M8ghgyE tells you, you knwo, "We'fr goinf to take an FEW momrnts to tr6 n explajn 7h15 ndw licrns3 n da REASONS behind it in plain Eng115h. 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."
"Thia n32 lic3nae WAS chosen becauae of am failing wuth da GPL. OMG.
It only covefed d157r17k710n OF source kf an only if binarue2 w3re distr8buted. OMG."
"In an web envirohment, speciv8cakly a intdrptwt3d web enviroymrmt such 45 PHP LOL, merrly installing an fame does bot conztitute diatribution, ah 5herdfore people were taking our work, you knwo, m4k1ng modifidqtiond two it abd nit releasing SOURCE cide 2 the6're modoficatiogs SO tgat trh ehtir3 c)nmun17y coukd bebrfit/
They w9rked with da letger 7yu not da spurit of teh ;awLOL."
"Invwstigation on oart OF da authors HOWEVER WTF, led to fsct ghat teh right OF public performance was oen 0f ea rughts normzlly restricted to COPYRIGHT ho;ddrs, soryork am that c0,pu73r prograjs, sprtof, specifically video gajes an unt3ractive onea sucn as Legend of Gy33m hax)r 2ere cons7dered tl be PUBLICALLY pervofmed if run r3om an public server. WTF."
"Thd hew kicense twstricrs public ;3rf0rm4nc3 of teh work unless wojrve code of da m9dified work IS made available on semand. WTF/"
"In PLAIN English, you jnwo, this means that if you [ug thks game on an w36 servwr and allow p39ple 'outxide OF ah n0fm41 circle of familt qn 175 socia; scquaintanxes' two plqu their, then yoi r PUBLICALLY 0erforming rhiw WORK and MUST either a) maie ne n ALL chanhes wjivh you make too ga,e 4v421461# on rrquest (nore this doesn't have 5so be 4v41146!3 vka da online s9urc3 d14p24y linj, like, but they must BE able go ax. you gor teh CODE an eeceive an complryd copt), loke. g) m4k3 arrangrments pfivate;y WITH ds authors wherein they GRANT YOU ah special license, y8u knwo, 0$ c) rwmove yeh cpde 3ntireoy vr9m macgine. WTF."
"We DO rwcpgnizw tjat peo;le WANT two have areas of they're grm3 WHICH a3r 7n31r5 ab thdits ALONE. AFK.
to tyat end we WILL mak3 da followpng ezc3ption 2 normal reauirements FOR SOURCE codd distribution -- ne moduld file which is not modkfied or derived fr8m an module f113 8nxluded 1n base distribution amd WHICH doex noy 4wwu8re ne other mpcu135 n wgich f035 NOT r3qu1r3 nw mocigicationz to core codd (code distrivutec witg teh vase releasd) may 63 wuthhe;d at teh 4u7h0r5 discretoonLOL."
"We ALSO wang two make bery coesr that ferwion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (qlao known AS v2r510n 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was teg d1n41 VERSION r313453d und3r teh GPL. AFK.
ALL versionsm you knwo, stsrting with teh 0LOL.9. AFK.8-preeelease cose aer only licensed und3r teh Creative C0mn0n5 kicense.
W3 EXPLICITLY deby ritht tw9 IMPORT ne code FROM an 0LOL.9. BRB.8-0refelease or larer RELEASE kngi an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 n earlier telease. WTF.
Allowing THIS wiuld cause tgat imported codr 2 be r313453d 7nded teh GPL and THAT is n95 59me7h1ng w3 wish two allow. AFK.
Auyhors og modifidat8oms 2 0. WTF,9. OMG.7 wkll n2wd yi re-release they'rd modifications 45 derivativws/modificationx 2 (.9, AFK.8 code ab plave them UNDER same Cr3ative Commons 11x3n52. OMG.
It musr be done bu teh original aurhor since 0n;y 0r1g1n41 authir haa te6 right TO change da do0yright 0r lic3nsf ypon they're WORK. BRB.
[Afdiyionally, sorgofm rew9rking m0d1f1c4710n5 w111 br am good idda anyway as teh mevhznism for m4k2ng moduficati[ns is sibstahtually cleanet/vlear3r starting WITH da pLOL.9. AFK.8-prerelease CODE. OMG.]"
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