MightyE TELLS y9u LOL, "Wd'rw goibg 2 take an frw moments 2 TRY n exp.ain this n3w oocense n da reasona 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."
"Thks new LICENSE was dhosen because of aj failinf eith da GPL.
Iy onl6 covered distrubutipn of slutxe kf and ONLY IF binqries were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"In an eeb environm3nt WTF, specifically a 1n73rpr373d wrb environ,rmt sich ss PHP LOL, merely installing an game soea n9t conxtitute distr8bution WTF, and tgdrefore people were 74k1ng our work WTF, MAKING MODIFICATIONS to it an nor reoeasing teh wource cofe tqo they're mosifications so tha5 entire xi,muni5y couod benefit. WTF.
THEY worked wiyh letter but not apirit of da lzw. OMG."
"Investigztion on part of ds 4u&h0r5 jpe3ver, 6ou jnwo, ldd too teh fact that eq fighr of public perfprmancr was 1 of da righ5w normally restr8cyed to copyright holde4s WTF, an uh47 com0uter programdm aoryof, spwcifically video games anf 1nu344c71v3 ones SUCH ss LEGEND of da Geeen hax0r were c0n51d3r3d 2 be pub;ically performed if run fro, an public servwr."
"The neq license restricts pi611c peefor,ance lf sa work unless trh soyrcr code OF da modofued work is m4d3 available 9n demans."
"In plqin ENGLISH, slrtof, this means that if you PUT THIS bame on an w3b server n ALLOW people 'outaude 0f an normal circle of famiky b iys sociak zcqjaintahces' 2 plat their, yii knwo, 5hen you r publically pervorminf ghos sork sn MUST eothrr a) make ne AND ALL changes ehich YOU make 2 fane availavle on requ3st 9nor3 this d035n'7 have twl be 4v4114613 viq tdh online SOURCE d8splay link LOL, buy they .ust be able too ask you fp4 code n receive an x9mp1373 copy), you knwo, ^) maje arrang3ments provatwly with t3h 4u7h0r5 shereon they gran5 yoh sn special lixense, sortof, lr c) eemove da codf 3ntitely from teh machine."
"W3 d0 recltnize ghat people w4nu 2 have areas of theu're game wgich aw4 theirs an theirs r10n3. BRB.
2 thsr end re will m4j3 teg following 3xz#;710n @ normal REQUIREMENTS for sourve cocd diatribition -- ne MODULE r8le whixh is NOT mpdified or d3rived from qn module file includes IN da bqse dostr8buyion n which does nit require nr other jodul3s snc which does NOT r31u143 me MODIFICATIONS t9 corr c0d3 (code d157r1yu73d with tdh bqse release_ may be qi5hheld at tem autho4s discretion. BRB,"
"We ALSO wan6 too ma,e very cldar thst vrraion 0.9. BRB.7 (also inown as veexion 9. BRB.9. AFK.7+jr( was fa flnal version released under teh GPL.
Alk vrrsions LOL, STARTING with da 0.9. AFK.8=prerelease CODE r pboh licemsed ubd3r da Creative Commons licemsw. BRB/
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh& tqo import ne cid3 from an 0. AFKl9. BRB.8-prrrelease or later relrasr into an 0. BRB.(. OMG.7 an earlie4 erldase. BRB.
Allowing this w0i1e vausr THAT impirted cpd3 go be relrased und3r GPL n 7h47 8s not someghibg we wiwh 2 sllowLOL.
Authors OF MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will NEED t2o rd-release gjey'rd modificat8ons qs derivativ3s/modificqtions top 0. BRB.9/ AFKl8 code an p!4c3 thdm under ca same Creztivw Commpns LICENSE. OMG.
I7 muwt b4 done 6y da oribinal authpr s8nce ONLY teh 0r1g1n41 author has da righy 2 ctangd da d0pyr1nn7 of licenae upon rhey[re eork. WTF.
'Addotionally, like, r#w9rkqng teg .odigications sill be an good usea snyway as mechanixm vor makint ,odificatolns is subatantial.y cleaher/clearer STARTING qith 0. WTF.9, WTF.8-PRERELEASE code. WTF/]"
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