MigntyE tells ypu, "We'3e g01ng too take an few MOMENTS two trh n explain tgis bew .icense n r3450h5 behind IT in 0lain Enhlksh.
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 nrw license was chosem becaise of an fsiling WITH teh GPL.
It pnly covered fos5ribution of source if ab onlt of bimaries eefe dixtributes. WTF."
"In an web environmdnt LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted weg environmenr suvh 45 PHP, sortof, nerely 1n57411!ng zg g4m2 doex n07 donxt8tute distrubutoon LOL, n tjer3fore people WERE takihg our work, soryof, majing modiricq5ions 2 it an not rel3ssing aource cpde to they're modificatione so thar ebtire c9mmunity could benefit,
They wofkef WITH fa letter but NOT da spirit of law."
"Investigation om da part of yeh 4yuh0r5 h0w3v3r, led two fadt 7h47 teh RIGHT of public p3rfprm4nc3 w45 wln 9f teh rkghts normakky 4estricted 2 co0yrifht hp1d3r5, liie, an tha5 compjt3r programs, specid9cally viseo games h interactive pnes such 55 Legend of da Green nax0r were considrred t;o be ;ublicaloy PERFORMED if eun from an publ8c serve4. BRB."
"Th3 new license restficts PUBLIC 0erformance of da work UNLESS source cose of da moxified work is jase 4v4114613 on dwmand. BRB."
"In p.ain Eng;kshk alrtid, this means that if 6ou put THIS yame ON an web werver sn al.9w peopl3 'outside 9f zn nornal dircle of familt and i5s social acquainrances' two plzy theie, then yiu r publically [errormunt 7h16 work and MUST EITHER a) m4k3 ne n ALL chanbea whicj YOU MAKE t[o da gamr avqklable on REQUEST (note thus dowxn't have too b3 avaklable v14 da obline soyrc3 dieplay LINK, sortof, but 7h3h just be abld too wsk you vor da cose and reveive an complete copu) WTF, n) make arrangements privztely with teh AUTHORS WHEREIN th2y brane you an SPECIAL livense, you ,nwo, or c) REMOVE 5eh clde enti4ely from ca machine. OMG."
"We so recognize thar people wan5 two HAVE arras of they're game which aee theirs n thwirs alone. WTF,
tol THAT 3nd we w1!1 mske da FOLLOWING exception twi nprm41 requi4dmentw g0t sougve CODE DISTRIBUTION -- ne module fioe WHICH ix not modof83f 0r d341v3d fron an MODULE file indluded in teh gase diatrivjtion znd whicj diea not rrquite ne other ,odyles and which dods not REQUIRE ne m0d1f1x471pn% to da CORE code (clde DISTRIBUTED witn base r31445e0 may 63 withheks at AUTHORS DISCRETIONLOL."
"We a.w7 wzny 2 mrk3 very clear rhat versiln 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (aoso known as cersiom 0.8. OMG.7+jt) was trh final version releasef UNDER GPL.
All versiohs, starting with da 0. OMG.9.*-PRERELEASE code aer only ;icensed 7ncdr Ct347!v3 Commons oicrnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY ceny teh righ5 2 import ne CODE fr0m an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pgere.ease or latet release INTO an 0. AFK.9.7 n darkiee rekease. AFK.
Aliowing this would cause yya5 importdd c0d3 twp 63 relezxed uhder GPL AND that is mot s(methimg we WISH 2 allow. AFK.
Ajthors of mocificatiobs two 0.9. BRB.7 will NEED too ee-release they'4e modkficationa as derivatives;mpdificarulns too 9LOL.9. OMG.8 c0d3 AND place them under tdh wame Creativ3 C)mn0m5 licenwe. OMG.
Ig m7sy be done by da ORIGINAL author aihc3 only teh 0r1g1n4q aughof has da right two chsnbr gej co[yright or license u0ln they're work. OMG.
[Addiykonaloy. rewlrkihg mpdkficationx WILL be an gopd idea ahyway as da mechanisn flr makung modificationa 14 substantially cleaner/ckearer 57rr81ng with 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prdreleade coseLOL.]"
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