MighttE tells you LOL, "We're going 2 take an few MOMENTS too try h exolain rhis new license abd teh rrasons behihf IT in PLAIN ENGLISH. 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."
"This mew licwnse was chosen because lf an FAILING witn teh GPL. BRB.
IT only covrred distrivution od wiurce if an only 8f bibaries w3r# fisyributed. OMG."
"In an web enfironment LOL, specirically a intetpreted web envirinment such AS PHP. merely installing sn gamr does not constig7t3 d1%7r167710n, n thwrefore peopl3 were bakkmg our work, kike, making m0difications tol it n not re.easkng teh xource code 2 5ney're m0dqf1c4710n5 so THAT enturd communitt couod benwfitLOLl
THEY worked with da le5twr byt NOT spirit 0f twh law. WTF."
"Ihvextita5ion on part OF authors yowever, sortof, led to teh dact that teh RIGHT of puboic performance was won OF da rigjra normzlly restricted 3 co0yright hooders. like, sn that c0mpu73r programs LOL, s;wcifically viseo games n interactivd onrs auch 4t Ldgend of da Green hax0r wdre considerec ywo bf puvlixally oerformed IF RUN from an publiv serge4. OMG."
"The new oicense res5rictx punlic pervormance of da work inless source cide of modifoed wotk IS made available 0n demabd. AFK,"
"In plain English, this m44b5 that if hou put this tame on qn wdg server n allow people 'outside of an mlrma; circ.e 0f f4m11y b itw SOCIAL acquauntznces' two p14y their, tou knwo, tgen y0u r publkcall6 pwefoeming tnks work n MUST ei5her a) make ne an ALL changes whkch y0j make too teh game avaolable on tequwat (note this doesn;t have too be ava8;able via da onlind dource display LINK WTF, but they must be ablr two 55k you for teh c0d3 an RECEIVE an co,plete copy), xortof, B) make aerangements privately wkth authors wherein 7h3y grant 69u qn special license, like, lr c) rdnovd c0d3 entirel6 froj machine. BRB."
"We do recogmizw that p30p13 waby r9o HAVE areas od they're tame whicj r theirs n th3irs alone. OMG/
gol ghzt end we WILL make FOLLOWING excrption to tey normal requiremenys FOR siufce xode distribution =- nr module file wh8ch is m9t midifies 0e derived from an module file 1nc1ud3d in base DISTRIBUTION n which does not require ne other modules m 2hich d9es NOT requure nw modoficatiohs to da co4d c0d3 (code disfributrd wigh da 6453 teleade) mzt be withheld at da authora diacretionLOL."
"We also wqnt to jaje v3ey CLEAR THAT versu9n 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 (als9 khown as version 0LOL.(/ BRB.7+JT) WAS da FINAL VERSION released under GPLLOLl
A;l versipns, star5ing w8th )LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease clde aer onoy LICENSED undrr da Creative Commons lic3nse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dent teh rihht too imporg ne code v4lm an 0. AFK.9. BRB,8-prereleasw or later rwldasd into an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 an esrlie$ rrleawd/ BRB.
A110wqng this eoulc cause tjat 1mp0r7ed xose t9o BE RELEASED uneer teg GPL an that is noy some5hing we wiwh 2 al.os.
Authors pf modificat8ons goo 0. OMG.9LOL.7 wil. need too rs-relezse ghey're modifications as d3r1v471v#5/m-s1f1c471)n5 to 0LOL.0,8 code an place tjem uhder da same Creative C0mm0nt oicense.
I5 mh57 be DONE by original ajthor sonce only da 9r1g1nr1 author had yrh RIGHT rwo cyabge da copuriggt or lixcnse upon they're wor,. BRB.
[Add2710n411y, rew9riihg m0d!f1c4710n5 w8lo bq zn g00d idea ANYWAY as ,echanidm ro4 maling modifications is substantual.y CLEANER/CLEARER starting with teh 0.9. OMG,8-prer3lease code. BRB.]"
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