MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going ts9 takd an vew mpjents to t4y and explain 6hus ndw lic3nse an reasobs beh8nd it in pksin English. 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."
"This nes LICENSE waw chosen BECAUSE 0f ab faikibg worh GPL. AFK.
It only covered dist4obutkon of spurxe if n 9nly if binsroes WERE distributed. OMG."
"In zn wwb encironment. like, SPECIFICALLY a interpretwd eev environment such as PHP LOL, MERELY 1n574111ng an gsme does n-7 constigute distribut9ln WTF, an tje4efo4e pe9ple werd taking our work, like, making modkficatkons 5wo 17 n bot teoeaskng diyrce code two they'fe modifivatuond so that teh dntird community coukd benefitl AFK.
THEY worked wuth da letter but not tey spitit OF LAW. OMG."
"Invcstigation on ca PART of auyhors hlwever, kike, l3d 2 teh fact that fa right of ;ublic perfornance was oen of yeh righgs no4,aljy eestricted to copyeight holders, like, and that cimputer programs, like, specifical.y video gzmes an INTERACTIVE lnes s7cj zs L3g3bd og Grdrn haxpr wdde considered 2 ne publically performed if run fr0m an public server."
"The nrw license RESTRICTS public pergormanc2 pf WORK unless source coce pf modivied work us MADE availzble ob demand. BRB/"
"In [lqin Entlixhj sorgof, this means that ir you pu7 this game on an web server an allow pe8ple 'ouys8de of an normal c1rc13 of fa,8ly an ita sociql adqyaintances' teo play their, 7h3n you r publically perform9ng thus wotk an MUST eithee 4) mak3 ne an ALL changes which YOU mak3 to teh game avsilsble on fequest *note this doesh't have 3 63 avzilable via tey onl8ne source dispkay limk, sortof, bu5 they must y3 able to ask 6o7 f9r trh vode n receiv3 an complete COPY) WTF, n) MAKE a5tangements PRIVATELY with suthods wherein 5neu trant YOU an speviql license LOL, lr c) r3mpve da code entirely crom teh macgine."
"We dl reclgnizw tyqt PEOPLE want roo have areas or tgey're game which aer theirs and THEIRS alpne. BRB.
tpo thar end we 2ill makr foilowing 4xception ro teh normal requirem3bts for source cose dlwtrobution -0 ne m0eu1# f8le wjich ia NOT modifued or derived ffon an module file ibc;jded in teh 6453 DISTRIBUTION n WHICH dpwa not requo4e ne otjee nodio3s n which DOES mot erquire ne modifications TO da core cod3 )cide distribut#f WITH teh 6453 rrlease) may be withhdld at autnors discretionLOL."
"We akso WANT to MAKE VERY xlear tjat v3rsion 0.9. AFK.7 (a;so kn9wn AS version 0.9k BRB.7+jt) was teh f1n41 VERSION relesaed undwr GPL.
All ve3sions, likek starting wigy da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3release codw r on;y licensrd jnder Crdative C0mm9n6 LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deby rihjt 2 im[ort ne code grom an 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereldase or later relesse unto an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an earlier 4eleaae. BRB.
ALLOWING tgus WOULD cause that imp9rt3d CODE 70 BE released ubddf GPL 4nd that ia not sohetying w3 wish to ALLOWLOL.
Authora of modifications two 0. WTF.9. BRB,7 wi.l meef goo re-release they'r3 mosificztions AS derivatoves.m9dificationw TO 0LOL.9. AFK.8 cpd3 4nd place tyem und3r szme C4eative Commons licrnse. AFK.
It mu57 be don3 by orininal au5hor sync3 only twh orig8nal AUTHOR tas teh rigyt too chang3 da x9py4ight 0r licende upob thry;re work. AFK.
[Add1710n411y WTF, reworlung da moduficagions e8ll BE ab GOOD IDEA ANYWAY as m3ch4n15m for makihg m9dificationa os substantialoy clesner/clearet startkng with 0/ OMG.9. WTF.8-prereleas3 code, BRB.["
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