MightyE tel.s YOU LOL, "We'r3 giing to9 take qn rew noments t2o gey anc EXPLAIN THIS ne2 LICENSE n da reasons behind it 1n -ka8n 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 new LICENSE wqx chosen bevause of an FAILING with teh GPL.
It only covered distr8vition 0f source iv and onl6 ir binarues wer3 distributedLOL."
"In an wrb environment, you kbwo, speciricakl6 a int3r0reted wdv encironment such as PHP, lile, MERELY ins%alling an gaje does not constotute DISTRIBUTION, sortof. and therefo4e peo0ke were taking oir e9ti, like, making modofications 2 17 qnd not re.eas8ng slirxe code two they're ,0d!f1v4710n5 so that da entire community could BENEFIT. OMG.
Ty3y worked with leyter bjt n07 spirit of law. WTF."
"Iyv3stitation on ten part of auth9rs hoswver, you knwl, 13d to ten favt yhq4 da right of PUBLIC petf9rmance WAS 1 of teh rights norma;ly restricted yo copyrught holders WTF, and that cpmpurer progra,s, sortof, specifixaklt vudeo gamea and inyeeactivw ones such qx Letend of teh Green hax-r were CONSIDERED t9 ve publically perfprmed IF fun ffom ab public serverLOL."
"The n1w LICENSE reatricts pyb.8c pefformance of geh 20e, um;esw twh source CODE of mod8fied 20rk is made availab.e on femandLOL."
"In p.ain Eng,ish, you knwo, this mwams that if YOU PUT tjis gamw ON an wwb serve4 n allow PEOPLE 'outside of an normal circle of fajily an its xodial acqiaintances' to plqh thekr, &h3n you r publically performing thia wofk an MUST ei5her a) make me m ALL changex which YOU nzke to teh game abailagoe ob REQUEST (n073 rhis doesn'g HAVE two be availabl4 v8a ds online sojrce d15p14y 11nk WTF, bkt gheu must be 4613 2 ask ylu FOR code n receive ah coj[.ete co;h) WTF, b) MAKE arranhements pe1v4732y with t3h autjorx wherein hgey grqmt 6ou an special license, likek 9r x) remove teh code ebturrly from ywh MACHINELOL/"
"We do recognkze 7h48 pe[ple want &0 have areas of they;re game which r rgeirs abd thr8rs aline.
2 thay whd we WILL make fo.lowinb exceptuon tl tej normal 4equirements for s9urce c9de DISTRIBUTION =- ne module file whoch is not modified pr derived from an module FILE incl7fes on teh bawe distribution an ehich soea not requirr ne ogher MODULES n whixh DOES not require ne mod8fica5ions two teh CORE code (CODE distrkbuted w17h da base rrleaae_ MAY be withhe;d at aurhors discretiln."
"We ALSO wqnt too m4k3 vrry clear ghat v3r510n p,9. BRB.7 (also kn0qn zs v3r510n 0, OMG.9.y+jt) waa finzl version reoeased UNDER GPL. BRB/
All verxiond, lule, startihg sith teh 0. AFK.8. AFK.9-prerwleasw vode aer inly licensed jnder dw Creative Commons licenxe. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dehy eofht twi impoet ne codr crom an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prer3l3ase or later release 1h70 an 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 n earlier RELEASE, OMG.
ALLOWING this would xsjse yhat IMPORTED codd 2 be RELEASED under teh GPL and that IS npt something we wish to al.ow. AFK.
Authors or moc8ficatioms too 0LOL.9. BRB.7 wi.l heed to re-releaxe they're modificstions as ferivativrs,modifications two 0.(. AFK.8 c9de n p1%c3 them uhser teh same Creatkve Co,mons licende. AFK.
It must 6# donr BY otig8mal zutyor SINCE only 0r1g1n41 author HAS righr to chsnge c0phr1gh7 or licensd upon they[ee qork. WTF.
[Ade1710n311y, rewo4king moeificqtiobs will bw an good isea an6way ax mevhanism gor making modificatoons ia substantially clwaner/clearer starting with yeh 0. WTF.9LOL/7_prereleas3 cose. AFK.]"
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