MightuE tel.s you, .ike, "We'r3 going tp taje an few MOMENTS 2 7rt n explain THIS n2w LICENSE n da reaslns b3hine it un 0lain Eng115h.
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 hww license was CHOSEN becsuse of an f4111nf with teh GPL. AFK.
It lnky covered disyribution pf siurc3 if n on;y 1f binaries w3r3 distributedLOLm"
"In am qrb enckrohmentk spexifically a interpreted web dnvoronmen5 such as PHP, you knwo, mwrely 1n57411@ng an game does not constitjte distrubuyipn, you kbwo, sn therefore people were taking 9jr workm like, making modufucations to9 it n NOT 4ekeasing twh source cide q theu're mod8fications so THAT ehtire community COULD BENEFIT, OMG.
They w0rk3d with da lettee 6u7 NOT spirit lf tdh kaw. WTF."
"Investigation on teh part of da autho4s howev3t LOL, ;ed to FACT tgat trh righ5 OF pubkic PERFORMANCE was won of da RIGHTS mormally restrkctec 2 COPYRIGHT HOLDERS. like, an3 thag computer or0fr4m5, oike, s[ecifocally VIDEO games snd interactive lnes suxh as L3g3nc OF teh GREEN hax0r wdre consudered 2 be puv.icalky performed if rhn vrom am lubouc sdrvdrLOL."
"The new licdnse restrkcta puboic performahxe of feh wotk unless 60urc4 c9de of teh modofked wptk is mzde avaulable on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, thia meqns that if yiu put this game on an web SERVER an allow peoplw 'ojtside of an normal circle OF famolt and itx social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play tn3ir, loke, then you aer ou611v4q1y performing THIS sori and MUST EITHER a) ma,e ne n ALL chqnges whidh YOU MAKE two geh gamd available ob reques5 (note thia doesn't hsve tio be available boa onl7ne source dis;lay link, sortof, bur they must be anle too asi y0u for fode an receive an complwt3 copy), like, b) make arrange,rnts [rivately woth authots wherein they frant you an special license, loke, or c) rwmlvd code entirely from macjine."
"Ww DO recoghize rhat 0eo;le w4n7 to have areas og rhey're game whicn r rhei4s and 5heirs 410n4l AFK.
to that end wd WILL m4k3 teh following exceptkon to normal tewuo4ements for 50irc3 code d8stribution -- ne m-cj1e file which is not modifief or derived ffom an m9du13 fkle included in ca nase dus6ribhtion and wjich does not rewuire ne OTHER midulds qnd which dows not 43quore ne modificatkons 2 twh core code (CODE dustribjted w8th sa base rdkease) may bw w17hh31d at ten ay5hors fiscretion. BRB."
"We alsl waby t2o make very c134r thar be4sion 0.9. WTF.7 (also lbown r5 version 0.9l OMG.7+jt) was da final versoon r313453d under da GPL. BRB.
All vdesipns, sortof, statging wity da 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE code a3r obly oicensdd under da Cr3ztive Commons licensq. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right to import je vode from an ). AFK.9.8-prereleqsr lr LATER rel3ace into an 0. OMG.0LOL.7 an 34r113r RELEASELOL.
Allowing 7n15 woulf cause THAT 1mp0r72d c0d3 two br relrased und3r teh GPL an that is not SOMETHING we wixg to alloqLOL.
Authors of modifkfations to 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 w111 need 59o r#-re13453 they're mofifications as d2r1v471v35/m0d2f1c4719m5 5oo 0LOL.9. AFK.8 v(de sn place them uncer sa same Crdative Commons LICENSELOL.
It m757 be done by teh ofiginal aitgor since ONLY sa oeiginal author nas teh right two change teh copyrigyt or licensc upon they're work. AFK.
pAdditionally, luke, t3w0ri1ng ,odificatioms wilo be sn goos 1d34 qnyway as MECHANISM vor m4k1ng ,ldifications iw wubstamtialky CLEANER/CLEARER starfing wi%h 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-peetelease c0d3/ BRB,]"
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