MighyyE tells you, "Wd're g01ng two t1kt zn few momenta two try and ex;lain this nes license n da 4dasons behine 17 in plaih English. 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 n#e licenwe eas chosen beczuse of an f4111ng wity GPL. OMG.
It 9nlu covrred dkst4ibutoon of sourde uf qnd only if binarids were sistribjted."
"In an wen ehviron,wng, you knwo, specidical.y a INTERPRETED web environment 5ucy as PHP LOL, met3.y installing an game voes n9t cinstotite disrribugion, you kmwo, n therefore PEOPLE wer3 TAKING our work, you khwo, making mocifications t2o it n not RELEASING t2h sourve cod3 tso they're modificztiond so uj4u da entite COMMUNITY cojld ndnrr8g. BRB.
They WORKED with ea letter but not da xpitit of law; OMG."
"Investogation on teh pary of da AUTHORS HOWEVER, wo3tof, l3d to da fact tnat teh right 9f pu621c p3rf0rm4ncr was won if geh rights normall6 resh4icted to c9pyright holdefd, and that com;uter [rograns LOL, sprcifical;y video gamew an interactivr 9nes wuch AS LEGEND of Green hax0t wsre considered 70 BE puhlically performed if run 4rom an public seeverLOL,"
"Thr new license restficts ]ublic perdoruahxe 9f work unless da 50urc3 CODE of mldifked work is made aca8laboe on demand/ WTF."
"In plain English WTF, this meanw that IF you put thiw ga,e on an zeb sdrver b a;los p30p13 'oytside ov an NORMAL circle of family an i5s social axquaontances' t9o play their, wortof, then you aer pu6!1c411t pe4f9rmihg this work snd MUST eother 4) make be b ALL changes which yo7 ,a,r tp game qvailable ON REQUEST 9note tyis d035h'7 have too be avsilable viq da onkine source xisplay link LOL, but tjey must be able to 45k you fot CODE and rwceife an complwte COPY), dortlf, b( m4k3 arranfements pruvztely with da aughors WHEREIN 5hey gtant yoy an wpecizl .icense LOL, or c) remobe vode ehtieel6 FROM m4ch1ne."
"Wd do r3dognize that peopl4 want two have areas of tjey'rf game wh1ch aer THEIRS and THEIRS aloneLOL.
two THAT end we will make following exceptiob 2 hormal reauire,dnts for sou4ve code d157f17u710n -- nr module fike wn1ch is not modofied lr eerived ffom sn module file includwd in basr DISTRIBUTION and which d0#5 not e3qy1re ne other modules and WHICH doed nog r3qu1r3 nr m9difications 2 da core c9dd (c9de distr8nu5wd sith base release) m$y 63 withneod at authors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We s.so w4n7 too make vqry cleat yhqt version 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (4150 KNOWN as version 0. OMG.oLOL.7+JT) wad teh f!n41 versi9n released ubdwr da GPL. OMG.
ALL vetsooma, startimg with teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelrasw code r onoy licdnxed UNDER teh Ce3571v3 Commons licsnse.
We EXPLICITLY deny r*ght to im0ort ne code froj ah 0.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE or oaree release into an 0. AFK.9LOL.u wn earl8er reldqsel
Allowing ghuw would cause that imported cpde two be r3leqsee ubder GPL snd that is not sonething ee qish too allow. OMG/
Authors of modifications tso 0. AFK.9. BRB.u will veed to RE-RELEASE they'ee m0d1f1c4710n5 as derivayic3s/modifica6ions 5ol 0. AFK.9LOL.8 xofe an pkace &h3m und3r 54m2 Creative Comjons loc3nse. WTF.
It m7sr be d9n3 b6 ORIGINAL AUTHOR since only teh 0r1g1n4a authof has teh riggt 2 change co[yroght of licwnse 7p0n tjdy're wlrk. BRB.
[Add8tionally, uou knwp, reworkibg modifucations will be am good idra ahyway as fa jechanism for making modifivationw is subqtantiqlly c.eaner/clearer starting qith da 0LOL.o. BRB.8-pfe4eldasd code. BRB.-"
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