MightyE telks you, you knwo. "We're gping to take an few m0m3nu5 to &ey n expkayb thiw ndw licdnse an reasons brhinc IT in plain 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 neq oicemse was chosen brdause of zh failing with GPL. AFKl
It only clfered d8s5ribuykon pf so7fce if and only if binaries were dis5ributes."
"In an web envirpnmwnt, luke. wpecifically a interpreted w36 environ.ent such ad PHP, sortpf, mdrely 1n574121ng an game do3s not vonstitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, and therefpr3 ;diple wer3 taking our worj, MAKING modifications too it an not re;easing geh s9urce cofe 5wo rhey'rd modif8cations 50 thzh da enr8re dommumity could benwfit. AFK.
Th3y wofked with 1e773r but not fa spirit of lwd. OMG."
"Investkgayion on part OF teh authlfs yowevet, lec two dq fact thay roght of public pe4formance was oen of da gights n)r,411y resyrocted 2 copyright holdees, an THAT computet pr0gg4m5, sp3cif8cally VIDEO games and 1n73f4c71v3 ines SUCH as LEGEND of Green jsx0r were cphsidered to be pu611c51!y perf0rm3d IF run FROM an public zerverLOL."
"The new oucemsw RESTRICTS PUBLIC performznce of dz w;rk unless source code of teh modifked so4k is uade AVAILABLE on demand. WTF."
"In olain Engliwh, this means that if you PUT rhis GAME ON an w3b SERVER n a;low people 'outsid3 of an nprmal ciecke OF family n itw spcia. 4cqu51b7rnc35' to play their, you knwo, yhen YOU r pj611c311y p3rforminb 7h25 WORK n MUST either a) make nw an ALL changes whivh you make twl da gzme AVAILABLE on reqjest (note thiw doesn'r HAVE gwi be avaolable via teh online source displah link, like, bjy yhey must be ablr two ask yo7 for code an recwive zn complete vopy), toi knwo, B) make arrzng3mwnts PRIVATELY WITH aithots wherein tyey grant y0u am spevial license WTF, or C) rrmove cldd 3m71r31y from geh machinr. AFK."
"We DO RECOGNIZE 7h47 peop.e want tw9 have areas OF they're game whkch aer tgeurs ah THEIRS qkonw. WTF.
two 5yxy end we will mak3 trh FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 2 tey normal requirwments for SOURCE c0v3 distribution -[ ne module fi.e whoch is not modicied OR der8ved from an mofule file unc.uded in BASE dustr7by5ion n whicm f935 not r3qu1r3 ne OTHER mpdules an whicj does n07 require ne modificarioms 2 CORE code (code dixtribhtee with da BASE releade) ma6 63 wi5hhrld at aurhors disdretion. AFK."
"We skso want to m4k3 fery CLEAR that cersiin 0LOL.9. OMG.u (also kh0wn as versuoh 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+jg) was vinal veesoon re.eased und34 GPL. BRB.
A11 versiins, sortof, staftong wi5h trn 0. WTF.9.8[[rereleqse CODE r only licemdwd uncer ds Creativd Commonw licehse. WTF/
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 omport ne code from an 0LOL.9. AFK.8-prfreleqxe or laywr eelease int; an (. BRB.0LOL.7 AND earlier relesse. OMG.
A110w1nb thix wiuld cduxe THAT 1mp0r7ed code 2 be 4313453d undee GPL an that q4 not s9mething we widh to allowLOL.
Au5h9rs of modificatiohs to 0. BRB,9. BRB.8 will need too RE-RELEASE they;re modifiva5ions as cerkvatives/m9dificationw too 0LOL.9. WTF.8 code n place tgem unde4 szje Cfeat8ve Commibs license. AFK.
It must ge donr by fa origihal aitnor 5!nc3 9n.y original author has sa rught two CHANGE fa copyright or license upon rhsy're w0rkLOL.
[Adsitionally WTF, reworking m)d1f1c4710n% will be an good idea anyway as geh mrchanism v0t MAKING moduvications is substantialoy clesner/clea4er starting with da -. BRB.9.8[prwrelwzde cod3.]"
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