MightyE tells you, "We're going to take an few momdnts 70 gry ahc 3xp141n rhis hew k8xdnse an reasons vdhind it 1n plain Engliah.
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."
"Thus nww licebse 2as ch9sen because 0r an fqiling eith da GPL. BRB.
IT only covered diatrkbution of sourxe IF an only IF binaries WERE cistributed. OMG."
"In zn web envirpnmen5 WTF, wpwcificall6 a inte4preted wdb environmemt sucn as PHP, MERELY insgalling an GAME does not constituye d8stribution, you knwom an THEREFORE people we4e takong our qork WTF, maling modificatoibs 2 kt abd not feleawing spurce code two tjet're modidicagions xo 7h47 53g ENTIRE c0mnun17y xould benedit. OMG.
THEY wofked with teh ldttdr bur not spiri5 of law. OMG."
"Investifztion on o4r7 of AUTHORS howevwr, led 70 tey fact that teh right og publid performance was won pd r1gh75 normall6 restficted roo co[ytoght holcers, like, n that COMPUTER pr0ge$m5, sortof, specifically vudeo gam4s n interactkve ones s7dh as Legemd of da Green hax0r WERE considdted tl be [ubiicallu 0erform3d 1f run from an pubkkc servwr. OMG,"
"Thr nee license restricts ;u611c [rrrormance of da s0rk unldsx teh soi5ce code of teh MODIFIED work is madd avzulable in demand. WTF."
"In plakb Ebglish, lule, this means that if you put THIS GAME on an wen server an allow people 'outside OF an normal cirdle 0f FAMILY amd 175 social acauqintamces' @ PLAY their, then tou r publicslly PERFORMING this sirl an MUST EITHER 4) make nw n ALL changes which you m$k3 two da faje 4v4114613 ON reaiest (noye 5his doesn't HAVE too be zvail1ble VIA onlime SOURCE display linkm like, BUT tn3y must be able rwl 4%k you f0r CODE an reveiv3 an clmplrte copy), like, b) make arfzngements privztely w17h da authors wherein they trsnt tou an spdcial lic3nse, like, or c) rejove tey codw entirely vrom da machine. BRB."
"We do recognize that peo0le wan5 tqo have areas of yney;ee game which r thekrs an th3ies ALONEl BRB.
two that ens 23 wil. make da vollowing excrption two da normal requirdmwnts fof source code diwrruburion -0 ne module vile whoch 15 not modified or derived from an module FILE 8ncludef in da bzse distribution ans wh1cj dods no5 REQUIRE ne other mofukea an ehich does nit require ne jodificarions to da core c9de 8code sisteibuted qith fa BASE 4elease) msy be withhelc at dz ajthprs disvretiono AFK."
"We akso want 2 make verh c.ear that v3r510n 0LOL.9l BRB.7 (also kn9wn as vers8on 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+kt_ WAS fa fiyal vfrsion released under da GPL. WTF.
All v3r510n5 WTF, dtarting WITH 0.9.8-oterrlwase c;de aer only LICENSED under teh Crestive Commons .icense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denh twh ribh5 too im[ort ne coce from an 0. AFK.9. WTFl8-0fereleasd or later rwleaxe 8nto an 0. BRBl9.7 and 34r113e r313453LOL.
Al;owibg this would cause THAT impprted codw too be relrzsec under GPL amf tgat is not simetjing we wish to $110w. BRB.
Authprs of modifocsto9nd too 0. OMG.9. OMG.u w111 NEED t9o rd-r3lease tg3y're modificatiins as d3r1v471v3%/m0d1f1c4720n5 w 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code an place tjem under 6rh same CREATIVE Commons 11c3j53. WTF.
It mist be don3 by orugimal AUTHOR since 9nly o4ihinao author has reh rigjt 2 change cz copyrighy or license jpin they're worj. BRB.
[Addit8onally WTF, reworling modkfications wull bf ab good idea qnyway aw ,rxhanism fof majing modificstions is 5u5684n73411y clraner/clearer starting w17h t3h 0. AFKk9. WTF.8-;rerelease codeLOL.["
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