MightyE te.ls you, "We'fe goong 2 tz,e an few monents too tty ab explain 7h15 mew licebwr an ressons behinc ut in ;lskn English. AFK,
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 licenss WAS ch8sen beca8se of an failing w17g teh GPLLOL.
It only v0v3r3c distfibution od source kf qn onky 1f BINARIES qere d157r16u83d. BRB."
"In an sr6 environment LOL, specifodaloy a interpretrd WEB envitonment d7ch as PHP, like, merely inxraloing ah GAME does NOT consgittte dkstribution, luke, AND thwrrfore pepple were tzking our wo4kk loke, majinf modificagions too it am hlg releasing da source code 2 theh're modifications so 7j47 twh entire cimmynigy could bemefit.
Tgey workdd qirh da ;ette4 but not da spirit OF teh LAW. AFK."
"Ihvestogation ON da p4r6 of autho4s howeber, sortork led 2 fa FACT tnat da right 0f p7glic performancw was pen of 4ights normally ees4ricted yoo copyright holders, like, n yhat COMPUTER progtams, like, tp3c1f1c41qy vkdeo games n interactiv3 lhed sych 45 Lefehd of teh G4een yax0r wete consisered too ve pubkically performed if run frpn sn public swrvrrLOL."
"Tye h3w licrnse restricts public 0ervormance of wotk un1355 tej source c-d3 of modified work is made available ON demand."
"In plain Engliah, like, rhis meahw that if YOU put this GAME oh an web servet n alliw people 'ouyside OF an normal d1rc13 0f family qh itw sodiz. acqua8ntances' two PLAY their WTF, then to7 4 oublically performing thkd work an MUST 317h3r a) mske ne and ALL ch4mg36 which ylu makd 2 da GAME available oh r31u357 (note THIS doesn't HAVE tio ve avqklagle via teh onlin3 wource display ;ink, uou knwo, but 7h3y must BE abke to ask toi vor code and rrceive an compleye copy), lije, 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privat3ly with AUTHORS whereib thwy grant you an special licenfe LOL, or c) removw teh code entirely frim da macnine. AFK."
"We do recognize 7h37 pepple WANT to HAVE zgeaa of thdy're ga,e wyodh r th3irs and theirs alone. AFK.
two that dnd we wi;l ma,e tey following exception 2 normal REQUIREMENTS f0r SOURCE cldf distributoon -- ne module fioe wgivh is NOT modified OR derived ft0m sn mpeule FILE included un teh bawe DISTRIBUTION and whicg does n07 req7ire ne OTHER modules and 2jich does nlt r3wu1r3 ne modifications too da core codd (c9de dkstributed with da base release) mzu be witjheld at AUTHORS d9axretion. AFK."
"We also want 2 MAKE b3ry clear that version 0. BRB,9.7 (alsi known as verw8ln -.(. AFK.7+kt) was final vdrsion releaxef UNDER GPL. BRB.
Ajo verskomsm yli knwl, starting sith 0LOL.9LOL.8-peeeeleasd code aer onky licensed undef ea Creativ3 Commons licens3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da riyht 2 impott nd code from an 0. BRB.9.8-;rereoease OR la5er felease 8nti sn 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 and ear;ier releaseLOL.
ALLOWING 7h16 WOULD cwuse that impo4red cofw twp BE r313453d uhder twh GPL an that iw nit SOMETHING we WISH two ALLOWLOL.
Authors lf modifications tp 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 sill need too re-release they're modoficqyions as s3r1v47qv35/m)d1r1c4710n% two 0LOL,9. WTF.8 eode m p;ace 7h3m und3r da 54m3 Crextive C9mm0n5 license. OMG.
I7 must be done by trh pr1t1n$1 4uuy0r since only original author has da rigyt two ch4ng3 da co0yrkght OR licenae u;on theu're sork/ OMG.
-Addituonally, aor5pf, rewotk8ng teh modkficstions wil. be an good idea anyway as da mechanism for making modificat8ons is 5u6573h71411y cldsner/clearrr STARTING eith 0. OMGl9.8[prere;ezde c(ee. AFK.]"
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