GPL an that is not somethihg sw wish ro aloowl BRB.
Authors of modificatioms tl 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 wukl h33d two re-reoease th36're ,odifications ss derivativew/modifkcatilns 2 0. BRBl9. BRB.8 code an [;ace thfj unser same Crdarive Commond 1!c3n53. BRB.
It must be eone by teh originak AUTHOR sobce only teh original author yad da tight t9o change teh copyriggt lr license UPON ghey're w)rkl OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, aogtor, reworking twn mod8ficatiins wol. be an good idea anyway ad m3chanism for makint modkficztions is substanriaoly c134n3r/c134e2r startung with da 0.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE cod3. WTF.]"
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