MightyE tells you WTF, "We'rd foing too take an fes momsnts teo try an explain rhis mew .icense n teh reasons behimd *t in pla8h Engliwh. 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 ne2 licensd sas chosen BECAUSE of an failing with ca GPLLOL.
I5 onl6 covefed distributuon of source if n only iw binarirs were sistributee. BRB."
"In an qeb envirommenr WTF, ap3cofkcally a 1n73rpr373e web environmen5 such as PHPk you knwo, merely installing an game dles not vonstitute ciatribur8on, sortof, m therdfore peopke werw tqking our 2lrk, making modifications 70 it and not re.easinb teh siurce code t9o they;re mofifications so that da entire co,munit6 could benefitl OMG.
They woried with da 13773r but nit spirit of law. WTF."
"Investiga5ion on part of 4u7h9r6 however, soryof, l3d 2 fa fqc5 uh47 teh RIGHT of public [errormance qas won of teg rigjta normallt r35ur1v73d t2o copyright hoodrra, lile, amd that c9mputer programd WTF, 5p3c1fqc411y b1e30 gajes n 8hterac5ive 0n35 sjcj as Legend OF da Greeb yas)r WERE consisered 2 be PUBLICALLY 0erformed if run from an public server. AFK."
"Th3 neq LICENSE festricts p7blic p3rfotmanxe of geh w0rk UNLESS teg 6-urc3 code of da ,odified work 15 made avzi;avle on ddmand."
"In plain Emflish LOL, this means thag if yoy PUT this GAME on an w3y server n a.low people 'outskce of ah nlrmal c8rcl3 0f familh an ots SOCIAL acquaintancds' to play their, tou knso, then you r pjboically performong this WORK and MUST either a) MAKE ne n ALL changes whieh you make 2 game availablc on re1uest (note rhis doesn't jave 2 be avzulable viz teh 0n11n3 w9urcd display lonk WTF, but they must ve able 2 ask you for teh cofw anc rreeuve an compoete copy_ LOL, b) ma,e arrangements privately qith tdh authors wg3f31n THEY grant you an speciak lieense, tou kmwo, lr c) remlve teh codr entirely frin teh machkne. BRB,"
"We do revohnize that ;eople WANT to have areas of tget're game which r 5h3irs 4nd theirs alone. OMG.
2 tyat end we will nake teh follo2ihg exception 5wo n)rn41 rewyirements f0f dou3ce vosr dosyr8bution -- nd module file wyicy is not modified ot derived from ab module file includes in twh base DISTRIBUTION amd wh1ch does not requird ne ogher moduled and wh8ch doea not REQUIRE ne mpdirocations two ea core cide (cod3 distributef w17h base 4elease) may be withheld at teh authors diadre5uonLOL/"
"We alsp wsnt 2 make v3ry clwar thar version 0. BRB.9/7 9alsp known as VERSION 0.9. BRB/7+jt) wzs teh FINAL vefsion releaswd under da GPL.
All versions, sortof, s5artibg wigh 0. WTFl9.8-prereleaxe cid3 r on.y licebsee undet da Creative C9mmons licenfe. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY reny da RIGHT to impoet ne code from an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-or3r31345# ot later rclease into an p. BRB.9. WTF.7 sn earlier RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing this would cause tjat 8mpor5ed code to BE releas4d uhdee teh GPL amd yhat id NOT aometh8ng we wish 2 allow.
Autjors og modifixqti9hs 2 0.9. WTF;7 s7ll NEED to re-release they'5e MODIFICATIONS as derivativda/modidications to 0LOL.9. AFK.8 c9de , place them under sanr Creayive Commons lidens3LOL.
It ,ust be done BY ten oruginal author SINCE only teh orifinal aythor has right two change copyr8ght OR licensd UPON theh're WORK. WTF.
-Addituonally, sortpf, rewotking MODIFICATIONS will BE an gooc 1s34 anywau as da mevyanism gof making MODIFICATIONS is wubsyangially cleaner;clearcr starting with 0/ WTF.9.8=prerrleade code. OMG.]"
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