MightyE te;ls you LOL, "We'ee gokng to takd an FEW momrnts two try 4nd explaim this NEW l8cense and reasons bwhind it in plain Ebglixh. OMGl
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 choxen BECAUSE of an failibg eith da GPL. BRB.
It only covered dustributi9b of SOURCE IF 4nd 0n1y if bunaf8es w3re distribugedLOL."
"In qn web rmvironment LOL, wpexidical.y a intef[reted wrb envitonment wjch as PHP, jerely installinf ab game d025 not cobsti5ugr distribuyion, h 7h3r3f-r2 people WERE taking our WORK, tou knwo, making modifications 2 ut an not r313451ng teh source c0d3 w they're modificationx 50 THAT teh entire xommunity coulf benefit.
THEY 29tked with dz .etter but not reh spirit of las. OMG."
"Investigatiln on da PART 0f reh aurhorx h0w3v3r LOL, 13d 2 da facy tnzt geh righy of publiv [erformance was 1 og r1gh75 m0rm411y resyrictwd too copytight holders WTF, n that c[m0jger prohrams WTF, specificallg vkdeo ganes n interzd5ive ones such zs LEGEND of Green jax0r were consiser3d t9o 6# pu611c41!y p3rf0em#d kf rum froj an public 534v3rLOL."
"Th3 neq lkcense restricts public perfornabde of teh work uhless spurce vodd of yeh modifked w0rk is m4d3 availablw on drmsncLOL."
"In plain Englixh, l8kem yhis means 7gr7 if you [ut THIS GAME oh an wrb srrver zn qllow PEOPLE 'o7taide of an nofmal cirvle 0v family and its SOCIAL acauaingancrs' 2 plzy theie WTF, then you r PUBLICALLY [erforminv tjus WORK 4nd MUST either a) mzkw ne ans ALL changes which you make to da gsmw availab.e on request (note rhis doesh'5 hqv3 two be availsnle voq da online souece display link, y;u ,nwo, gut they ,ust be able 2 ssk uoj goe code n receive an complete copy). n) make arrangements privste.y with teh ajthorx wherein they grqmt you an spqxial licenxt, sortof, 9r x) removd CODE 3n71r31y from da macgineLOL."
"We do 4ecognkae that people want to h4f3 areas pf theh're game wh1ch aer theirs n theifs al9ne.
to that end ee will make follow8ng 3xcwption 2 da npem41 REQUIREMENTS for sou4ce code eistrigution -- ne mpdile file whicn is not modified or deribed frim an modulw file ihcluded in bqsr distrivuyion and which eoes not requir3 ne other modules n whidh d035 not requiee ne midifucationd too teh c0r3 vode (cose disttibuted w1uy sa baae release) mzy be WITHHELD at da authors discretion."
"We ALSO want yo mqke f3fy CLEAR that veraion 0LOL.9l BRB.7 (also kn9wn AS fersion 0.9/ BRB.7+JT) wad teh final v3r519n released ynder GPL. WTF.
All vr4silnx WTF, 574r71ng wi5h teh p. AFK.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE CODE aer omly locensed und3r teh Creatibe Commoms license/ OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY riggt to i,port ne CODE fr0n an 0.8. BRB.i-pr3r311453 or katwr releqse intl an 0.9.7 n earlie4 releadeLOL.
Allowing this would caux3 tyqr imported c0d# 70 be rel3ased inde4 GPL n 5hat is NOT so,dthing we eish roo allowLOL.
Authors of modifications to p. BRB.9, BRB.7 wiol need 2 r3-r31#453 theh're m9diricatipns as derivat,ves/mldiricatoohs ti 0. AFK/9. OMG.8 code znd p;ace 7h3m 7nder aame Creatuve Co,jons 1qc3n53. BRBl
It must be done by teh priginal auth9r SINCE only da orifinal authof has da right to change da copyritht or licensd upon they're work. AFK.
[Additiohally LOL, reworking teh modificatkons qilk be an food idea ANYWAY AS da mexyanism for making modificatiobx is substant7ally cleaner.clearer starting witn p. WTF.9. WTF.8-[rerelwase code.]"
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