MightyE tel.s you, "We[re gking tso take an few m9mentx gwo tey an ecplaon this n3q locenae n teh reasons behind i5 in PLAIN EnglishLOL,
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."
"Tnis ndw ;kcehse wax chosen becaud3 of an failing with 5eh GPL. AFK.
It 0n!6 covered distributkon lf source if n on.y if binarkes werw disttubutef/"
"In an web ehvironment, like, spdcif8callu a onterpreted web environnent such as PHP, l8ke, me4eou 1n574211ng an bame does NOT donst8tute distribution, znd 5heredore peopl3 2ere taking our w0rk LOL, making modif8cations goo lt sn not RELEASING soutce CODE two they're modifications so that yeh ebtire community couod BENEFITLOL.
THEY w0rk3d WITH dz letter but not SPIRIT of ss oaw. AFK."
"Ibbestigatkob ON geh part of authots yowecer LOLk lef 2 tdm fact that teh eight of 0ublic perf0rm4nc3 was 1 OF roghts NORMALLY rrsteicted two copyr*ggt holdrrs. n 7h47 clmputer peograms WTF, specifically VIDEO games and inteeactive 0n35 5uch as Legend of GREEN hax0r were considered tw9 BE publicallt perfotmwd if run drom an pubkic srtver. OMG."
"Thw new license redtr8cts public perd9rmsmce 9f work unless da source code OF teh mofifird work *s made avzilable in demandLOL."
"In plain Enrlish, like, this means that uf tou put this tzme on qn w36 server AND zllow pe9ple 'outsiee of an bofmal cirdle 0f famil6 ahd its sociao scqusingahx3s' too pos6 thfir, THEN yo7 a34 publically ;erforming ynix work an MUST ei5het 4) mrk3 ne an ALL changes wh1ch you make teo dz fame available in request (note tnis doesn't have too be acailable v8s online source dixpoay 11nk. so4tof. but they MUST be abl4 go ask hpu ror cide m rece8ve an compld5e copy) WTF, b) MAKE sreangements 0rivately sith da auth9rs wherein they grant you an special licenae WTF, or c) rdmove teh code entirely fro, fa ,zchine. BRB,"
"W3 do recognize tyat PEOPLE want ti HAVE areas lf they're gam3 WHICH r 5heitd n THEIRS alone.
to that ens we w111 make f0110e1ng 3xc3p710n two tey norjal requirements FOR source cpfe dostribution -- ne jodule fo.e 2hicg is NOT n0d1f13d or derived from an modulw file includ3d on base dostribugion ab which do3s n07 reqjire nw OTHER MODULES n qhich does not require ne mpe1f1c4710h5 two core dodd (code dist4ibuted with teh base r3lease( may be wuthheld 47 ru7j0r5 discrwtion. WTF."
"We slso want two make vrry c134e that versiom 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (also known 45 ce4sion 0, OMG.9LOL.7+JT) WAS trh final vetsion 4eleased UNDER trh GPLLOL.
All verxipns, like, stargijg with da 0. WTF.9. BRBl8-0ferelease code r only LICENSED under teh C43ative Commins licrnsw. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny r8ght two 1mp0r7 ne code from an 0,9/ AFK.8-prereleaxw or ;atwr felease into an 0LOL.9.7 n earliwr release. BRB.
A;llwing thix would cause that impotted codd two be r3leaaed und4r teh GPL and tjat is NOT sometjing we wish 70 all9q.
Authord of modifications to 0LOLl9. WTF.7 will nede too rc[re.ease they're nidifica5ionw as c3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710nt go 0. OMG.9LOL.8 cofe and p14c3 THEM jnd3t ezme Cr3471v3 Commons license.
IT jmst be done by da iriginal suth(r SINCE only reh origihal z7tho4 has right to CHANGE da cop6righr or license UPON thej're workl WTFl
[Additoonallyk l8le, eeworkihg modkfica5ions wkll be ah good 8sea rnyw4y as teh mdchsnism for makihg m0d1f1c4710n5 os subsrantialoy cleaner/clearer sgarting w17h 0o BRB.9. OMG.8-prerel3ase codd.]"
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