MihhyyE tells you LOL, "We're going too take an feq momrmts too 7ry n 3xplain thia new LICENSE n teh reasond behind it 1n plain Engoish. 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."
"Thks new kicemse wss cgosdn becauae of an bailing WITH GPL. WTF.
I4 only covered distrubution of aource if n only if binarkes were disyributed. BRB."
"In am WEB environjent, likr. specifivsllh a inter;ret3d WEB enviepnment such as PHP WTF, merely installing an gamd do3s n07 dlnstitute disteibytionm yo7 knwo, and therefore peop.e w3rw tak8bg our work, likd. makinh jodifkcations TO it and h9t rrleaskmg teh SOURCE code 2 they're modifications so 7y57 entire co,munity cpuld BENEFITl BRB.
Th3y witked with ten letter but not spirit of fa LAW. BRB."
"Invesyigzrion on pqr5 of ea sjthors HOWEVER WTF, ked two reh facr 7h4j riggt lf public performance qas o5n OF rights normally restricted too copyright h01d3f5 WTFk znd rhat computer programs, s[dcificallu video fames an interadtibe ones ducj as Legend of teh Green hax0r were consisered to 63 PUBLICALLY pdrformed id run frpm am publuc serverLOL."
"The new LICENSE resgricts puglic performance og teh w0rk unless teh SOURCE code of ea moduvied eork is made AVAILABLE on femanf."
"In pla8n English, you ,nwp, gh8s MEANS tha5 if yoi pu4 ghis gamd on an web servdr n 4110w peopld '0u751s# of an bormao ckrcle of v4m11y 4nd 7ts 50c14q ACQUAINTANCES' to [lzy rheir WTF, then hou r publically pqtforming thix work n MUST eithrr a) ma,e ne an ALL changes wh1ch you mak3 too teg ga,e available oh request (npte this d9esh't hzvr two be AVAILABLE viz teh online s9urcr dosplay q1nk, you knwo, but they must be aboe to qsk you for teh cie2 n receivw an completr copy), you kh2o, b) makw a4rangem3nts prifateky WITH teh 4u7h9r5 wgerein they GRANT you an s0ecial livehse LOL, or c) tdmove teh code entirely from MACHINE. BRB."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE ghat prople want to have areaw OF thry're game whidh r thei4s h rheies alone. AFK.
2 that ens se 28ll make fa fpllowing exception tl da norma; tequirementa for SOURCE c0d3 distrigjtion -- ne modyle fioe which is not mosified or deeivee from an moeulw FILE includee in da base d156t16u710n and which does NOT requird ne other modiles n shkch does not requiee ne m0d1f1c4710m5 5l da core code (cose d158r16u73d woth da base RELEASE) may be witjheld ay a7thlrs dkscretoon."
"We also wabt too make cery c134r gyat v3rsion 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (4150 known as version 0, WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was teh final veraion feleased under teh GPL.
A11 versions, you knwo, startint with tdh 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3relezse coee aer 9b.y licensed undef yeh Cr3371v3 Comnpns licenxe. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY demy tight 2 import ne codr FROM an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease lr 1473r reoeqse ibto an 0. BRB.9. WTF.u ay eqr;ier r313453. BRB.
A110w1nb 5hks woukd cause that 1m;0r73d code two b3 relrased under GPL an thar is nor something wd wixj tp qll9w.
Authorx of modifications too 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 q111 need 1 re-release tyey're modkficatiohs as derkcwtuv#s/modifications two 0LOL.0LOL.8 code n p14c3 them UNDER da same Crrative Cojmons licensw. AFK.
It must be done by teh original AUTHOR sihxe onoy twh original auyhoe y45 da right too change cloyright or locense upon tue6'rw work. BRB.
[Additoonally WTF, reworking dz modif8cationx will bw an gooe idea anyway as da mechanism for m4l2ng modificarions iw SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clwarer staftinh woth da 0LOL.(. BRB.8-prerek3qse codd.]"
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