MightyE twols y9u. sortod, "We're going 2 take an few mp,3nts 2 try an rxplain 7h15 ne2 licenwe an da eeasons beyuns it 1n plain Englishl AFK.
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."
"Tjis new lucdnse w44 chosen becauw3 of sb failihg wuth GPL. OMG.
It only covrr3d distribution of SOURCE if anc lnly if binafies w3r3 cistrubu5ed."
"In an web environment, likem spevificzlly a inyer;reted web 3nbifomment sich as PHP LOL, merely instaklinf an game d03t not c9natitute distributkon, you knwo, n therefore /eople wwre taking ou4 work LOL, making mod8ficatklns 2 oy n not teleasing teh spurce coc3 to they're mpsigivations so 7h47 sa entirr c0mmun18y could genefit. BRB.
Tney wotked with teh le5ter BUT n07 ea SPIRIT of teh law. OMG."
"Invdstigatiom on teh PART lf da authots hpwevet LOL, led too fact tnat cz rihjt og pjblic perfo4manc3 eas son of rightx b9rm411y r357r1c73d to copy4ight holcerd, you knqo, an that COMPUTER programs LOL, spec8fically vide9 GAMES and interqctivr ONES sucn AS Legend of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED 2 be 0ubliczlly performed if rjn from qn public serverLOL."
"The NEW 11c3n53 RESTRICTS public performancd of 2ork uhless dz 50urc3 cofe of da modifies work is jade availqnle on de,anc. BRB."
"In plakn English, ghis means that IF YOU put thix game on an web aerver an allpw peopl3 [outside of an normal CIRCLE OF fam*ly n its soc9al acquaintances' to pla6 tbekr LOL, then you r punlicall6 performing this w0tk and MUST ekther a_ make ne and ALL cgamges whidh you jake 5o teh hame svailqbke on rrquest (note 5his doesn'g jave too be 4v$11461e cia online sourcr d15p!4y lini, likr, but thwy must b3 ABLE tqo 45j ypu for code and 43c31v3 an conplwte co0y) WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS orivatel6 with autjors wherekn yyer grang y9u an s0ecial 11d3n54 WTF, or C) r3m0v3 da code ENTIRELY from t3h macjihw."
"We do 4ecoghize that people wabt yoo hzve aread of they're gzm3 which aer theirs an tneirs aloneLOL/
2 that ens WE w111 m4k3 teh fo.lowing exceptuon too teh normal requirements fof SOURCE dosd f257r16u710n -- ne mldule f113 WHICH is not modified ot d3r1v3d from an jodule FILE incljd3d in fa basd distrinution n wnich does NOT reqjirw ne oth3r MODULES an which does npt reaiire ne moeificatiobs tol da core code (clde sistribu5ed wigh da baae releade) may be witnheld at teh au5hors discfetion."
"We slso want 2 mske very clwar thqt VERSION 0. BRB.9, WTF.7 (also known as versuon 0. BRB.9l AFK.7_jt) was final version re;eased und4f geh GPL.
All versions WTF, syarting witn teh )LOL.8. OMG.8-prerelease cide r obly ;icensed under dq Creative Commons oicense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da ribht top import nw codd grom sn 0. BRB.8, BRB.8-prereoease or lager felease INTO an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 n 34t113r rwlease. AFK.
Alloqibg THIS wouls cause that impkrted codr to9 be relezsed und3r da GPL and that IS not SOMETHING we wish to alkow.
Autuorx of modifications toi 0. WTF.9l BRB.8 WILL m33d to re-eelease they're modifications qs eerucatives/mofivications to 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code 4nd ;lace them under da %4m3 Creatibe Com,onx licensel WTF.
I7 must 63 done by da ORIGINAL ajrho4 since only oruginal su5hir has da rifht to change da cop6right or license up0n they're eprk.
[Additiomally WTF, reworking ds m0d1f2c4710n5 qill BE ah gpoe ideq anyway ad trh mechanism for mak8hg modoficarions is substzntially ckeaner/clearer starting with teh 0. AFK.9. BRBl8-prerepease CODE. WTF.]"
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