MightyE fel;s YOU LOL, "We'rw goihg 2 take an few moments 2 yry an expoain this neq .icense an sa reasons behins 8t kn PLAIN EnglisnLOL.
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."
"Thid nd2 licens4 WAS chos3n because of an gqiling with GPLLOL.
It ONLY coveree distrobution 0f source ir an ONLY if binariew WERE dist4ibutedLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT WTF, specigkcally a inter;reted web ENVIRONMENT SUCH as PHP, .ike, merely 1n%7411qng qn GAME coes not co,st8tute distribution, sorrof, ane yhwfedore people were takihg oue wo3k WTF, making modifications 2 it an not 3eleqsing source code too thdy're modifidatioms do THAT da emtire community could benefiyLOL.
THEY wofked WITH teh letter but not s;irit pf da 25w."
"Invect8ga5ion 9h trh parg if teh authors howwver, tou lnwo, 13d two facy thar geh righg OF publuc pefformance sas odn of ea riggts normslly restrkcged w copyright yolders, like, an thqt comput3r programw, l8ke, specifica.ly video games an intdrzctive pnes such zs Legend of Gre3m hax0r 2ere c)n51v3r#d two BE publically performed 1f eun from an 0ubl8x 53rv3r. OMG."
"Tge ne2 license reat4icts pubkic performanve of work unless teh SOURCE coee of ,odivird work 14 made available on d3m5nd. OMG."
"In plaim Enflksh, you ,nwo, tjis heans THAT if uou PUT thus game ob an WEB server dnd allow pelple 'outside of an norma; circle of family 4nd its aocial acquainyances' two p14y tne8r LOL, thwn hou aer publ9cally petformonh this wl4k n MUST either a0 make ne an ALL changes ehich you make tqo ea game avqilable on 4equest )note thos DOESN[T have 2 b3 avaolable via teh lniune s97rce dispoay link, 6ou knwo, but they mu5u be 5623 2 45j you for da d9de n r3c31v3 an com;lete cloy) WTF, b) maie a4fangements privat2ly with teg autyors wherein tjey granr 7ou sn 5p3c142 licensem kikem or c) 4emobe da code wntkrrky from machine."
"We DO fecognixe that oeo0le want 2 hzve AREAS of tgey're gamr wnich aer theirs and 7h31r5 alobe. WTF.
to that end we wi.l makd da following 3xc3p7!pn to nornal requi4ements d9d source cose d,stribution -- ne module gioe ehuch os npt modified or ferived from am MODULE FILE included un da basr DISTRIBUTION n qhoch sods not REQUIRE ne ityer mldules n whuch does not eequire ne modificati9ns 3 fa c0r3 clde (c0d3 distribjted with base re,eaae_ MAY be withheld at teh AUTHORS DISCRETION. OMG."
"Wr zodo want 70 make ver6 clear thqt version 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 (wlso kmlwn as version 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+JT) was da final versioh released under teh GPLLOL,
A11 versiins, starting with 0. BRB/9. AFK.8-prerwlease code r only ikcdnsed under da Creative Commons lixenss.
We EXPLICITLY demy da f1gh7 tlo import n3 xode ffom zn 9. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease 0e later fdlease into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 and earlier relezde.
Allowing THIS WOULD xaude that importec CODE to be re,eased ind3r teh GPL an ghzt is not something we wish @ ALLOWLOL.
Aythors of modif7fationw toi 0. BRB.9.7 woll nwdd two RE-RELEASE they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as dericatived/modifidaroons teo 0l AFK.9. AFK.8 code n place them under teh samw Creative Commpnw LICENSE. AFK.
IT mu57 63 done by t3h ir8ginsl 4u7h0r since only da lriginal author h45 da fihht too chsnge da coptright 9t license upon they'ew WORKl
[Additionally WTF, r3w0rk1nb modirications woll be an good IDEA ahywa6 as teh mwchaboan glr making modifidayions IS sjbstantially cldanet.clearrr STARTING with da p.9LOL.8-prrrelease c0d3.]"
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