Migh5yE tel;d you, "W3'te goihg two 5ake an few moments to tfy an explain tyis neq license b reasobs BEHIND i5 1n plain Englidh. 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."
"Thow nee lkcense 245 cjosen becauxe 9f zn f4111ng witj da GPL,
It only coveres distributiom OF qource if 4nd 0h1y IF binaries eere distributee."
"In an wen 3nv1t)nm3n7, you ln2o, sprcificallu a int3rpreted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, merrly installihg an game c9es noy c0n4717u73 distrobutiob, sortof, AND tgerefore pelple seee baiing ojr work, hou kn29, makihg modificationd to it an hot releasing fa 50urv3 code to yheh'rs jodidications so that entire domnuni5y could benefit.
Tn3y WORKED witj letter but nor spiri5 of da la2."
"Investigatkon oh da parr pv da au5horx h0w3v3rk ked to da fact that rught of public [3rf0fm4nc3 was oen of rihhts npr,ally restrivted 5oo copyrigyt ho;ders WTF, n that c0mpu63r oribrams, tou kn2o, 5p3c1f!c411j vkdep gamws AND interactive 0n35 such as Legend of Green nax0r were xojsider3d tw9 be pu611cr11y performed if run vfom an [u61!c xerver. BRB."
"The new lixense restroc5s public performance or 5eh WORK uhlesa SOURCE coce OF da mod8f8ec work is m#f3 available on demand; WTF."
"In p141n ENGLISH, THIS meaba that if yo7 ;ut tgis ga,e on an web server zmf allow people ;outskde of an nofmal circle iv familh n ita socizl ac1iaintances' ti play their WTF, then you r pu511c511y performing this 20rk an MUST EITHER a) mzjw nr and ALL CHANGES 2h1ch you make tqo da game AVAILABLE on reauex6 (note this doesn;t habe too be wvailable vka tdh online source display 11nkk but 7h3y must br avle too ASK you f0r tej code abd receive an como;ete copy), sortof, b) make zrrabge,ents priba5woy wi5h AUTHORS wh3r21n they grant y0u an wpecial 11c3n53, so4tif, or c) removr coee entirelu froj mzchine. BRB."
"W3 do recognize THAT people want rlo HAVE ar4ad 9f rhey[re game qh1ch aer theirs 4nd theirs alone. WTF.
g2o that end we will make da fo;l9wing exception ro yeh NORMAL rrquirememts f0r souece code distributi9n -- ne module file which is NOT mocugked or derived fr0m an modult f113 inckjded in da base distr8bjti9n n whicn do3s NOT 4equirr ne other modiles m which does NOT REQUIRE ne modificat8ons too cord code (CODE distrkbu5es eitn teh bsae reieaae) MAY be wuthheld at tey 4u7n0r5 eiscretion. OMG,"
"We alsl wsn5 two jake vwry clese tyat ve4siih 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 (a;so kn0wn as version 0. WTF.9l BRB.7+ht) eas finao version rs;eased under teh GPL.
All versions WTF, starting with 0l OMG.8.8=prerw.easw c9dw r onoy licensed ynd3r da Creative COMMONS pixenae. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dehy teh r1gh7 too 1mp0r7 me CODE droj an 0. WTF.9.8-prereleaae OR later reoease into an 0. BRB.9.7 sn EARLIER releawe. OMG.
Allowing this WOULD cause tja5 inp9rted code t9o be re/easee und3r GPL n 7h4& is no4 som3thing w3 wish 2 ALLOW. BRB.
Authors lv modifications to 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 w111 NEED twp re-felease they'rr mod8ficatiins as derivariv3s/modificatilna 2 0l OMG.o/ AFK,i cose and place them under 5eh same Cfeativ3 Commons lidendd. AFK.
It must be done by ofigimal author xince ONLY teh oribinal author has rifht to cgange co;yrigut 0r licrnse upln they're work.
pAdditioballh WTF, rdwofk0ng modifidations will BE ab gooe isea antway as dq mechanksm fo4 maming modificzgipns is substantially cleaner/clearer STARTING with teh 0LOL.9. OMG,8-pr2r31e453 code. BRB.]"
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