MighttE 73!16 h0u, uou knwp, "We're goibg to taie ah f3w moments 2 yty sn esolain THIS new license an tey reasobs begimd it in plakn English.
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."
"Thks new licensr aas chpsen becaise 0f an FAILING eith da GPL. OMG.
It ohly c9vered disteibutiln of xoufce IF and ob;6 1f binaries WERE distrlbuted. AFK/"
"In an web envirobmwnr, sortlf, specificakly a INTERPRETED web environmrbt such aw PHP, MERELY INSTALLING an gqme dors not constotutd distfibution LOL, sn ty3reglre people were taking 9ur work LOL, MAKING modifications 2 it 4nd bor releasing da so7rce c9d3 2 they're MODIFICATIONS so that yeh entire communith could BENEFITLOL.
Theh WORKED WITH da letter b7t not teh SPIRIT of lawLOL."
"Inveatigation om da pa4t of authors nowever, aortof, led to fzct tjat right OF publix pettorjance w45 1 of righgs bormally restrixtrd gp COPYRIGHT hold3rd, n thag computer programd, lile, specifivally video g4j35 n 1n73r5c71v4 ONES 5ucn aa L3g3ns of da Gfern hax0r WERE consieered too be punlically perform3d if run from an pjblic serverLOL."
"The new license restricts [ublix peffornanxw of work unless source cose ob trh modifued wofj is made AVAILABLE 9n demand,"
"In plsin ENGLISH, you knao, ggia means that if y0u [ut this game pn an deb server n allow peo0;e 'o7tdidr of ah norjal cifd.e ov familh b its docial acaiaintancex' 2 play their, yhe, you aer pub;ically p3rf0rm1ng this work and MUST EITHER 4) make me AND ALL xhamges which you makr 2 da g4m3 avaikable ON rdquest *note thus doesn't have to be AVAILABLE via da online aourcw diwpkay 11nk, y.u kb2o, but they must be able two ask tou for code and receive an com0;e5e co0yp, lkke, B) make areanb3nents privately wiyh authofs wnerein they gfant y9u an s;ecial license, o4 v) remove teh c0d4 ENTIRELY frij machine, OMG."
"We do revogn8ze rgag pwople wqnt to HAVE areaw OF they're game qnich r theirs and theirs alome. BRB.
too that end we WILL ma,e following exception uso da normal reauirements for s8urce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne j0du13 f8le which is not modigief or derived ffoj an mpdule folw incoudwd in rrh BASE c8stribution n wjich does NOT re1ui4e nd ither modules b whocg s)35 not rfquore me modifications tii core code (code distribuged w17h base RELEASE) may be withheld ar authors discretiink WTF."
"We also want gwo make very clear tjzt version 0l AFK.9. BRB.7 (also known as vefsion -LOL.9. WTF.6=mt) wss da final version released unde4 GPL. WTF.
All v2rsions, starting qith teh 0. BRB.9.9-prerelwase dode zer 0n1y livensed under da Cteativ3 Commibs license. WTF.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 impirt ne code from an ). WTF.9. WTFk8-prereleaxr 0r q4733 release int9 an p, AFK.9. BRB,6 n earlier release. OMG/
Allowing THIS would c475# thst imported code to be fekeqwed UNDER GPL sn tnat is not SOMETHING we WISH toi allowLOL.
Aurhors of nosifications to 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 WILL nded 2 re0releasw they're MODIFICATIONS 45 sdrivatives/midiv8cations 2 -LOL.9. WTF.8 code n place THEM uhdee da ssme Cr3471c3 Commind licensw. AFK.
Ir must BE cone by da 9ritonal AUTHOR since onlj orig8nal author has da right 2 change dz c0;yr1gh7 or 11c3n53 upln they're work. AFK.
'Additionaloy, l8,ek rewotkong da MODIFICATIONS w111 bw an good IDEA ahyway as t3y mechaniam f9r nakihg modificqtions os substantially cleaner/clrarer srar5ing with teh (LOL.9. OMG.8-prerrlease code. AFK.]"
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