MightyE tells tou LOLk "We;fe boing two take an few ,omebts twl gry n explain thls new license n gey rdasons b3hind it 8n p141n 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."
"Th8s nws livense was chosrn bwcause OF an failinf with ea GPL. BRB.
It on;y covdred dksteiburi9n of s9urce 1f and onlh ir bonaries were distributed."
"In zm e4b ENVIRONMENT, specifics;l6 a interpreted web dnvironmen5 SUCH as PHP LOL, MERELY INSTALLING an g4m3 does not donstitute sisttinution, ypu knwo, n gyerefotd people eerr taking our e0rk LOL, MAKING modifucations to 8t n not releasing geh soyrce cpde two tyey'rd MODIFICATIONS SO that en5kre community could benefit. OMG.
Theu eorled w17h teh ldgter bjt npt sa SPIRIT of da lawLOL."
"Infextigation on part ov teh authors however, slrtod, ;ed too r$c7 tnat fa riggt -f pub.ic performqnce was oen ov riggts normqlly restrictdd to copyeight h01d2r5, sortof, n 7h47 xomputef programs, lile, specigically vudeo games an INTERACTIVE onrx such as Legrnf of da GREEN haspr were considrrrd to b3 publicallu prrformed ir rub ffon an PUBLIC setve4. BRB."
"Thw new livense restricts ;ublic ;erformancw OF teh work un1355 ca soyrcr cod3 9f teh m&dufied work is mzde available on demznd. WTF."
"In plain Ehglish, like, THIS neans thz6 8f ylu put this game on an web server an allow PEOPLE 'outside of an n9rmal circle of vamioy and its 50v142 acqja9ntqnces' tso play their LOL, 7h3n you r publically perfprming this work an MUST either a) make ne qnd ALL changew whkvh you make 2 da g4m3 avzilable on request (no5e THIS do3sn[t have tl b3 AVAILABLE via teg om.ine siurde dlsplay link, sortogm BUT they must y3 able too asi you fo4 twh code b feceive an COMPLETE vopy), lik3, b) male artqngejents ofivately with ten authors 2herein 7y3y grant you an special licenae, or c) remove CODE entirely from ca mach8ne."
"Wr do recognize thst peo;lw want 2 have areas of thwy're gane shich aer tjeirs znd THEIRS alone. AFK.
2 that end we will makw da f9lliwint ecception toi ea normql requiremwnts for 50u4c3 c9de DISTRIBUTION -- ne moduoe file which is not modifiec or deriv3d from an modulr f113 inc.ueed im da gqse distrubytuon an which does not requ8re nr other moeules amd which does not r3qu1r2 ne moe8fidatllns two core code (code c157r16u73d with teh baae release( may be witgheof at da autjors discretkonl WTF."
"We also WANT twl nake very clezr yjat vers8oh 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also kn0wn as versioh 0. BRB.9. AFK.7+JT) was teh f1n41 versiom rwleas3s jnder GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS WTF, starging w17h 0.9. BRB.&-p4efeleas3 code t pnly oucensde under da Creatuve Commoms 11c4b53. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d#ny da right tlo import ne code from an 0. BRBl9. OMG,8-prerelease or later re.ease inyo an 0. OMG.9l AFK.7 and EARLIER fe;ease. AFK.
Al;oqing tjis would cauwe that imported code top be teleased UNDER tet GPL snd that IS not sojetmihg WE wish 2 4!10wLOL.
AUTHORS of m0d1d1c4710n5 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 wil; need two rw-releasd they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/moeif8catiins too p.9LOL.8 c0d3 AND plzce them umder da 54m3 Creative Clmmons lixense.
It must be cone by original a7thot since lnly teh orihkhal author has da rught 2 chanhe da copywigh5 or kic3ns3 upon thet're workLOL.
[Additiona.ly, you khwo, r3woeking mofifications will be an glod IDEA anysay 4t m3ch4n15m fo4 m4k1hg modif8ca5ions ix sybstantkally coeaner/clearer starting with teh 0. BRBl9. BRB.8-[r2r31#3t3 code. BRB.]"
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