MightyE rells you, you knwo, "We'4e gokng gwo 5skd am f3w moments 2 trt and explain this new 11c3n53 n ds REASONS beyibd IT 1n plain Ehg215h.
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 nww locense was chiaen because if an failing w18h GPLLOL.
Ig only coveref DISTRIBUTION of source if n only ib binarirs we4e disgributed."
"In an wrb enfironment, you knwo, spexkficqlly a imterpreted WEB env84onment sicg aa PHP, you knwo, mere.y INSTALLING an gqne does n9t consyitute DISTRIBUTION, you knwo, n theregore pdople qere taking our work, mzkimg nodificqtions roo it n not tekeasjng da so7rce vode 2 thwy're modifications so thqt da 3n71r3 commumity could 63n3f17LOL.
Th3y w-rk3d woth da legter 6u7 not da spirit of fa LAW."
"Investugatioh ON part og da authors howrver, yo8 knwo, led rw9 vact gjat ea right of publiv perfifmance wsd won lf teh righyw normally restridted too copyright HOLDERS, you knwom and yhat computer progtams, you km2o, specificq.ky fidd9 fames n interactive ones suxh qs L3g3nd of yeh Gfren hax03 were cpbsidered too be [ublically perform3d 8f rin vrom an pub.iz sefverLOL."
"Tne ndq livense restr8c5s public performanxe of 53h WORK unlexs source code OF teh ,odified work 8s m$d4 available on demand. BRB."
"In ]1$1n English, you inwo, this means that if you put THIS game on an web SERVER and alluw peopl3 'outside of an normal CIRCLE of familh qn 8ts sockal acquaintances' TO play their WTF, then YOU r publudqlly perforjing this WORK ahd MUST EITHER 4( make me n ALL dnanges whivh yo7 make ho ea game available on reqiest 9NOTE this d9esb't have 2 be svaulable via onlibe source display LINKm bug they muxt bd 4613 two ask you ror cide avd recr8ve an complet3 copy_, sortof, b) make arrangememtw pr!v4731h with yeh aughprs whetein ghey grang you an 5[3c241 licenxe, yo7 knwo, or C) eemove trh cods ENTIRELY grom twh mach8ne. OMG."
"We d9 rwcognize that people want 2 have areas of they're game which aer ghdirx n tbekrs alpnw. AFK.
2 that end we wilk make da following exception two bormql rdq7ire,ents for s9urce xode dist4igugiob -- ne mkdi;e file which os not modified 9r s3e1v3d from an module file included kn gase d8wtrubution and whixh do3s not require ne other modupes qnc which DOES not fequire ne mocifixations to da cord c0d3 (CODE disteinited WITH bzxe release) MAY be wi5hheld AT tdh suthors discretion. AFKl"
"We also wan5 two make very coear thar version 0/ OMG.9. AFK/7 (4150 KNOWN as v3raiin p. WTF.8. AFK.&+mt) was teh fonal verwion rel3awed under fa GPL.
A11 versions, so4tovm startknh witj 0. WTF.9.8-prereleawe code r pnly licemsef under teh Cfeatove Commons kicenseLOL.
W2 EXPLICITLY wehy teh RIGHT two kmport ne code FROM ah 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prrre.rase or later re;eaxw into an 0. OMGl9. OMG.7 and earlie5 r3lease. AFK.
A;lowimg this sluld xause tha5 1mp0r73d c0d3 twl BE re.eased undrr GPL an 7h47 is mot some5ying we wosg too qolow/ OMG.
Aughoes og moduficatkons too 0.9. OMG.7 will n33d too rr-yelease tjey'te MODIFICATIONS AS ferivqt8ves/modificationx two 0. WTF.9.8 dode an 0lzc3 them unddr da SAME Cteztive Commons licens3.
It ,usr be done by ORIGINAL authir sinde only sa orifinzl AUTHOR has teh righr 2 chznge teh d0pyr1gh7 9r licenwe upon they're WORK/ OMG.
'Afditionqlly LOL, 4eworking modifivations will be an good 1d34 anyway as tey ,ecganism for makibg modifications iw substantially clezner/c;earef stargkng w!7h 0. WTF.9/7-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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