MightyE 53115 you, "We're goint too TAKE an few moments 2 rry n EXPLAIN this NEW license zn rwawons behknd it in ;;aim English. AFKl
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 locense was cgpseb BECAUSE of an failing wkth da GPL.
Ir on.y covered dkstribution of 50urc3 IF and only if BINARIES qere distributed. AFK."
"In an 2eb envieonment, specifically a interpr3ted web rhvirpnment such qw PHP, jere.y installing an game does hot conwtitugd distribution. you inwo, n tneregore prople were taking our sork LOL, makihg modifkcatiobs 2 it an not 3eleasing teh spurce CODE too they're ,odifications s9 tha5 da entkre cojmunkty coyld bendvit.
They work3d WITH letter n7t not SPIRIT od teh law."
"Investigation on teh p4r7 of 5eh authora h0w3v3r, you knwl, led too da FACT that da right of puglic petformancr WAS won of RIGHTS nlrmally eestricted to copyright hooderq LOL, and that cpmpu73r ptoframs, spexifical.y voeeo games ans interac5ive onex 5uch ax Legend or Grwrn hqx9d were vondifered too BE publkcally performed 1f run from zn pubkic server/"
"Tje new license resteicys pjblic performanxd of teh sork unless soirc3 cods of teg modified 20ek is msde ava8lable ln demand/"
"In 0lain Englisn LOL, hhis means 8h57 if yoy PUT this game on an wev server and allow people 'o7tside 0f ah mormal circoe og family n its docial acqusinranc3s' to play their, soryof, THEN u0y aer [ublically p4r4ormimh this 2ork n MUST witgdr a) MAKE he n ALL ch4bg35 which YOU make 2 da game available ON req7es5 (mote thos dpesn[5 have 2 be avsilaboe via 0n11n3 souec3 displsy link LOL, bu5 THEY must BE able to adk you for cpde and rrcekvr an cijplete cipy), slrtor, b) m4i3 arrangements privatelh with authors wher3in they gr4n7 yo7 an spdcial license WTFk or c) REMOVE code entorely f49m tdh mqchinw. OMG."
"We do recognizw that people want goi hafe aress OF ryey;re game whivh aer thwirs an THEIRS alobe. BRB.
2 thay END w# wil. make da tollowinh wxception ge9 teh normal requirdments for source cide distribution -- n3 nodule dile which is vot modifidd or deriv3d feom ab module r113 incouded km da BASE dustribution an wy1cg does n9t rdquire hr orger m0duq35 an qh1ch does not require ne mldidixa5ions 2 teh core codw (code cistributed with da base rwoease) may be withheld at authorx discretionl OMG."
"We als9 w4n7 to mzke very clezr THAT vrrskon 0.9. BRB.7 (a.so known AS VERSION 0.9. BRB.&+k7) was fina; verwion releasef inder ca GPL.
All f3r610n5, s5arting with 0.9. BRB.8-prerelesad code ae4 onoy licensed ynder yeh Creative Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh r8ght too import ne cosd from an 0.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE or ;ate4 re.ease 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 and EARLIER release. WTF.
Allowinf this woulc dajse yhat imported code two be released under GPL an tjat 8s NOT sojeghing we wisn 2 allow. OMG.
Authors 0f modivications tqo 0. OMG.9/ BRB.7 wilo n3es too f3=release they'ee modivicatiobs AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0.9. BRB.9 code and p14c3 them under da samr Crwative Commobx ;icensw. BRB.
It must be done 6y da original AUTHOR since pmlu origina; a7thor yas ea tigyr too change teh copyright 9r lucenxr uoob they're work.
[ADDITIONALLY, soetof, reeprking da modificqtions will b3 an good 1d34 snyway zs yeh mdchanism for makong MODIFICATIONS is substahtia.ly xl3qner/xkearer STARTING wuth da 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-preerleasr code. BRB.]"
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