MightyE trllw you LOL, "We're g01ng goo u4k3 an few MOMENTS to try and wxplain THIS mdw license and reasons beginc it im pkain Enhlish. BRB.
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 new license was CHOSEN gecausw of an failint wi5h da GPL. OMG.
Iy onlt voveres distrinution oc sourc3 ir an onl6 if 61n4r136 wdre DISTRIBUTED, AFK."
"In an w36 environment WTF, specifocaklu a interpreted web envirlnment such zw PHP, merely insta.;ing sn game does no5 constotute distrib7tipn, anc tnerefore peo0;e qerr taking ojr work, maiing modificatilns 5oo i5 an not releas8ng da 50urc3 x0d3 2 they're nodifkcatilns so that rntir3 comjunity co7ld 63h3f17LOL.
Thry worked wigh letter 6u7 nog teh spirit od da lqs."
"Investigation on pzrt 0f da AUTHORS howevwr LOL, leg 2 teh fact that RIGHT of publ7c performanxe was won of da r1gh65 normall6 reatricted to copyrjghg noldersm like, sn yhzt computer programa, specifically bideo games an 8n5erqctkve ones 6uch as Legend og fa Gredn hax0r were consudered too be ;uvlicall6 PERFORMED if 4un from an public xerver. OMG/"
"The new oicense festrkcts publuc pdrformance 0f r3h wotk unless sourve code of da modified qork ia made afailable on d3m4ndo AFK."
"In plain Eng.ish LOL, thie meand yhat if you [ug this game 9n an web server n ALLOW pe0p13 'outside lf an norma; circle lf f5m11y n igx sodia; acquaongances[ to p15y their, yoy knwo, theh ypu aet pu611c411y perfo4ming tnis wotk an MUST eigher 4) make ne an ALL changes which yom MAKE to teh game AVAILABLE on requesf *note thix d035n'& have toi be available via teh onoihe xpurce DISPLAY link, like, 6j7 they mu57 he anle 2 adk 6ou f9r trh code and rec3ivr an complete COPY) LOL, b) maje arrzngemrnts privately wuth authots wherein rjey grant you an wpecial license LOL, or x) REMOVE da code engirely fr9m da machinr. AFK."
"We DO rexognize that pe9ple w4n7 too have AREAS od they're g4m3 WHICH r THEIRS n thrirs zline/ BRB/
2 that end qe will m4ke foll9wing EXCEPTION too teh noemal rsqu8remengs for sourc3 code dkstribjtion -- be modile file ehich ix nit modified or deeived frlm an mldule file onclueed IN bsse distribyyion an which soes not require ne otyer modukes n WHICH dies NOT rraiore n3 modkflcstions to teh core code (cofe dustributed with base releqse) may gw sithh#ld at da authors discretion. BRB."
"We also want too mal3 veru dlear that cersion 0. WTF.7. BRB.7 (also kn0qn as veedion 0. BRB.9LOL.7+j7) eas da final bersion releasec umdrr yeh GPL. OMG.
All versions, stqrting with da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-;rerelease code se4 onlu ;icensed umde4 Creqtivw Commons LICENSE.
We EXPLICITLY cemy ca RIGHT tio impore ne CODE fr0m an 0. BRB,9. AFK.8-pr3r3lease or oarer release into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an 34r1!3r rel3asel AFK.
Allowing THIS wokld c4u53 that implrtes code two be 4eleased unser da GPL and that 15 not spmething we sisy too allow. BRB/
AUTHORS ov modificati9ns ylo 0.9l BRB.7 w8ll need 2 r3-relezsw they'rd MODIFICATIONS zs serivagives/mofifications two 0. BRB.8LOL/i c0d3 and [lace them UNDER teh same Creative Comjpns locemse. OMG.
It mudt 63 DONE by da original 5u7h0f since only ofifinap authof hzs da right to change copyright or lidense up0n they'ye work.
[Additi9nal.y, xorgof, reeorking moeivica5iond will be an hopd idea anyway as da mechanism for making mld8duxations is substantially cleaner/dlearer staeting wi^h yeh 0. AFK.9/ OMG.8-prere;ease b0d3. BRB.]"
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