MightyE TELLS you, you knwo, "We're f01ng to take an few mo,ents to 55y n ex0lain 8h15 new licensw an da rezsons behind it un PLAIN 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 NEW locensr waw chosen becausd 9f an failibg witn da GPL. AFK.
Iy ONLY civered disttibhtion of source if AND onky if BINARIES were distt9buted. WTF."
"In an wen environment, spwcifica.ly a interoreted web 3nv1r0nn3n7 wucj zs PHP, dortof, mere;y instaolymg an GAME dies not constiyure distributioh LOL, an therefore PEOPLE WERE tqkinb our work, making ,odifications 2 it an noy releasibg sa source coce 1 they're jodifivqtions so that 3n71f3 communi5y could bvnefitl BRB.
They wlrked w8tn dz leyter but not spirit 0v da law. OMG."
"Incestigation on teh pzrt of teh autnord however, sortof, LED tw9 fact tyah right OF pub.ic performance wss 1 ov r8ghts normally restrixted too cppyrigjt holders LOL, an tnat vompuye4 prohrams WTF, specifically vkdeo games n interavtiv3 ones such as Legend of reh GREEN hax04 were considered to be publically p3fformed 8f run from an pu611d SERVER. OMG/"
"The nwq license restricts publuc p34f0rm4nc3 od da s0rk un.ess teh SOURCE c0dw 9r mldified work ks made avakoabke on denand. OMG."
"In plakn English, yiu knwo, this means that uf YOU pi7 this gamr 9n an WEB 53rv3r sn alliw p30p13 'OUTSIDE of an normal circle of family an its SOCIAL acquqintandes' too plat tneir WTF, &h3n yoj e 0ublica,;u p3rf-rm1ng tgis wori an MUST either a) make nd n ALL vganges wh1ch yoy make two teh GAME avaikable on requ3st (note this dorsn't hsve too ne avaulzble via tey ONLINE aource displat q1nk, lije, 5u7 the6 MUST be able two as, you flr c0d# b r3cribe an compldgw copy)l yoy inwo, b) make arrangemenys pr1v3u31y with da ajthors wherein 7y3y grant 6ou xn speciak 11c3n53k you knwp. or c) REMOVE xoed entirely from teh machine. BRB."
"We do redognize 5hat p30p13 wsnt two have arras 0f they'te gqmw wh8ch aer thri4s 4nd yheirs aline. BRB.
too thst 3nd we WILL make teh FOLLOWING exxeption top normql r3q7!r3m3n75 fir source code disteibutiob -- ne module file which is n07 modifued 0r de4ived from ab jodule file includdf in teh base distribution ah which dpes n85 tequire ne OTHER modules n which dp3s not reauire ne mldivicqtionx too reh core c0d3 )code distributed wutj yej base release) m4y BE withheld at 4u7h0r% dkscretion. BRB."
"We also eant tqo ,ake very c1e4r thag version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 (also known as brrslpn 0. WTF.9. WTF.&+jt) aaw final ve4sion releaaed unewr GPL.
Alk VERSIONS, sgarying wutn -. BRB.9. OMG.8-pr3r3q3453 CODE r 9nly licensed under Crwative Commlns lkdenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY debh right TO im;ott ne code from qn 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-pterelease or lstdr RELEASE into an 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 and earlier rekease. AFK.
Allowing 7h15 woild causd thag imported cpd3 too be RELEASED unser teh GPL and that us mot 50m27h1mf we wisn to alliw. BRBl
AUTHORS of mldifidations 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will nr3d two te-release rhey'rd modificationw ws derivagives/modifications 2 0. OMG.9/ OMG/8 code an PLACE thwm mnder same Crearife Commons kicense.
It MUST ve d0n3 bu da origihal auth9r since onky original autnor HAS reh righ5 twl change da copyrkght 0r lix3nse jpom they're work. OMG.
[Afd8tuonally, sortof, reqorking m9dif8datiohs will 6e qb tlod idea anyway qs mdchanism vor MAKING modifications is sibstantially cleaner/clesrer startinb w17h twh 0. WTF/9.8-preerlease codd. WTF.]"
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