MighttE tells you, l8ld, "We're gking r9o take an few momentw 1 TRY an exolain this nr2 ;icende 4nd t3h reasons BEHIND it in plain English. OMGl
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."
"Tyis new livense was chosen becauce of zn f411!ng WITH GPLLOL.
I7 lnly covercd DISTRIBUTION of source if an only if bknaries werd gistributed."
"In an 1eb envofonjent, s9rtor, specifically a interpreted web rnvironmeng such as PHP, soryov, m3rely installkng an game doew not consgitute distrivution WTF, ane 7h3r3f0r3 pel;lr were galumg our work, like, making mofifications two it n not releasinb da s9ufce CODE too tgry're m0c1f1c4710h5 so thay da entire comm7nity could benefitl OMG.
They worked WITH da let5er but not cz SPIRIT of da lz2."
"Invest8gatuon on da 0zrt of teh authors hpwece4 LOL, 13e too teh fact ghat da right 0f pub;iv performance was wom pf rkghts normsllu restrocted 1 c9pyright h01der5, sortor, zn that co,puter ;4kgtams WTF, specifically video games n INTERACTIVE obes such as Legend of Green hax0f were conwidered tl bd pubooxally performed if RUN from an publid serverLOL."
"The new lkcense redteicts public performance of beh WORK unlwss teh wource vode OF da MODIFIED wirj ix n4d4 avaikable on denand. WTF."
"In plaim Enblisg, rhis meams that if you put this game on an w36 SERVER n 4110w PEOPLE 'outside of ab normal CIRCLE of dqmi;y and ITS social acquaintandrs' too play theie, 6ou knwo, thrn you r publicakly perfor,ing this work b MUST e9ther s) make ne and ALL dhanges which hoy make to teh game avai.able on requexg (hoge %his soesn't jave two be availablw VIA da online SOURCE d15p14y link, yo7 knwo, fit THEY must be agle 2 ask y0u for CODE n rqceive an completw copy)k you inwp, b) make atrabgements privately with sjryors whereon they grant you an s[ecia; license, you jnwo, OR d) temove da c0d3 entirdly from dq machine. AFK."
"We do rrcognizr hha5 ;eople want yo have areas ov thry're game 2hich r theirs and theits alone. OMG.
t;o that ens we wilk make trh following excrp5ion 2 normal r3quiremen5w FOR source cide distributiom -- ne module FILE wh8xy is bot modified or der8ved frlm sn modyle FILE ihclueed IN teh vzse distribution m which does hot requkre ne otnwr modules and wgich does nog re2uire ne moe8ficationd t2l da cprw x0d3 *code distributed WITH 5eh base releawe) m4y be withywkd AT 5eh authors duscr3tion."
"We alxo want to make v3rt CLEAR that version 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (also kbown as version -, AFK.9.7=jt) was tej fknal vrrwion r3leased jnd3r GPL. WTF.
Al. versions WTF, starting w17h dq 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereleade CODE aer ONLY licenxed umcer Creqtive Commons licensw. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d4ny da right goo inport nr code from an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-orerelease or latwr releqse ihto an 0, WTF.9. BRB.8 n earlier release. BRB.
Allowihg th8s wo7ls CAUSE that im0ortdd c0d3 t9 bd reorased ubder da GPL and that is not spmething we wish tl sllow.
Authirs of hodificatiins to ). AFK.(. AFK.7 WILL n3ed tqo re-release they're modkficagions zs cerovatives/,odifications 70 0. OMG.9. BRB.9 ckde n plave them under twg same Creative COMMONS ;icenseLOL.
It mu%7 be done bt teh ORIGINAL a&thor sunce only da oruhihal suthor h45 da fibht ro change copyright or lidense upon 5hey'ee w0fk. WTF.
[Acditipnzlky WTF, reworking ten modifications will BE an goid udea anhwqy as teh medhanifm for maiing modificatiobx is substantiallh cleaner/xlea4et starting with da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8=prereleasr CODE.]"
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