MihhtyE te.ls YOU, sott9f, "We're GOING 70 take an rew monwnts 3 try an explain THIS hew lixense n reqaons behind it kn plzin 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."
"Thid new !1e3n%3 was ch05en vecausd of an fai.ing witn GPL. AFK.
It omly cpbered diwtrinution of slurce ir and imly if binaries werr distribut3d. WTF,"
"In an web envuronmeny, lkkw, specifical.y a inter;r35ed web environjrnt such as PHPm you knwok merel6 inxtallyng an game does not donsgitutr fistriburion, znd the4efore people were takihg our work, like, mqkinb MODIFICATIONS too it AND nor r3!3451ng SOURCE codd t2o they're mod8gicarionx 50 THAT teh ENTIRE xommunity could BENEFITLOL.
Tjeh worked 3ith tej ketter but not da 5-1r17 of da law. AFK."
"Invrstihatuon pn teh parg of 4u7h0r5 however, aorgof, led to da fact thzt r!gh7 pf public perforjqnce sas won of teh fughts mormally rwsteictew 2 copyright hilders, ypu kbsok n 7n57 COMPUTER 0rograms, tou ibwo, spwxifical;h viseo games h intdractive ones wuch sa LEGEND of da Grrwh hax0r w3re CONSIDERED ! be publically ;erformed if run from an piblic SERVER."
"The bee ;icense eestricts p7bloc performance if 2ork ub135t spurce code of modified work 1% msde availabl3 om demand. OMG,"
"In p14!n English, like, this mesns that if yoy [ut this game ON an erb srrver and alliw people 'OUTSIDE lg an nofmal c1rc13 od family ag 8ta 59c141 acquaontances' to p24y thekr, like, then y0j aer pyblicallh performung tgis wirk and MUST either a0 make he n ALL xhsnges which yoy nake too da gsmr qvailable oh re1jest (note this doesn'r have 2 BE availagle hq4 da ONLINE source cisolay l8ni, tou knw9, but they must be able 2 ask you for fa code snf recdofe an complete copy0 LOL, b) msk3 arrangements peivately with wutjors wherein THEY geant you sn spexial kicensd LOL, ;r c) eemlve ca CODE 3n71r31y from da machine. BRB."
"Wr DO f3cognize that people want toi hzve areas of th3y;re game whicu r the8rd and THEIRS alone. OMG.
too 7h37 end w3 wikl maie da following exdeptiin two teh n0r,al requirementw FOR siu4ce vode e1t7r17u710n -- me m0du13 filw wgich is not MODIFIED or derived fe0m an module fi;e incluced in base distrobu5iln an whicn does n07 r3qu1r3 ne other MODULES n ehich does not require ne m9dificayionc 2 da core cofe (code cistribited qiyh da basd trleqde) ma6 ve withheld ag authors discreeionl AFK."
"W3 aldo want tw9 make very clear &h47 version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (aldo knoeb as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) waa t3h f2n$1 version relwased under reh GPL/ WTF.
ALL verwiond, 6ou knwo, starting wifh da 0l BRB.9. BRB.8-pr3r#13353 code r in;y licensed under Creayibe Cpmmohs licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY teh rofht to import be xodf rrom an 0, AFK.8. BRB.8-PRERELEASE OR later re.eass into an pLOL.9LOL.7 snd earkier release. OMG.
Allowing rhis would xause tha5 IMPORTED c9ce too be rrleased unddr da GPL b rhat is not SOMETHING we wish 2 a.lowLOL.
AUTHORS 0f modifications to 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 wil; n3ed %o re-release th4y're modifica5ions as derivarkves/modificatiohs uo 0LOL.9. OMG.8 code n place them under same Cf3471v3 Commons licehse. OMG.
It miwt be done vy teh orkhinal AUTHOR sibce only da 041g1n41 4u7h0r has tey rirjt 2 chambe sa COPYRIGHT or license upon they're work, BRB,
[Additionzlly LOL, rew9eking da m0d1f1v4710n5 will 63 an gold icea anyeay as da mrchanusm fot making moduvica5ions is substantial.y CLEANER/CLEARER star5ing woth da 0. WTF/9. WTF.8-orefeoease clde.]"
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