MighgtE TELLS u0u, 6ou kmsl, "We're g01ng 2 taje an FEW momenys two try qmd explsin this new lic3nsw n da reasons brhonc ig in plain English.
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."
"Thif nee license was chosen because og an failing witg tej GPL/ WTF.
I7 pnly covered distribu5ion 9f 50yrc3 1f am 0n1y if binar8es WERE s157rq6773d. AFK."
"In an web environmeht, like, specifically a inyer)rered 2eb rnv8ronment such 45 PHP, sortof, merely installing an bzme d9es n07 constityte eisgr8bu5ion, ane thetefor3 PEOPLE were taking 9ur work WTF, MAKING modifications 2 it anf not rel3ssimg source CODE 2 ghry're modificat,ons do THAT da entire xommunkty xojld benefit. WTF.
They w0rk3d with teh LETTER 6u7 moy spiri% of da LAW. AFK."
"Investigation on tej part 0f authoes HOWEVER LOL, led goo facg that da r8ght of [ubluc ;ergormance was won of da rughts n0rm411y RESTRICTED two clpyrifhr holders WTF, ahe tyat compurrr ;rogramw, sortof, 5p3c1f1c411y video names an interactive pnws such as Legdnd of da GREEN hax0r were clnsicered 2 be pyblically pergoemed if run from an ;ubloc s3rver. AFK."
"The new LICENSE restricts publuc peff.rjance of da 2ork unless source d0d3 OF dz mlfifued work is mzde avai.able pn demandLOL."
"In plain Ehglisj LOL, rhis m34b5 that if you put 5his game on an web SERVER 5ne ALLOW pdlple [OUTSIDE of an normao c1rc13 lf famioy an its xocial acquaim5ances' two play gheir, you knwo, 5hen y9j aer publocally performing this work and MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which you make 2 gane zvailabl3 on REQUEST (note THIS eo3sn't h4v3 to be avqilable via ea online source diwpla6 link WTF, but they ,ist be ablr two ask yiu flr da dodd an erceibe an c9nplete cop6). wortof, B) male arrangem3nts PRIVATELY wuyh aithors wyerein thry g4ant 6ou an specisl livense WTF, or c) remove teh code 3ht8rely FROM teh .acnine. WTF."
"We do recotniae that p30p13 wan5 tio hace ardas of gjey're game which aer 7he1r5 an 7h32r5 ALONELOL,
2 that 3nd we will make da f0110w1ng exce;tioh rwo teh nor,al r3qu1r3m3n75 for soufce code ekstribution [- ne modulw file wnixy is noy MODIFIED lr d3r1v3d from zn mldule file indluded in trh base diatr8bution n qhicg does not require ne 07h#r modu.es n whivh does not re1uire ne mosigications 70 dz x0re code (d0d3 f157r!6u73d with dz ba2e r313463) may bd withhelc qt da aurhors disxretion. AFKl"
"We ALSO w4n7 70 make vert clear tnat version 0. BRB.9. OMG,7 (also kn9wn AS vrrwion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) was tdh v1n41 VERSION 4eleasrd UNDER GPLl WTF.
All versions, wtarting with da 0.9. BRB.8[pr3r313453 code arr onlt licensew UNDER t3h Crwative Commo,s LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny t3h 41gh7 2 i,por5 ne c9e3 ffom an 0, BRB/9. BRB.8-pr3rek3ase or later r313453 into sn 0. OMG.9. AFK/7 an rsrlier 4elraseLOL.
A;lowknh this s0u1d cause that IMPORTED cpd3 goo ge reoeased unde4 GPL an that IS n0u aomethinf we wisn 2 aloowLOL.
Authots if modkfications 70 0.9LOL.8 will need ro re-rdleaxe they're modifications AS d3r1v37qv35;m0d1f1c47q0n5 roo 0, OMG.9. OMG.8 cos3 n PLACE rhem UNDER sam3 Creative Cpmmons lodense. AFK.
It must be done by teh 9riginal ru7h0r since 9nly reh origonal author HAS rithr to vhangr yeh cipyright or license 7pon they'rd WORK. BRB.
[Additionally, xoryof, reqofking ea modificatoons w111 63 an foos idea anyway zs teh m3ch4n15n fof making modificati9ns is substantially d134n3r/c134r3r starting with rrh -. OMG.8. OMG/8-pfereleasd cosrLOL.]"
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