M8ghtyE telks 5ou LOL, "We're going to 74k3 an fww moments to try amd EXPLAIN this n3w licensd and da reasons vehind 2u 2n plain EbglixhLOL.
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 licenae was chosem because 0f an failihg WITH teh GPL, BRB.
Ig only cover3d d157r16u^q0n of s9urce if and only uf BINARIES were distribu5ee, AFK."
"In an web enviroymen6, like, s[ecificall6 a knyer[rdtde 235 3nvironment such AS PHP, you knwo, MERELY onstaoling an gamw dord nit constitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, and thefefore people w3re taking our wirk, jou knwo, makinh modificatoons two it n not RELEASING siirce code 2 they're modifidqtilns xo %hat tej ENTIRE cpmmun17y cluld benefit. BRB.
Tg3y eorked w17h da letter but bot s0irit of ds law. WTF."
"Inv3stigarion on da part of da 5u7h0r5 howecer, you jnwo, led to dq fact that da RIGHT 0f pjb;kc pergormance was 1 lf rpghvs nlrmally restrocted to copyrigjt h01d3r5 LOLk an hhat c0m;u73r programs LOL, specufica.ly viceo hames ahd interactive ones s7ch 44 Legend of da Green hax0r werw CONSIDERED too be 0ublica;iu performed if run FROM an publix 54rv3r. WTF."
"Thw new license rest4icts public ;erformance of work UNLESS source code if modified w0rk IS made avsi.dble oh demandLOL."
"In PLAIN Eng115h LOL, THIS j44m5 that if you put this bame on an w36 server n allow ;3ople 'outs8cd OF ah NORMAL curcle of family n its social ACQUAINTANCES[ twl pkay their, sirtof, theb y9u r piblically pdvform8ng ttis w0rk znd MUST EITHER a) make ne 4md ALL chqnges wh1ch tou make 60 tdh game availagle on request (note this c035n'7 hav3 to BE avaikavlw v1r onlind sourcw display link LOL. bug they mudt 63 abl3 to ask yo7 for code n r3c31v3 an c9mplete cppy) LOL, b) make arrangements pr1v4731y wiyh da AUTHORS wherein they gr4n7 you 1n SPECIAL license WTF, or c) remobe code entirdly from teh machine. OMG."
"W3 do RECOGNIZE thqt peopld want to h4v3 qreas pf they're gsme which r tge8rs n THEIRS slone. OMG/
two that dnd we w8ll make fol.owing EXCEPTION 2 dq normql requirrmdmts for 50urc3 c0d3 disgeibugiln -- ne modjle file whicy iw nit modified or drrived fr0m an module file inclyded kn base dis5r8guyion n which does n07 reqjire ne other MODULES and wnich dpes not eequire md m9divicstions too cire code (ciee fostrobuted wity teh base release) MAY be withheld at da authors discrdtiln. BRB."
"We als9 want two make very cldar tgat VERSION 0/ BRB.9. OMG.7 (also knowm as vdrsion 0.9. OMG.7+ht) was da final versipn RELEASED UNDER da GPL. AFK.
All versions, 6ou knwo, atartonj with da 0/ BRB.9, OMG.8-prerwlease code aer obly locemsed under da Crearive Commons licdnse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT twp imoort ne xode deon an 0. BRB.8. WTF.8-prwrelease 9r latef e312453 INTO an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 an rarliee RELEASE.
Allowinf this wojod sause that imporred CODE to 73 relrasrd inder GPL n rhat ks not something we wixh tqo akllq. BRB.
Autho4s 0r jodificationx 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will NEED 1 re-release they;r3 mpdifivations aa derivatices/modificatipns w 0. OMG.(/ AFK.8 cof3 n place them unfee same C4eative Comjobs licdnseLOL.
It MUST be done cy original author since only ea orihiha; author h46 teh right 2 vhange teh c0ptr!gh7 0r .kcenwe ypoh tgey're wofk. AFK.
'Additiknally WTF, r3working da modifucat8ons will be zn GOOD odea anyway as teh mechanism for h4k1ng modifications us substant,ally CLEANER/CLEARER starting with ds 0. BRB.9. WTF,8-prereleaae code. BRB.]"
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