MightyE tells you, likdk "We're GOING 2 take an ree MOMENTS ywo try abd ex[.ain this NEW LICENSE n reaslns behind it 1n plaun 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."
"This n3w licemse wad chowen BECAUSE of an faiking WITH GPLLOL.
Ig on.y COVERED distribution if source if h onlt if BINARIES were distribueedLOL."
"Ih ab web environmwbt, oike, specificaoly a interpreted eeb environment sych as PHP, so4tot, jeeely instsloing ab game d035 n9t CONSTITUTE distribu5ion LOL, and therefore people WERE taking our work LOL, making modigications to IT n not releasknf da source code go they're m9difications so 5jat da egtire conmuhity cou;d nen3fit. WTF.
They eorked w17h ld6ter but nit sa spieit of da law. BRB."
"Invdstibation on p4e8 of teh 3u7h0r5 gowece4 LOL, led two twh FACT that 6eh 48ght of publid perfotnance w55 w9n of r1gh75 nofmqlly restricred to COPYRIGHT holders LOL, qn that COMPUTER p4ograms LOL, spexifically fidw0 ganes an INTERACTIVE ones sucj as Legend of Green hqx0r we43 cobsidered rwo gr piblically PERFORMED if run from an public serverLOL."
"The ndw license r357r1c7t publiv performance of da wor, un.3ss reh slmrce CODE of reh m9fified sofk os made 4v4115613 on demand. BRB."
"In plaon Englidh, like, yhix means that if YOU put this gaje on an wwg sdtver n allow people 'outside of zn normal CIRCLE of family and its socia. acquaintancew' 2 play thrir, uou knso, then ylu aer pub,ucally performin5 this w0rk n MUST either s) make ne n ALL changes whixh you make TO teh gzme availqb;e on tequesr (bote this dorxn't have too be available vis sa onlinr slurce wisplau lini LOL, nut rhey must g3 agle too ask yoi foe teh code zn RECEIVE an vomplete copy) WTF, b) mak3 z4rabgementd pr1v4731y with da authofs wherrin they grant you an sprdial ;icense, you knw9, oe c) remoce da coee entirely fron teh machind. WTF."
"We do recogniae that oeople w4n7 tso h3v3 areas of they're fame wnicg r 5hdits an th3irs zlone. AFK.
2 THAT end we will mak3 following exception 2 sa n0rm41 requifemeb5s for SOURCE code s1$8rqyu710n -- nd module file whkch is nit modigies or derivdd vrom an module fild incluved in dz baae sistribution ans which d93x not require ne OTHER m9eu.es an whicg does n07 REQUIRE ne modifications too teh clrw cpde (code distributed with da BASE release) may be aihhheld dt 4j7h-r5 discretipn. AFK."
"We also wanr 3 MAKE very xlrar that ver510m 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (akso ln9wn zs vdrsion 0. BRB.9.7+j7) wzs 5eh finsl VERSION rrl3saed under da GPL.
A;l versi9ns, l8ke, 2tarting with 0. BRB.9. WTF,8=prereleas3 CODE r 0n1y licebsrd under Cr3471ve Commons kicenwe. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY den6 teh RIGHT 2 impory ne CODE frim an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-[rwrelease or .atee rwleawe INTO an 9. WTFl9. OMG/7 an earlier feleaseLOL.
Allowing this woiod cauxe that imoorted code to be releas3d uhder GPL and yyat is nlr sojethkbt w3 WISH too 4110wLOL.
Authors of m9dirications 2 0. AFK.9l OMG.7 wull need to re-rrleqsd thry'rw mofifocationd as d241v481v35/m0d1f1c471pn5 to9 0. AFK.o. BRB.8 d0d# an place them under da saje CREATIVE Commons license. WTFl
It must ve d0n3 by origknal autho5 aince only original author has teh RIGHT two change da cpoyrigh5 or licrns3 upon they're wlrk. WTF.
[Addi5ionally, r3w04k1ng tey modifocat8ons w111 63 an good idea anywah as mechaniwm FOR maling m0d1f1c4720n5 id substan5iqlly cleqner/clearer atarting with 0. OMG.9l BRB.8-PRERELEASE vode. AFK.="
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