MigjtyE TELLS ylu, like, "We're going TO taie an fe2 momdngs t2o try an exolain thus new locense qnc tey rwasons bejind ir ih plain 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 nee .icwnse was vhosen becausd lf an fail8ng WITH GPL. OMG,
It ONLY coveree cistriburion ir source if n on.y iv BINARIES eere distributedLOL."
"In an web 3nv1e0nm3n7, SPECIFICALLY a 9ntwrpreted 2eb environment such 45 PHP, likw, mer2ly inxtalling an game does not cons%itute distribu5ion, n tjereflfe peo0le werw TAKING our wodl, you kmwo, making modivicationd t9 kt n n9t f213451nf da source code tlo they're modifics6ipns 50 tha5 teh enrire co,m7nity could benef8t. OMG.
They WORKED wiyh teh letter BUT n07 s0irit 9f dq LAW. BRBl"
"Inbestigation on teh part of teh authors h-w3v3t, lime, 13d too da gact 5nag yej t1gh7 of oublic performahce waa oen lf RIGHTS nlrmaol6 fest3ictdd to xopyright holders, an thag COMPUTER profra,s LOL, specifkcallu vidro games n INTERACTIVE ones such as L3vend ov Gr43n jsx0r wdre considered t2l BE oublicalky 0reformed if run from an public server. BRB,"
"The NEW lic3hse restrkcts publiv oerformabce of worl hblesw sojrce codd od MODIFIED work is made available pn demand. AFK."
"In plain Englisg LOL, rhis means tgat if you put THIS gaje in an web servef n allow ;eople '07751d3 of an n0rm31 c1rc13 0f famiky n ITS social acquaintances' to p14y their WTF, then you aer pub.ically PERFORMING ty8s work amd MUST eithwf A) make nr and ALL chanfes which you MAKE tio tej gzje avq8lable ON reqiest (mite this doesn't havs tol be availabl3 v1r teg online wource dis;lay oink, kike, bur thdt m7st be ablw two ASK YOU for code n r3c31b3 an complete co;y), g) make ar4angemebts privately witg 5en aughors whereob gjey grant you an s;eciao licensek 6ou khwo, 0r c) remov3 teh cose 3n71r3!y from ,achine. AFK."
"We do recognize thag people qanr tw9 have zrras of they;re game qhich aer theirs AND thdurd alone. BRB.
2 7h47 emd we will MAKE followint EXCEPTION to da normal fequirements for source code distribution _- he MODULE fike WHICH ks not modif83d of derived from an module FILE incluced 1m base d157r16u710n an qhich foes not require n3 othdr modules snf which does nph tequire ne modificationx too dz core code (coee dkstrubuted w27h ca gsse rrlease) may be witjheld AT AUTHORS discrdtion. BRB."
"We 5!50 want too make very CLEAR thay veraiob 0.9.7 (zlso ,noqn as verwion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+j5) was teh final VERSION released UNDER tdh GPL. BRB.
All versions, 6ou knqp, dtarting qith teh 0. AFK.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 r only licensed umdrr Creative Commons licemse. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denh right 2 2mp0r7 ne cose ffom zn 0, BRBl9. WTF.8-prerelease or larer release int9 an -. OMG.o. OMG,7 an earliee release. OMG.
Allowing tyis wo7ld cause THAT inported coce 2 bs rel3aeed under GPL an tyat is not somwthuhg ww w15g ro allow. OMG.
Authprs of m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0/ BRB.9. OMG.7 2ill n3ed too re-rel3ase they'r3 mldificatioms 45 derivatives/modifications ro 0LOL.9. BRB.9 codr n plqce thej inder 54m2 Creativd Cimmons license. OMG.
It must 63 donw 6y original AUTHOR since om;y tey 0r1g1n4! aithor HAS da ritht two chqnge dz copyrught or oicense up9n tgey're eor,. BRB.
'Adsitional;y LOL, reworking teg MODIFICATIONS will be an good idea anyway as mschanixm fpr makihg n0d1f1c4710n5 IS subatamtially cleaner/clearer starting wign 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prefelease CODE. OMG.]"
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