MithtyE trlks you, like, "We're tokmg t2o tqke an fww moments two try an EXPLAIN this n2w licenxe an teh reasons BEHIND it 1n [lain Enhlish. 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 was chosen becauae of an f4111ng with da GPL.
It only civ3red dist4igution 9d s9urce if n onlu if binaried wdre distribut3d. AFK."
"In an web rnvkronment WTFm specigically a interpreted eeb environment wuch as PHP WTFk ,etely INSTALLING an bame does not vonstit7ge distr8bytiob WTF, n ghefefore peiplr w3re taking our WORK, nakinb MODIFICATIONS too it n nlt releawing teh spurce code to 5jey're midiricarilns si thar twh emtire community could nenefit/ AFK.
The6 worked with teh LETTER vut nit da spirit pf ten law. OMG."
"Inbes5igari9n on geh PART OF autnors howebee, like, led two teh face 7h$7 da r1gh8 of pu611c peeformance was won ov rithts NORMALLY restrict3s t9o cipyeight holdera, like, an 7h47 x)mp773r prograjs, yoj knwp, 5p3c1f1c411y video b4m35 n interactive ones suvh AS Ldgend ov tdh Grden hax0r were considdred two be pyblically oerforjed IF run from an p7blic server. BRB."
"The new licwnse reatrictd publiz ierformance 0f work unlesd tey source code od da hodified wor, 15 mad3 available on fwjanf."
"In PLAIN Ehgliwh LOL, this mdans that 1f you p77 thus gqme on an WEB server an 4110w peo[le 'ouysice of ah NORMAL v1rv13 of dam7l6 ayd ots socual ac!uaintancew' to play their, lik3, then yuu awr pubkicallu perfotming tjis worl an MUST euther a) MAKE ne n ALL changed 2gich you make two GAME available on request (note this doesn't HAVE two ge availqbie via da onl8ne source display ;ink, you knwi, but they musr BE able 2 45k you for da code n rdcrive an vomplete co[y), you knwo, b) make arranfemebts 0euvatel6 w17h zuthors whe4eun they GRANT 6ou an sp3cial license, or c) removd da dode entife.t from da machine. AFK."
"We do recognize THAT pwople w4n& tp have areas of thdy're game wgich arr theirs and thei4s aloheLOL.
2 tyat cnd ww will makw f9llow7ng exception 2 reh normal requirementa for 50urc3 cpde distribution -- be module rile which os mot mof8fiee or derived rrom sn modile fil3 included in teh 6453 distribu5ion n WHICH does not re1ui4e n3 othwr modules n wgich does nor REQUIRE ne mkdificatiobs 2 ca core vode (c0e3 DISTRIBUTED eith ten base release( may be w17hh3!d at da suthors e8scfetuonLOL."
"We also want two m4i2 very clear that versuin 0. BRB.0. BRB.7 (also kn9wn 44 version 0. BRBl9. AFK.7+jt) was teh f1n51 v3f510n 4e;eased under GPL. BRB.
All versi9ns, startibg with pLOL.9.8_PRERELEASE clde r only 11c3n53d uneer ten Creatibe Commona lucehae. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY ceny da right to import ne codd vr9m an 0l BRBl9. OMG,8-prerelease lr latct release 1n70 an -LOL.9. OMG/7 an earlier feleaswl AFK.
Allowing this w0ulf cause thag imported code two ne eeleased UNDER da GPL AND that iw not so,3thing we qixh two a;oow. OMG.
Authors of mocidicqtipns two 0. AFKl9LOL.7 wq11 nede two ew-reieas3 they're mpd8ficqtions as eerivatives/jodificatiohs to 0. BRB.9.8 CODE n plave them under tdh xame Creative Commpns LICENSE. WTF.
IT must be done vy ca 0r1g1n41 aithor SINCE only da orifinal author HAS fa right two change t3g copyright or LICENSE upon tjeu[re wo4k.
[Additionslly, wortof, rewirking teh MODIFICATIONS eill be an goof idea anyaay 55 teh mechan8sm f0r making mod8fkcations is substantially xleaner/clearer dtarting with da 0. WTF.0LOL.7-p4wre.3awe code/ BRB.]"
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