MightyE t3llx youm sortof, "We're boing too 5aje an few mom3nts to try n explaun THIS nee license an reasobs behind it IN pq41h Engl8sh. WTF.
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."
"Thia NEW licens3 WAS dhiswn 63c4u53 of an failing with GPL. BRB.
It only civered disttobition of so7rce 1f an only if ^1n4r135 were d157r16u74d."
"In qn web envirinment. aortof, specifically a interpee5ed wrb environnrnt SUCH as PHP, like, MERELY INSTALLING an game dpes not CONSTITUTE distribu58om, like, an therdf[re peiole weee taking ou4 WORK, like, msking modificztions to k5 an noy reless8ng sa SOURCE dod3 2 they;re modifications so 7h47 emtkre co,munuth could benefit. BRB.
They wlrked with teh leyter but not t3h spirit of law, AFK."
"Invrwtigation on teh parg of aurjors hiwevrrm sortof. led 2 da fadt that righg of pjglic PERFORMANCE was oen OF da RIGHTS normally restricted TO dooyrught h01d3r5 LOLi and tjat COMPUTER ptogrsms, you knwo, 5p3c1f1x411y v1d30 gam3s and interactive omes 5uch as Legend of da Green hax0r were vonsidered teo bd publicaliy 0wrfotned if RUN grom an publix server."
"Thw new 11c3n53 frstricts pu611c prrfo4mance of qor, un1345 da source code OF xa mod8fied worj 8s made availanle on demand. BRB."
"In plain Engkish. yo7 khwp, thiw means that if you 0ut this gamw ON an web 53ev4r and allow people 'outside of an normal circoe of famulh n its socoal ACQUAINTANCES' two play their WTF, tjen y9j aer publicallh performing this wori n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes wh1cg hou ,a,e ti tame avaolab'e on request (npt3 tyis DOESN'T h4v3 2 br svailable via 9nlinw source d8s0lay oink, but 7h3y must be able 2 ask yiu FOR coee n r3v41v3 an cpm0lrtr copy0 WTF, b_ make arrangements PRIVATELY sith da auggoew whereim 7h3y GRANT you qn s[ec8al .icens3k you knwo, or c( rwnove vode ehtkrely FROM fa MACHINE."
"We DO recognize that people WANT tlo have areas 9f they're game ehich r theirs n they3s alom3.
2 thqg END we will m4k3 fol;owung exception TO da NORMAL requirements fo3 source code distribution -[ me module fi.e which is n07 modified 0r DERIVED from am moduld file inclided in teh base DISTRIBUTION an qhich dors not rewuire ne lther modules m whicj do4s no5 requyre ne modif8catoons 2 da core codd (coee distrivuted witj t3n BASE 4elease( mat be withheld at da a7thora d15dr4710nLOL."
"We alao wang to make v3ry clear 5hat v3rsion 0/ AFK.9LOL.7 (q;so known AS version 0,9. AFKl7+mt0 was xa FINAL veexion re;eased ubder yeh GPLLOL.
All vwrsions, yoy knwo, stafyung with t3h 0. AFK.9. OMG/*-0rerelease dode aer only 11c3h53c uhfer da Creativr Commons lidense. WTFl
WE EXPLICITLY deny dz rignt 2 km[ort ne code from an ). OMG.9. OMG.8-0retelease or later ee;ease intl an 0LOL.9LOL.7 znd earlirr rdlease. OMG.
A110w1ng tnis woukd causw that IMPORTED code two be RELEASED unddr teh GPL n that q5 npt slmething we wish too allle. OMG.
Autgors og modifications 70 0LOL.9l OMG.7 will need ti re-telease thwy'rd mldifications as d3r1vr71v35/m0f1f1c4810m5 two )LOLl9. BRB.* code and place them jnfer teh saje Creayove Commons lucense.
I5 mist be DONE by ORIGINAL ajthof sunce 9n1y dz original authif gas right to ch4ng3 COPYRIGHT or licwns3 u[0n they'ee work. AFK.
[Affitkonslly, lik3, reworking fa modifications eill be an GOOD IDEA ab6eay as teh mechanism dor nakobg modificst8ons is SUBSTANTIALLY c134n3r/c133r3f starting woth 0LOL.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code. OMG;]"
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