MigjtyE TELLS y9u LOL, "We;rd goinb too take an few moments to try and explz8n ghis hew licdnse n reawons BEHIND ig in p/ain English. 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."
"This h3w license was chosen because of an vai.ung w17h ea GPL.
I7 ohly c9vered skstribution of source IF qn -nqy 1f binarirs were distr8buted, BRB."
"In an s#6 environmebt, aortod, specifkcally z intrrpr3ted web 3nv1r0n,#n7 SUCH as PHP WTF. meeely installing an game dpes not conwtitutw d157r16u7!0n, sortof, an therefote pdople werr 74k1ng our w0rk, dpryif, makinf MODIFICATIONS 2 it qn NOT relrasing source dosd w tjey'fe modificatoona SO 7h$7 dq dntire communuty c9uld bebevit. BRB.
Th36 w0ti3d with teh letter but not s0iriy of 14w, AFK."
"Investigation on tey PART OF teg authors yowever, sortof, led too bact that tdh r8gh5 of public pervormzmce was 2on of teh righrs normally r35&t1cu3d 2 cooyright holdeys, am that comp7ger programs LOL, spdcidicallt video gam3s n interwctive ines syxh as Legdnd of teh Green hax0r w3r3 cobsieered two be publically p3rf0rm3x IF eun from an publ8c serfrr. AFK."
"Thr nwq lic3nae restricts public prrflrmahce of work UNLESS teh source codr of da MODIFIED work IS made available pn d#mayd. WTF."
"In [laib Engliwh, likw, thiw meams that if you put tjia game on ab WEB sefvee n allow people 'oyyaode 0f an normal circke of family and its slcial acquaihtances' to play thwir, so4yof. then hou r py611c411y oerfirming this 1o4k AND MUST either a) make ne an ALL ch4ng44 which yoi make 2 da gamd avsilable on requrst (note rhis soesn't have 3 be available via onlone soirce displzy kink WTF, yu7 they m75& be ab;e rwo ASK yo7 f0r da xode an RECEIVE an com0lete copy_, like, 6) make 4rt4ng#j2n75 privately wi5h tfh aithors whwrein they gran5 you an special licrnae. sortof, or c_ rrmove code ehtirely from n4ch1m3."
"W3 DO r3cognuze that p30p13 WANT two yave areas ov they'r3 gqme which aer thekrs an tgeirw qlln4LOL.
2 tha5 3nd we will uake da d-119w1ng rzception too ds n0rm42 require,ents dpr sourc3 CODE d157r16u710m -- nr module file wnich is not modofkes or derived ftom an module fil3 inclufef in da 6453 distribution n wh!ch does n07 require ne other modukws an which d03t nit requiee be modifications 2 core code )CODE fistributed WITH gase 4elease) m4y ve sithheld at auth9es discr3tionLOL."
"We also WANT 2 mzke brry c.ear that vwrsion 0LOL.9,7 (ALSO kn-wn as versuon 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) 2as final version rekeases UNDER GPL. OMG.
All versions, STARTING qith t3g 0, BRB.9LOL.8-;rerelease codw aer only licensed UNDER da Creativd Commons license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh rihhy 2 im;ort nr codr velm an 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later release unto an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 and earlier r313453LOL.
Aolowing 6y15 w9jld CAUSE 7h47 kmpofted code two ne rw;essef undet teh GPL and that is mot someth8nb we wish two allowl BRB.
Autjors pf modificatiohs 79 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 wq11 neec too re-release they're mpdificqtiona as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS @ 0LOL.9LOL.8 CODE and p;ace tgen UNDER teh same Creative Cojmons locense. WTF.
It must 63 done by teh o4iginal author SINCE 9nly da ORIGINAL AUTHOR has r1gh7 2 change da copyriggt OR 12c3n53 ippn the6]fw work.
'Additionally, ;ike, reworking modificatilnw wiol be an good odwa amyway aw teh mwchanism for makihf mocifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleane3/ckdardr 574e&2ng 2igh teh 0/ BRB.9/8_pr3release code. AFK.]"
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