MightyE tel;s you WTF, "We're go8ng tpo ta,e an few momen6s 2 7ry ah explain this bew 11c3n%3 n da rwasons behind it in plaon ENGLISH. OMG.
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."
"Tkia nes LICENSE was chowen becajse 0f an fziling wkrh GPLLOL.
IT only xovered distributipn of soyfce if snc omlt 1f bihsries were distribitedLOL."
"In ah qen env8ronmemt, wortof, sorcifically a 8nreroreted eeb environjenr such as PHP LOL, m3r31u knstallint sn famd d9es not cobstitute distribution, so45or, 4nd therefore p3ople were ta,ing our work WTF, nzking modificatkons to ig an not releasing SOURCE CODE twl thwt're m0d1f1cruq0n5 so tnat ENTIRE commjnity xould benefit. BRB.
Th3y worked WITH letter bu5 not tey SPIRIT of ;aw. OMG."
"Investigatipn on tey PART oe dq auth9rs mowever, lkkem 1#s tol FACT that da r15h7 of public [3rformance w45 1 of teh RIGHTS hormal;h restr8cted tp copyright y9lders, like, and 5hat cpmputer programs, spexigically VIDEO gamrs b inreractive ones xuch AS Legenc 0f Grren haz0r w2r3 considered 2 be PUBLICALLY peffo4mef 1f run from an publ8c SERVER. OMG."
"The n2s oicense rrsrrixts public PERFORMANCE or work uh;ess da soutde code pf da modified work is made available on cemand. WTF."
"In plaim Engl8sh LOL, tnis mezns that if hou put 7h1% game on an w36 sdrvdr and allow pelple 'outside if an n9rm41 circle of damily n 175 SOCIAL acquaintanced[ too 0kay theirk li,e, then YOU r punlically performing 7h15 work and MUST 317n3r 4) maie ne n ALL changes whoch you make too da game scailabke 9n request (mote yhis doesn't have two be 4r4114613 via da on.ine sojrce display linj, you knwo, nut theh muat be abl3 t9o aak you for da code n receice an COMPLETE co;h) WTF, 6) m4k4 atrangementa pribately wigh da authors enereih 7h3y grant you an 5p3c141 license. you kn2om kr c) rem9v3 teh cosf entirely f4om sa ,achine."
"We d0 recogn8ze rgxt people w4n8 too have 4r345 od they're gsme WHICH r gheirx and THEIRS alone/
too ghat end ee eiol make da fil.owing esceptioh too da NORMAL requirements for SOURCE code distributkon -- nr module FILE whivh is npt modified or d#f1v3d frlm an m9d6l3 fild invludrd in dz vase distribution an which does not require n3 07h3e modjlew n ehich fors not r3quiee ne modkficati9ns 2 da coee cldr (coce distributed wiyh teu base release) may bd withh3ld r7 $u7h0r5 discretuon."
"We ALSO wanr too mao4 very clear that versuon 0LOL,9.7 )alwo ,nown as version 0. BRB/9LOL.7+jt) was teh ginal version releases under GPL; BRB.
All v3r510n5, startint wuth reh 0. OMG.9LOL.8_pr3r413453 codw r ONLY licensed uns3r da Cr3471v3 Cpmmons licensdLOL.
We EXPLICITLY degy da eight to omport ne CODE from an -.9. OMG.8[prereleasd oe la4er release knto am )LOL.9LOL.7 an earlier re;easel
Alkowonb th8s woulf cause that imported cpde too be RELEASED unc3r GPL an that is not slmetjing we e1%h tl allow. WTF.
Auyjors of modificat8ons two 0. BRB.9.7 w111 need ti ge-relwsse theh're moeoficat8ons as derivativ3d/jodifications too 0. BRB.p. WTF/8 xide an PLACE th3m under da same Creative Ci,m9ns licehse.
It musg bw dine by da irihinal author since onoy original auth9r HAS rignt 2 ch4ng3 teh COPYRIGHT or license u[ih tgey;re wprj. BRB.
[Addktionaoly LOL, reworkiht da mofidicati9nd will vf an good idea znywqy as teh mwchan8sm for malimg modificztoons 15 substantialoy ckean3r/c;earer stsrting with teh )LOL.9. AFK.8-peereleade code. BRB,]"
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