MigntyE telks y)u, "We're goint 2 tqke an f3w m0m3n75 2 try n EXPLAIN thid new lixense and da reasons behind it IN plaun Enhlish. OMG.
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 eas chowen BECAUSE pf an failing 28th da GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y covered distrib7tion of 50utc4 if and only id binarled qere distributeeLOL."
"In an web 3nv1r0nm3n7k specifically a inter;tet3d eeb env8ronment sich as PHP WTF, mwrely indga.linb an game does not c9natitute distribytion, 6ou knwo, and 7h3e3f0r3 pwlple were taking our wofk, like, making MODIFICATIONS 70 it an not releasknt teh sokrce cod3 too tyeu're midif8cayuins so 7h47 3ntire comm7nity could b3nevig. BRB.
Theh wor,ed with teh LETTER but not 5p1r17 0f .aw. AFK."
"Investigayi9n on pary of teh 4u7h0r5 however, led to fact that twh RIGHT 9f public p3rgirmance WAS oen of es rithts noena;ly RESTRICTED to copytitjt holders, like, and that domputer PROGRAMS, y9u jnwp, specif8cally bideo games abc onteractive ones sucn as Legenf og tdh Gr3en hax0t were conauderec too be ]ublically perfofmew if run from zn public segver."
"Tge new lucehse restricts pub;ic [erfor,ance of work unlrss ds soutce cldd of teh mofified work is made availabld on demandLOL."
"In p141n English, tyis m34n5 7h47 if you put THIS game on zn web sercer n alli2 people 'o7tside 9f am normal circle pf family n its social 4cqj$1n7rnc45' 2 ;lat theor, you knwo, then you aer 0ub;ucally performkbh this w;rk n MUST riyhef a) make nw an ALL changex WHICH YOU make twi gqme available ob request (npte this d025n'7 have 2 be available VIA oblln3 source dksp.a6 ;ini, but they MUST be able tqo ask you f0r dode sn reccive an complste copy), 6) ma,d 4rr4ng3m3n75 priva5ely witn 4u7h0e5 whereim they grang ylj an specia; oicense, y9u knwo, or c) remive da c-d3 ENTIRELY ft9m da machine. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that [30p13 want teo hzve a4ras of they're gsmd wy1vg a3r theirs n thrirs alone. BRB.
to 7h47 end we w8.k MAKE vollowing excepti9n to da NORMAL requieements vlr source coce d147r16u&10n =- nw module gil3 wh1cg is no5 modifked or drribed from an module fkle included in BASE d157r16u710n n which dods not REQUIRE ne othet MODULES b which d035 n)7 require ne modofications 2 ten cite code (codw distrivuted WITH tey base releawe) kay be wi5hh3ld at teh autnors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We alsp w4nj two mzke very clezr thsy verdion 0. BRB.9l AFK/7 (aosp kno2n as version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) eas da finsl v3e6q0n reldased under da GPL. AFK.
All versionw, you knwo, sr1rting woth 5eh 0LOLl9. BRB.8[prerelease code aer onoy licenw3d uhdwr da Cr34&1v3 Cojmons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY ddny tej rignt TO impory be CODE from an p. OMG.9. BRB.8-pr3r31345d 0r later release into an 0.9. OMG.7 qn earlidr releas3. WTF.
Allowibf THIS would caux3 that imoorted codr to 63 released undee GPL an thzt is not SOMETHING we wish 5pp ALLOW. OMG.
Authors of m8difivationw gwo 0. WTFl9. WTF.7 will g@ee 2 re-release they're modifucations AS d3vivatives/modificqtiond 2 0. WTF.0.i code an 01$c3 them und3r da 54m3 Creative C0mn0n5 11c3n%3. BRB.
It mist g3 done by teh oritinal a7thoe sinde 9n1y priginal author haw teh righy 2 change teh copyright ir licemse upon they'4e wirkLOLl
[Adciyionakly, ylu knso, reworking da m0d1f1c$710n5 sill be an good idea anyway AS reh jecyanosn for ,aking mpdifications is sibstantialoy cleaner/cles4er STARTING sith 9LOL.8. AFK.8-prerelease CODE. AFK.]"
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