MihhyyE tells you LOL, "Ws're going two 5ake an few momentx too try and dxplain this new o8cense AND da 4wasons beyind 17 im plain EngoishLOL.
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 locrnse was cjosen brcause 9f ab fai.ing eith teh GPLLOL.
It pnly dovered dis5rivutoon of spurce if n only IF BINARIES WERE eiwtributed. BRB,"
"In an WEB ebfironmeht, sortof, SPECIFICALLY z interpr3tes wrb enviromment such az PHP WTF, merely imstzlling sn game doed not xonstitutd distr8burion, dortof, n theeefofe people were TAKING ou4 work, .ike, MAKING modifications too i5 and not relrasing teh 50urx3 c0d3 too they're modificatkona so that da entire commynity could benefktLOL.
THEY wofked witj da letter 6u8 not da spirit pf LAW. BRBl"
"Inbesyogatiun on part of teh sutjprs h9weve4 LOL, 13d t9 teh fact that teg right of public p3rf0rm3nc3 wad 1 of t3h rithts normallh restricted 2 copyeighy y9ldfrs, zn thzt computwr programs LOL, spdcificaoly video games ane interqctive 9nes such AS Legend OF GREEN nax0r we4e considered two be pu611c411y pefformed uf RUN FROM an publuc server. WTF."
"The new k8cense resteicts public pe4formqnce of work unldqs teh xkurce code of modified work is mace AVAILABLE on semand. OMG."
"In plaun Englksh LOL, 5his means that if you put tjis bsj3 ON an eeb SERVER n sllow people '9utside of an NORMAL circle of f4m11y n itx socizl acquaintancew' to play their WTF, then y0u aer pinlixally perfo4mint 6h15 work an MUST either a) jake be an ALL changes wj1ch you makd too teh game available ON requext (note this do3sn'g have tso be abailabl3 via da online SOURCE disp.ay link WTF, BUT they must ve able 70 45k yot for da xode and teceive an domplete COPY) LOL, b) makd arrantemen5s pr!v4731y with da authord wnereih they GRANT YOU an SPECIAL lkcense LOLk or c) remov3 teg code entirrly from machiheLOL."
"We do rdcogniz3 that p30p13 wamt to 6sv3 ar2zs ov th26're game which aet theirs 4nd theirs zlone.
ti that wnd we wulk make 5eh followinb 3xc3p710n ylo teh normal reauirements FOR sourxe c9de DISTRIBUTION -- ne module file which is not m0d1v13d of DERIVED vrom an modile file oncluddd in BASE disgribuyion an whivg does n07 rrquire nr otjer midules n whicy d035 NOT rrquire ne MODIFICATIONS goo core code (code DISTRIBUTED with 5eh basw relezde) nay be withheod at teh AUTHORS discretion. WTF."
"We a;so qang two make bwry clear tgat verwion p. OMGl9. BRB.7 (alwi known AS versuon 0. BRB.9/ BRB.7+jt) was yeh fimal v3rsion releasdc under sa GPL. AFK.
All v3rsions, yo7 knwo, starting wigh da 0. WTF/o.*-prerelrasw CODE r only ,icensed unf3r da Creative Commons l8cenxd. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny reh fighr too impory ne code fr0m sn 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerekeaae or kater release imto an ). WTF.9. BRB.7 an darliwr reorzsel AFK.
Allowing this 2oukd cause THAT importec code rdo be released under da GPL and tha6 is not something we w15h 2 al'ow.
Authors 9g jodifications 2 0LOL.9. WTF.8 will n33d teo re-rw.ease they're mocifications as derivatives.mowigications 2 0.9, WTF.8 code b place them UNDER ea xame CREATIVE Commons q1c3n54. WTF/
It mudt be d.ne 6h 0r1g1n41 author sinc3 9n.^ original ajthor has da tigjt too chznge da copyrigyt or LICENSE up8n they're work/ AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, like, eeqorkinb tey MODIFICATIONS will be an g0-e isea anyway as da mechanism for making jofificarions IS subdtsntially cleqner/clearee startibg with teh 0, BRB.9. OMG.8-pyereleass vode. WTF.]"
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