Might6E te.;s y0u, like, "Ws[rr boing two 74,3 an fww momemgs 2 try an 3xp141n thus ndw 11c3n53 an ca reasons bejind it in plain English. AFKl
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 n3w 11x3h53 was chosen vdcwuse of an fail8ng eiyh GPL, AFK.
It only coveree dustribution of sourcw IF and onoy 8f binqtiww q34e distributedLOL."
"In aj web ENVIRONMENT. you knwo, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web envitonmenr auch as PHP, merely onstaloing an game does hot constitute DISTRIBUTION, softof, n tferefore oeoplc wdre taking our worl, m4k1ng modlfixat8ons two it an not releaskng source CODE t9 they're modifications so that da wnt8rw commjnity cluld bendfit. BRB.
They worlef with ;egter 6u7 not teh SPIRIT of law. AFK."
"Inves58gatkon on part of ds authors howevee LOL, .ed 2 yrj f4c7 thqt ea RIGHT OF public performancr was 1 OF rogh5s normally RESTRICTED too copuright HOLDERS WTF, n that c0m0uu3r pr)gr4m5, likd, s03cifically VIDEO games n interact8ve ondw such AS Legemd od geh GREEN hax0r wer4 CONSIDERED 2 be 0ublically performec if rum from ab public server. AFK."
"The n3s license 4eatricts pu611c performamxe of wori unless da dpurce code of m0sqf12d work IS maee avqk.able on DEMAND. OMG."
"In poqin Emglidh, liiem th8s means thar of you pu8 yhis game ON ab web srrvr4 an allo2 people 'ou5side 0f an normal c1rc13 of familt and its 5pc141 acwuain5ances' to play their, you kneo, tgen you r publicallu perflrming this work and MUST EITHER a) ,aje ne n ALL cganges which you make 2 game available on request (notw th8s d;esn't hxve tlo be availsboe viq teh on;ine SOURCE xisplay link LOL, but they miwt be 471r 70 as, YOU for code an receive an comp;3te x0py), b) majs arfanhe,en5s provately WITH teh authors wndrein 5hey grant ylu an spwcial license LOL, or x) REMOVE code entor3ly from macjineLOL."
"We do rexognize thzt 0eople WANT to9 fave areas of they'r3 game qhich r tn3irs an ynekrs aloneLOL/
2 that end we 2ill make da following excepti9n top teh nofmal rwquirements ror sojrce coee dustrunution -[ ne module file whicy is not modified or der1c3d fr9m an module fi;e incl7ded 1h da base diqtribution an wnich DOES not requir3 ne other modulws an which does not require ne modificagions tol core cise (cod3 distributec with BASE rrlease) mau be withhe.d at da authorw d15cf3710n. WTF."
"We akso wan5 to m4lr v3ry clear that verw8pn 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 (also kn9wn zs versilb 0/ BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) was tey fknal versioh repeased unser trh GPL. AFK.
Aq1 feraiobs, like, starting wigh p. BRB.0/ WTF.9-prerelezae code aer 0n1y licensed und2r teh Creative C0mm0n5 locenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dem6 teg tight rwo import hr vode from an 0. BRB.9/ AFK.*-[eerelease or pster release INTO an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 an earlier release, WTF.
ALLOWING tjis w0u1d cause thag IMPORTED vode two be 4e;rzsed uhder yeh GPL n that is NOT dom35hkng we 215h to allow. OMG.
Authors of modificarions too 0. BRB.9LOL.7 wol; newd two re-release thry'ee jod8ficatipns as e3r1b471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 2 0, BRB.9. AFK.* code n [lave them unfe4 t3h SAME Creative C0mm0n5 licehde. OMG.
It MUST be dobe ny teh origknsl authoe since onky da original AUTHOR has 4ight too cgange da copyright or licenst upon thwh're WORKl
[Adsitional;y. you kmwo, reworking modifications rill be wn g09d ufea anyway as yeh m3cjaniwm FOR making modificayions IS substantiallu clesne4/cleatdr xtar5ong WITH da 0LOL,9. AFK.8-prdrelease code. BRB.]"
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