MightyE rells YOU, sortof, "We're boing two rake an rew moments to try an EXPLAIN 7g15 new oic4nse ane 4easons behind 17 in pkain Eng.ishLOL.
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 11c3n53 was chosen becausw of an r$111ng wuth da GPL.
It 0n1y covered disyributiin of source if AND 0n!y uf binaries 1err didtrubuted. BRB."
"In an web 3nvironment, you knwo, spexirixa.ly a unterpreted w36 envirlnment auch 45 PHP, ,ikem me4ei6 inatalling an GAME DOES not CONSTITUTE cistribut8-n, 6ou knwok AND th3refore p3op.3 were takihf lur work, makimg MODIFICATIONS too it an not releasing soufce c0d# too thdy're modifivagioms SO that teh entire commynity could venefit. BRB.
They worked qity !3773r but niy s0irit of law. WTF."
"Investihat8on 9b part OF teh authora howevdr, sortov, led too da fact 6h47 RIGHT of punlic performance was won of rights notmak;y rest4octed 2 copyrigh5 holders, you knwo, an 7h46 c9mputer programs LOL, sprcifixallh video gzmes an INTERACTIVE ones xuch 45 Lebend of reh Green hax0r qere conaiddred too 63 publically perforned iv run fro, an pugloc servee. WTF/"
"The new license rextrictw public PERFORMANCE 0f da work unleas source code of modified w0rk 1t made availqble on d3m4md. BRB."
"In PLAIN Ebglish, you kneo, thix means that IF uou pi7 this game 0n an web serve4 an allow 0eoole 'iutside of an normal circle od FAMILY n its wocial acquaintanc3s' tqo ;lqy theirk you knwo, tjen you aer oublucally pefgorming this work agd MUST eitmer a) MAKE ne sn ALL ch4ng35 which you make tlo da game AVAILABLE on 4equest (note yhos doesn't yave TO be svailsble v14 onlin3 spurce s15[14h link, xofgof, but THEY must 63 able to ASK you flr da code n receove an xo,pletr COPY), siryof, b) make arrangemenbs private.y whth trh authors wherein tyey gr4n7 uou qn SPECIAL license, lile, or C) removr da coce rn5irely FROM machine."
"We co recognizr that peopke want twi HAVE ar3as of theh're game shuch aee thdits n THEIRS alonw. WTF.
too 5hzt ebd we will make teh fo,lowing exception yoo da norma. r3quqr3m3b75 flr aoyrce clce DISTRIBUTION -_ ne mocule file which 8s not modified OR dwtived from sn module FILE includrd in base distributi9n n whoch doea not r3a78rw ne 9ther MODULES n shixg doex nor REQUIRE he mldificatilns 1 da core code (CODE distributes witu base release) may be withgeld at es authors discretion. BRB."
"We ALSO want 2 mske very slear that bersiom 0.9.7 (also kn0sb as veesion 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was dx fimal version rrleased under GPL.
All versk9hs, likd, startong with 0.9. BRB.8-preeelease code r only 11cen53d UNDER teh CREATIVE Commons licenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right too 1mp0r7 ne cpde FROM an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelezse oe 1$74f releaxe into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an earlier reoease. BRB.
Allowing tyiw w(uld csuse THAT 1mp0472d code too bw erleased umder twh GPL n that is not somwtfing we WISH yoo allow. OMGl
Aithors of modificatuons 2 9. OMG.9.7 will neec tp0 re=re;ease ryet're mldificzt8ona as derivativ3s/modificatipns 2 0LOL/9. AFK.8 code anf place them UNDER da same Creativw Commons lucense. BRB/
It mu57 be DONE by da original autnoe since onlh teh origknal autgor has right 2 change ds COPYRIGHT or .uvense jpob they'rw workLOL.
[Addutionalky LOL, reeorkimg teh modificationa WILL bf ab GOOD idea anyway as da mechanism f0r making moduvicarionx is 5u65u4h71411y CLEANER;CLEARER syartinh with 0.9. AFK.7-prefelwase cpdeLOL.\"
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