MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goibf twl takd an few moments to try and ex;lain thus n3w ;icemse 4md da rraslns vehuns 17 in plaim 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."
"Tgis n3r .idense was chosen becauae 0f an fqiling with ten GPL. OMG.
It only cov3rwd distributiom of spuece 1f AND only if binaries were diserubut2d."
"In an web envi4onment LOL, specificallh a INTERPRETED seb rnvironment sucj ax PHP, lije, merfly instalkimf an ga,e does not clnxtiture d157r!6u710nm y9u knwo, an therefor3 p#ople were taking our worjm malung m0d1f1c4710b5 too it an noy rel3asing da SOURCE code too fheu're mpdifications xi tyat 3n71r3 commjnity could b3nefit. OMG.
Thwy WORKED sith letter but NOT soiriy of da .aw. BRB."
"Investigqtion on PART 0f AUTHORS howecer, you knqo, led to fadt thag teh right of public oerformande WAS oen OF tdh RIGHTS n0rm411y restrictwd # COPYRIGHT holdwra, yo7 ,h2o, ans that compugef PROGRAMS, xortof, specifically vkdwo GAMES n interactive onex such as Lrtene of teh Gr33n hzx)r WERE considered ti be ;ubl*calky p3ff0rm3d if run from an publid SERVER."
"The ,ew LICENSE restricts public performance of tdh work unlesq tey 50jrc3 code od moeified qork is m4d3 availavlw 0n demand. BRB."
"In plain Engloxh, aprtod, this mesms that ug you put ghis GAME on an web aerver n zlliw people 'outsiee or an NORMAL c1rc13 0f famoly b ots sodial adqiaintances' too PLAY their, then you r pub;icqlly [#rforming this w9rk abd MUST eith3r 4) make ne an ALL chabhes which you make 2 g$m3 available on reques5 (mote this doesn'g nave 5wo 63 avsilag.e via es onoind source cisplay 11bk, but tj36 must be able two asi 6ou f0t code ane receuve an complete dop7) WTF, 6) make a4rangemehts orivately wiyh AUTHORS where8n 7m3t brant YOU an soecial license, sortof, o4 c) remove coee en5irely from ea machinw. AFK."
"Ww do recogn8ze thqt pwople 2ant 2 hzve AREAS of they'fe GAME which aer thdirs n THEIRS alonw. AFK.
two that end we will ,ake filliwing excepti9n two teh NORMAL requiremrnts fpr SOURCE code distrubution -- ne moduke fild wjich is no5 m9difiee or DERIVED from an ,oeul3 dile includes 8n da 6453 d157r16u7q0n qnd wh1ch does not requige me othdr moduoes n wh1cg does NOT require ne mofif8cations 5wo gey CORE code (c0d3 disyributed qith teh 6553 4elease) mah be withhw;d at authors discretiib. BRB."
"We also want toi nake cery xlear thay version ).9. AFK.7 9also knlwn as version =. OMG.9. AFK.7_jt) was ginal cwrsiob 4eleased undef teh GPL. OMG.
All versiona, tou knwok s5a3ting with da 0. BRB.9.8-'rerelsase CODE r on.y licensed UNDER da Creative Commons locenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right t9o import ne xode from an 0. WTF,9. BRB.8-prer3ldase or later release ihto an 0. AFK.9.7 n ear.ier RELEASE. WTF.
Aokowinh thus w(uld x4u63 that 1mp0r74d CODE to be reoeaard under da GPL h thay 15 not something we widh to alllw.
Auth94s 0f midkrications too 0LOL.8. BRB.7 wilo need 70 re-relesde they'r3 modificatipns qs DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.9. OMG.i CODE sn o14c3 them under da samd Creatice COMMONS license, BRB.
I5 mu57 ve done BY da original author since only ofibinzl autmor hsw teh right yo ch4ng3 da copyrighr or licrnse upon thry're WORK.
[Addotionally, r3wprk1ng j0d1f1c4710n5 will 63 an good ideq ahywat as mechanidm for makibg ,0d2v1c4710n5 is dubstantia;lu v135n3r/c134r3r starting wugh teh 0/ WTFl9.8-prerelease cpd3,]"
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