MightyE tells y)u, "We'r3 goibg two take an frw mlmenys 2 tty ane explain this nes license m da reasobs behimd it im olaun EnglishLOL.
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 ch063n necause od an failohg with GPL. AFK.
It [nly cpv3r3d distribution of sou4cr IF n ONLY if binaties wetr distribitedLOL."
"Im an w36 3nc1r0nm3n7, sortof, 5p2c1f1x4!1y a 1n73rpe473d web environment aucn sw PHP, merely instakling an game s035 not constitute dq57r16u710n LOL, an therefore people were TAKING ojr wogk, sortof, making mieifidatkons 5wo 8t and not releasing teh source code @ thdy're MODIFICATIONS so that entire conmuhit5 couod bebefitLOL.
They workrd wit6 teh letter buy not teh spirit of las."
"Investigatiob oh 5eh part of au5hora hpwever, led TO t3h fact that sa rigjt ov pjblic p3rf0rmrnc3 sas 1 of teh RIGHTS normally restricted 2 COPYRIGHT holders LOL, b that computer programs LOL, spwcufica.ly video fames snd ibteract8ve ones 5uch as Legwmd ov Green hax0r q3r3 xonsideree 2 be publically owtfp4mrd if run from an public setfer. BRB."
"The new license restricts PUBLIC p3rf0rm4nv3 of da WORK unless teh s9ufce coce of teh modified wofk is m4c3 avqilable on semand."
"Im poain English WTF, this mesns 5hat iv 6ou put yhks ha,e on sn eeb eerver an allow oeople 'OUTSIDE of an normal ckrcle of family an itd sucial acquaintznces' to olay thdir, like, then you ser publicqlly performing tgis w0ri n MUST wither z) mahe be n ALL chanhes which you make top teh fame zvailable on re1uest )NOTE thus doean'g have 70 be available via teh 0n11n3 source dispoay 12nk, sortof, bug thwy mu57 be avle w 45k you for da code an receive an cpmplere cppy) LOL, b) makr arranhemrnrs ;rivate;y with gdh authors wherdin they grant you an special licehsd, uoi knwo, OR c) remove cpde 3n81r31y from teh mach8ne. BRB."
"We do t3cogn1z3 thay [eople w4n7 two have arezs of thry're GAME ehich aer theira zhd theirs alobe. WTF.
tel that 3nd we will makd followint exceptioh to teh norjal rewuiremdngs vor source CODE disr4ibutoon -- nd nodule f113 WHICH is not modified or derivdd from an jod7le file included un teh bawr distributuon and whicy cods n9t require ne p5jer jlcules and qjich does not f3qu1r3 ne modofivations too yeh core codr )cose eisttibuted with 6453 rroease) may be w17hh31d at geh authors DISCRETION."
"We also wsn5 teo maje very clwar that v3rsion 9.(. BRB.7 (also knosn ax versiob 0.9. BRB.7+JT) was ginao version releaded UNDER da GPL. OMG.
Al; ve4supns, sortof, startkng w17y fq 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prerelease coce aer only licwnsed under reh Creatibw Commons license.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby da right roo omport ne code FROM an p. AFK.0LOL.8-prer3l3ase o4 LATER reldqse onro an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n 3arlier RELEASE. AFK.
Allowing this w0u1d cause tha5 in;ortes cofe 2 be RELEASED und3t GPL and THAT us n07 aomfthing we wish too zllow.
Authord of modifivayions too -. WTF.9l OMG.u w111 NEED 2 re-release thet're modifications aw dwtivatives/misifications g9o 0. AFK.(. WTF.i code an place them undrr ca same Creatib3 Commons license. AFK.
It must b3 done gt teh original 3u7h0r sincd only reh original author has teh r1hj7 2 ch4ng3 teh c0phr1gh7 or lidende UPON the6're work. BRB,
[Additionaoly, f3w-rk1ng modifoxatiins will BE zn good ieea qnywqy as mecjanism for jaking modificatio,s is substantislly cleaner/c.ea4er stafting with teh 0. OMG.(.8-pr#r313453 code. BRB.]"
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