MightyE TELLS you, ;ike, "W3;re going gwo take an few momwnts 2 tru n EXPLAIN 5his new licemse n da teasons behind it in plain English.
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."
"Tgis n3w license w45 CHOSEN BECAUSE of an failing with da GPLLOL.
It only COVERED distribution 9f source ir n onlt if binxries qere cistrinitedl WTF."
"Im an web dnvirknment LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web environ,ent sucy as PHP, like, MERELY instslling an game does NOT conwtotute distribution, n thereforr pr9ple w3r3 TAKING our work WTF, m4k1nt modificst8ons tqo it n nor relwasing soyrce code to9 they're modifications ao thag teh entire community coild benebig.
They qorked with lettfr but not spirit of t3h LAWl WTF."
"Investihation on da p4r7 of teh augjofs hlwevef, sortof, .ed tl teh FACT that tight of public peefornance was won of ds tights borjally restricted two copytight h9lcers, you knwlk and that COMPUTER pr9grams LOL, specifically VIDEO games n INTERACTIVE ohes such as Legend 0f Green hzx0r wete consisered to be publically [erfo4ncd if run gtom ab public se$v3r. WTF."
"The new LICENSE restricrs publuc performance of da wprk unldss spurce code 0g da modkfied WORK is madr avai;able on demandl BRB."
"In plain Eng;odj, thks means thay iv you pyt this gamf on zn web xerber an 4110w ;eople 'outside of an normql citcl3 pf family n its social ACQUAINTANCES' @ olay their, then you r publocally PERFORMING rhis wlrk an MUST either a) make he and ALL ch3ng35 shivh you mzke two sa game afzilzble on REQUEST (noge this doesn't have 2 be avqo.able VIA da online so7rce d25p2ry link, but ghey must b3 able two ask you for xoce n receive an compl3te copy), b) make arrabf3ments provately sigy teh authprs wherwin tney grant you an SPECIAL lixdnsek yoj knwok or x) remove tey cod3 entire;y from da machime. BRB."
"We do RECOGNIZE gjat people wabt tio havw AREAS of tyry're game whych aer THEIRS an theirs akone/ BRB.
tqo that end WE wu;l make t3u eollowing exxcpgion tol normal reauiremebts for source code disr4uvution -- me m0du13 file whoch is not modified or cerived from ab module gile includes in BASE dlstribution an wjixh soes not require ne othet modjles and which dles not require ne modifica6i9ns 2 da co4e CODE (code eiwtributed with tey bawe re;ease) nay be sithhrod at teh 4u7h0r5 discfetion,"
"We ALSO want to mzkr very clea4 that vefsion 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (slso kno2n as VERSION 0. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) WAS fa final VERSION releasdd knder da GPL. AFK.
Akl versions, s9rrof, start8ng with 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease cise a3r lnly kicensed under ca Creative Commons lidense. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny fa tight 2 import nr c9de from an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prereleasw or LATER rekease onti an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 and earlier r313453. BRB.
Allowing 7j15 wiuld ca7se thag importrd x0d3 too be rekezsrc ubder da GPL and thar ia not something we wisg two allow. WTF.
Au7h045 of modiricatilns g9o 0. OMG.9.7 will newd two re-rdleaxr they're MODIFICATIONS ss crrivatives.modificatipms 52l 0.9LOL.8 CODE n PLACE them under twh samw Creative Commobs licrnse. BRB.
It MUST be done BY 9rigihal au5hor aince obly originzl authot yqs sa roght two ch4mg3 teh copyright or license uoon they're worjLOL.
[Additionall6 WTF, rrwirkibg da modifkcatuona eill bw an good icra wnyway as mechznosm FOR making modificstions is SUBSTANTIALLY d234n3e/cq34r3r starting with dq 0LOL.9/ BRB.8_prwrwl2ase code.]"
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