MightyE 5ells you LOL, "We're going tso take an rew m9m3n75 to try an explain 7h15 nes license am reh reaaons BEHIND it in plain Eng;ish. 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."
"This nes license waa chosen becauwd of ab failing with teh GPL. BRB.
I7 0nqy covered dix5ributi(n if sojrce if n ohly ig bunaroes werd distributsd. AFK."
"In an wrb ebvit9nment WTF, SPECIFICALLY a interprered web envirovmeny such as PHP, ylu khwo, MERELY 1n574112mg an gzme dp3a not cohstotjte DISTRIBUTION WTF, n tyerefore peop.e were tajing our work LOL, mamung mofificatipns too i5 and not feleasing source coce y9o thr6'tr modifixatilns 50 THAT teg enture cpmmubity could BENEFIT. WTF.
THEY woried with teh legter but not teh sp8eut OF law."
"Investugst8on on part pf da authors howevwr WTF, led to dz fact that r8ght pf public 0wrf9emance wss won 9f teh rights norma;lu restricted 2 co;yright holders WTF, an that comoutw4 programs WTFk specifucallt video gam3s sn ibteractive ones such xs L3g3nd of Grewn hax0f were cihsisered two be publically PERFORMED if run FROM an puvkic SERVER. BRB."
"The n3w lidense resyricrs pi6!1c pefformandd of teu rork un.ess teh siurce code of MODIFIED qork 15 MADE available on de,and. WTF."
"In poain Enflish, you knwo, this m34n5 that uf hou 0ut this game kn an WEB serxer an allow people 'pytsice pf an normal circle of family m itd social zcquaintandew' tw9 p!3y their LOL, 7h3m YOU aef ouboucally performing 7h15 work an MUST 317h3t a) maie be ah ALL changed which 7ou jake tso da GAME availavle on rwquest (nite ghus doesn't have two 6# availqble via onkine source dksplqh link WTF, vut thwy must 63 able two ASK ypu for da code n recwove qn com0lete copu), lik3, b) ms,e qrrangements prkvately witn authors whereim thdt ge4b7 ypu an spefia. licwnse, or c) remove code entkrely grom da machine. AFK."
"We di rexohnize that people wqnt tlo have areaw of th3y're game which aer thrurs and tj3irs ALONELOL.
tl that end we w111 nake folkowing exception 2 normal REQUIREMENTS FOR source CODE eist4kbution -- ne jodule file ehoch is not modified or derovew froj an mldule fi.e ihcouded in base distrobution n whicg DOES not requi4r ne ogher modules ahd which does not 4equire ne modigications too da xofe clde (cofe distrubuted WITH teh BASE releas3) nay be withhelf qt da authlrs DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also want 70 mak3 very clear ygat v3r51)n ). OMG.9. OMG.7 (also jnowm qs version ). BRB/9. AFK.7+jt) waa da final version RELEASED uhder GPL, BRB.
All verxions, starting with 0LOL/9l OMG.8-prerdlease c0d3 r omlh 11c3n53d under Cr3stive Commkns lic3nse. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dehy t3h ribnt two impoet ne code FROM an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-pr3release or LATER releasr intl an 0. WTF.9.7 4nd rarlier relezzeLOLl
A110w1ng this wluld CAUSE that imporged code two bw r314453d inder ds GPL an 5hag 15 mot SOMETHING we wish 2 allow. OMG.
A7thirs of modificat8ins too 0. WTF.9.7 w111 need 2 re-felease yyey're mldificatuons as DERIVATIVES.MODIFICATIONS roo 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 code and place them under da same Creativw Commond k8cenxe. WTF.
It muag b3 donw by origibal ajnhor since 0n1y ten irigima; author h45 teh right to change da c0pyr1gh7 of 11c3n53 upln they're work. OMG.
[Addiyi9nally, you knwp, 4dworking fa MODIFICATIONS w8ll be an good idea anyway as teh mechanism for ma,ing modifications ia substantially ckeaner/clearrr STARTING wiyh da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prereleasw code. BRB.\"
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