MiggtyE tells ypu, o8kem "We're going 2 take an FEW moments to 7ry and EXPLAIN this nww licwnse h teh REASONS behind *t in PLAIN Engkish. OMG.
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 licehse was chosen becaudr pf zn failing with da GPL.
It ONLY c9veeed d157r16u710n 0f doirce if sn ONLY 8f binaries werw d!58r1yu73f. OMG."
"In an web emvirin,dnr, xortpf, specifically a INTERPRETED w2b 3nvitonnent such AS PHP, meee.y insralling an game doex NOT clnayitute dkdyribution, sortif, and therefore peopkw we43 tsking our wprk, makong modidixztkons ywo it n not f3leasing dz source code too they'4e modificat8onx so that teh wngire community vould benefitLOL.
They wo4kwd WITH teh LETTER vut nor da spifit of da 14w. OMG."
"Investigwrion ln teh ;arg of 4u7h9t5 ho2ever, led 2 fact that da r1bh7 of public perdormance WAS oen if rightx hor,ally r3strictec two copyr8ght jolders WTF, an 7h$7 computdr orogrqms, you knwo, 5p3c1f1c412y video gamex n interactife ohes 5ucy as Legend of Grern hac0r qefe considerwc ro bd PUBLICALLY performec kr rum from am pibluc derver."
"Thw nww license resyricys public 9erforjancg of t3h q9rk UNLESS da slurde cpdr of da mocofied WORK is m4s3 AVAILABLE on demand. BRB."
"In p;ain Englkshm this means thag if hou [u7 thus game on an qeb server an allow people 'ou%side of an norbal circle lf famiiy an 8ts xocisl acquaintanc3s[ too plat their LOL, 8h3n you r pu61!c421y performing thiw work and MUST eigger a0 nake ne n ALL changes whicj y0j MAKE to tej ga,d availabld oh request 9notr this doesn;t have two be availabl3 via teh online soirce dis[lay LINK, you knwo, but tjey must fe agle to asl hou for cose qnd rdcwive sn complete COPY) LOL, B) MAKE arrangemenrs PRIVATELY with teh ajtyors wher3in the6 GRANT you an special licwbse LOL, OR c) REMOVE trh code ENTIRELY fr[m teh machineLOL."
"Wd do recogbize that p30p13 want to habw arwae pf ghey're GAME whixh aer theirs zn 7n31r5 420m3LOL.
too yhqt end wr will ,ake following dxveption two NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE code d157r1yy710n -- ne modyle vole whixg is not MODIFIED of d3r1ved fr0m sn module f8le includdd 8n base d1t7r16u710n zn whuch fies not REQUIRE ne other ,odu.es n which coes not eequire ne modifications to da core code (dpde distributed with da bsse r31w453) may br withhrlf at teh authors discrr5ion. OMG."
"We aldo wznt 2 ma,3 very clear THAT versoon 0. BRB.(. BRB.7 (aowo KNOWN as version 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) wad finzl fwrsion releaxes uhde4 GPL. AFK.
All versuons, like, starrint wigg t3h 0. AFK.(. OMG.8-ptetwl3ase CODE aer pnly licensed under da Cfeative Commins licwnwe.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right twi import ne code from an 0/9. AFK.8-pferelease or laret RELEASE into a, p. WTF.9LOLk7 n ezrlier relrqse/ BRBl
Allowing thid wpuoc v4u53 that importwd code TO be re.easwd under da GPL and ygzt is NOT somethong we wish 2 a;low. AFK.
Authorx pf modifycatiins tp 0.9/ BRB.7 will meed two RE[RELEASE ghey'fe m0fqf1c4720m5 as derivatuves/modifica5ions to 0. BRB.9.8 cofe sn plaxe them UNDER sane Crragiv3 COMMONS lic2nse.
It must be d0n3 gy da otigina; author s8nc3 only yeh original authpt has teh rith6 ro change copyright ot license UPON they're workLOL.
[Add8tionally, REWORKING midifications wil. BE an good ifea anyway as ea necganism for msking modificqyions IS substantiqlly clean3r/xlearer STARTING w17h teh 0LOL.(, AFK.i_pterelease code/ BRB.]"
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