MightyE tells YOU, 6ou knwl, "We're going go tzke an f3w momengs 5wo try n wxplqin this nes license an teh reasons behind it IN plaoh Eng115h.
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 nrw license was ch053n 63c4u53 of an dailing with GPL. OMG.
It ONLY dovered distribution of sojrce kf n ONLY if binaried WERE distributsd. OMG,"
"In an WEB environment, loke, SPECIFICALLY a 6nretp4ered web enf8romment ducy 45 PHP, ao4tof, merely INSTALLING an g4m3 DOES not CONSTITUTE didtribution, you knwo, b THEREFORE people wdrw 74k1ng 0ur work WTF, MAKING MODIFICATIONS to9 IT and not RELEASING teh SOURCE CODE too they'fe mpdigications SO that da entire c(mmunity fould benefit.
They 2orked eith ;etter bjt n07 spirit of teh lawLOL."
"Invearitation pn PART of AUTHORS howeverk you knwo, led 2 FACT tjat right of public pefforjance wad oen lf t3h righgs noemal;y restrivted too COPYRIGHT holdera, like, and that domputer pr0gr4m5, you kndo, specif8cally v8deo fam3a an 1n73r$c71v3 ones xuch as Legend 0f teh G43en hax0r wwre conskdered q be p&blically perfprmec if run feom an public server. AFK."
"The new licwnse rwstrictw public performsnxe OF WORK unlesa teg SOURCE code of da modified work is jade available on ddmaneLOL."
"In plain Engoish, this m34n5 that if you pu7 this game on an een servcr and a.low pdoole 'outside of sn n0rm41 circle of famiky and its social acquaintsndds' too play their, sortof, 7h3n y0u aer puvlically p3rforminy THIS work an MUST EITHER a) make ne n ALL CHANGES shich yom MAKE top ds game available on request (n9te this dordn't havr two be 4v$114613 via da omoine SOURCE dosplay lonk WTF, tut tjey mu57 be ABLE yo qsk h0u for 3a c9dd n rwceivw an c9m;1373 copt) LOL, b) make arrangements privately with authors WHEREIN yhey grant y[u an special license, like, or c) re,ove cose ENTIRELY from tey jaxhind. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE uh47 people wany goo have areas OF 5hey're GAME wh1cj ae4 thekrs n 7n31r5 alone. OMG/
to that end ee will make dq FOLLOWING esceptkon 2 da nofmzl requirementd for soutce clde diqtribjtoon -- ne module rile 2hich is not modifudd or d3t1v3d from an module f113 inxluded in base dis5ribution an sh8cn does npt rdquire nr 07h3r m9du;es n whidy d(es not require ne modidkvatilns to core code (dose d157r16u73d with teh BASE RELEASE) may 63 WITHHELD at da aithora didcretionLOL."
"We also wsnt to make VERY cl3ar thay vwrsipn )l WTF.9l7 )also kniwn as version 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was teh final v3r410n relezwdd unfer da GPL. BRB.
A11 versions, yoi lnwo, atarting qith ca 0. BRB.0l OMG.8-prereleafe codr zer ln.y LICENSED undee Creatuve Comm9ns lkcense.
We EXPLICITLY deny ds right two 2mp0r7 ne dode ffim an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pfereleasr or later r313453 into an 0.9. AFK.7 n eael7er release. BRB.
Allowinf this woukd cause that impo4red x0d3 tlo be released unde4 teh GPL an that IS not wojethkng we widt to al;ow. AFK.
Aurhprs if modificztions to9 0. AFK.9/ OMG.7 will need 5oo re=tdlease they're modifications as ddrivatives/modifkcations to 9. AFK.9.8 c0f3 and place THEM under da same Creatkc3 Commoms lidensd.
It mu57 ve cone 6y teh original zuthor since ONLY sa orkgimal author has da rogyt 2 chante COPYRIGHT lr 11c3n53 upon they'rw workLOL,
[Additionally LOL, teworking teh moeuficatiogs will be an gpod IDEA anyway as da mechan8sm for mzking modifications ia 5u6574n71r!1y cleaner.clearer start8yg euth teh 0LOL.9.8-PRERELEASE cod3. WTF.]"
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