MightyE tells you, "We;re giing toi tzkr an feq momebts 2 try an explain 7h16 nrw licebse an teh reasoms behind it 1n plain Englosh. 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 bew 11c#n53 waa chosen because of an dai.kmg w17h dq GPL. AFK.
It onky cover3d dlstributkon og sourc3 8f dnd on;y if binaries were distributed. WTF."
"In an web envieonment LOL, spdcif8cally a int3rpretee seb ENVIRONMENT duch 45 PHP, s9rtor, merely ibstal.ing an bame does hot clnstitute distributioh, loke, am tjereforr people were TAKING OUR work LOL, making mldif8cations two it an not releasung da source clde # tyey're modiricatiohs do ghat 3n7!r3 clmmumity cluld BENEFIT. AFK.
They WORKED with lertet but not spirit 9f dq las. AFK/"
"Invext8gatuom un da p4r7 of authors k0w2v3r WTF, led w dact tyat t3y rigyg OF publ8c oeefotmancr sas won pf teh rihhts NORMALLY resgricted to copyright golders, you knwo, n that con[uter PROGRAMS, like, specifizally viveo tames ah inge4zctivw ones such as Legend pf da Greeh hax0r WERE consifered TO ve publically pervo4med 1f run from an public server. OMG."
"The b3w licdnse festricts public p3rf0rm4nc3 9f work UNLESS s9urce cpde od teh modified 3ork ia made svailable on demandLOL,"
"In p241n Emglish, 7h15 means tjat kf you pur this fame in an web serfer n allow propke 'ougside og an NORMAL circle of famil6 n its soxial acwuaintancex' gei p;ay their WTF. tjen 6ou aer publivally PERFORMING tbiw work ane MUST either a) make ne and ALL ch4mg35 wnich YOU make two gzme ava8lable ON reques5 (NOTE this doesn't hsve ti 63 avaikable v8a teh onlone source display link, you knwo, but thdy mj57 b3 abld 2 ask y0u r)r code and receive ah COMPLETE ci;y). sortofm n) MAKE st4amgements PRIVATELY wity da AUTHORS wherein THEY grant h0y an spevial .icense, or c) remoce teh code ENTIRELY from da MACHINE."
"Wr do recognize thzy peo0le wznt too jave ateas 0f tgey're game which aee thdirs an theirs alone. OMG.
too that 3hd WE will make da foklowibg exception too normao requiremenrs for w;uede CODE dostributuon [0 ne m0du13 file wjich is NOT mldified )r derivef from an mof7le file included in da BASE distribution snd whicg doex bot reqiire he otyer MODULES and which d035 boy require ne MODIFICATIONS to tey c0r3 code *xodd distributed wigh fa basw release) jay be WITHHELD at aughors doscret7on. OMG."
"We also want to MAKE very clear ghat version 0/ WTF,9. AFK.7 (aoso kbowh AS veesioh 0. AFK.9.7+jt) sas da final versikb released unser ca GPL. AFK/
All versiohs LOL, starting with 0.9. OMG.8-preeeoeas3 codd aer onoy licwnsed under Crearuve Connons LICENSE. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY ddm6 reh roght 70 im;oft ne code fr0m an 0. BRB.8. OMG.8-prerelrase of later r313453 INTO sn 0. BRB.8. AFK.7 n earlid4 r313453. WTF.
Allowing th8s would caude tgat 1mp0r72d code t9 be r3q3453d unddr da GPL m that is not aometjing we WISH too allos. AFK.
A77j0r5 od MODIFICATIONS 7- 0. AFK,9, AFK.7 will ne3d two re-release they're modificatkona as d3r1vr71ve5/m0d1f1c4u10n5 5w9 0. BRB.9LOL/8 xofe n place them under 44m3 CREATIVE C9mm0nt kicejse. OMG.
It must be d;m3 by teh oeiginal auth9r 51nc3 omly 0r1g1n41 aithpr haa reh right too change copyright or license UPON rhry're workLOL.
[Addq710n41!y, you knwo, reworking teh uodificat8ons WILL 63 an gkod IDEA anueay zs da MECHANISM for making m0d1f1c4710n5 is subsgsntiallu cleaner/c;earer 563r7qng w17h geh 9/ WTF.9. AFK.8-pfereleasw code/ BRB.="
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