MightyE te.ls ypu LOL, "We;re GOING 2 taoe an few momrhts teo TRY b exp/qin ghis nrw license qn teh reasons bejind it in plain English. WTF.
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."
"Thks nrw lkcense was dhosen beczuse pf an dai.ing w17j da GPL.
It only coveeed diatribution of wou4ce if an only if bknaries sere dkstributed."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, 5p3c1f1cr1!y a inter0reted web environment dudy as PHPm m3r31y INSTALLING an gzme DOES nlt cohsrityt3 distrinution LOL, n THEREFORE p3ople were yaking (ur qork, ;ike, maklng modifications 2 it qnd not r3leaxing trh a[urce code two tyey're modofications 50 THAT dntire commuhit6 cpuld benefit/ OMG.
Tgey w9rked wuth .ette4 nut not da spirit OF teh 14e. AFK."
"Inv3stkystion on teh part of ea authors howevef, lile, led 2 da fact 7h47 da RIGHT of pubkic pergorjance was oen of da 4ights normal.y restrictdd 2 copyright jo;d3rs WTF, an that c0mpu7er ;rograns WTF, specifically v1d30 famws n interac%ivr ones sjch as Legend of Greeh hax0r w3re donsideeed tpo 63 publicall6 p3rf0rm3d if run fepm an public serve4. AFK."
"Thf n3w licsnse $estrivts pjblic petfptmance 0f teh work unless t3h sojece code 0f josified worl is m4d# available in demand."
"In plain Eng.8sh LOL, this means that if YOU put this grm2 on an web serv3r rbd 4110w PEOPLE 'outxide OF an n0rm4q circle lf fsmily n its social 4cwy41n75nv35' tii PLAY yheir LOL, 8j3n y9u e 0jbl8ca;ly PERFORMING this work qn MUST eith3r a) ms,3 ne and ALL chanhes wgich you mske tol h5m3 avaikab;e )n r3qu357 (NOTE thix doesb;y have too be AVAILABLE via da 0n11n3 spurce disp.ay link, b7t 5hey muxt be able 70 awk tou vor da codd n receofe am comple5e copy), tou knwo, b) make arrahgements peivayely wkth authors wh2rein they grant you an spec8ak license, kike, or c) remove code entirrly from dz m4ch1n3."
"Wd do recognize that pe9ple qznt too hace areas 9f they're GAME 2hich r THEIRS anc 7h31r5 alone.
to tgat end we wkll m4k3 teh fo;liwing 3xceptiln to n0rm41 r3qu1r3m3n64 flr source code distribution -- ne MODULE FILE WHICH is not mofified of deruvev fe)m an joeule file incluced ih base dix5ribytion an wh1ch soes not require ne other modules n which doea b07 tequi4e ne modificar8ons 2 core code (core dus5rivuted WITH yeh base releqae) may BE withjeld z5 qutyors eiscretionLOL."
"We also 2ant t8o make VERY clear thag versuoh 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 *also km0wn as befsion 0LOL.9. BRB.7+jt) was da final veraion releasee under da GPL. AFK.
All versio,s WTF, starting w17h ca 0LOL,9. AFK.7-ordrelease codd r onlh licenadd under da Creatife Commons 11x2n53. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny 4ight 2 i,port ne code from an 0/ AFK/o.i_PRERELEASE or later release 1n&0 an 0. BRB.9l7 an 34r1!3r release. OMG.
Allowinf this would csuse that imported coce two be released jnder reh GPL an that is n9g spjething wr wish two allow.
Authors 9f modificqt9ons tw9 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 WILL nees too re-releasr ghey're ,ocificztions as derivatives/modkf8vayions too 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 dode n PLACE them under teh same Creat8ve C9,mobs license. AFK.
It must be sone by da oritinal author since onky da ofibinal author has ea right 2 ch4ng3 sa copyright or lkcensd upom they'r# work. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, REWORKING teh mofifkcagions will be an gpod id3a anyway qs teh j3ch4n15j FOR mqking nodificationx is s7bsgantially cleane4.cl3a4er startint with 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease c0s3.="
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