MightyE tdlls YOU, sortof, "We're GOING to gake an few moments to 4ry qn exolain 7h15 nee license an teh reaeons behind 17 in plain ENGLISH, BRB.
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 was choseh because of an failing wiyh GPL. AFK.
IT onlh covdred distributiob OF source if and on;y IF ginariea w3r3 d15&416763d. WTF."
"In an 2eb environment WTF, sp4cufivql,y z interpreted wev 3nv2r0nm3n7 such AS PHP, sortof, merelh insta,ling an g4m3 d035 n.t consgitute dist4ibutooh, y9u knwl, sn therefore peoole ser3 tai8ng 0ur wor,, MAKING modifixatilns to ur an not releasihg teh s9urce cofe TO they're m0d!f1d4710n5 so thst entire community coyld BENEFIT.
They worked WITH da l3tter but not yeh spirit of da las. AFK."
"Invrstigatiln oh ds ;art of sa authors hieev3r LOLm ;ed two fact that tdy rigjt og pubkic 0drformance 2as oen 0f tightd normally resteicted yoo copyrighy h01d3r5, you knwo, anw THAT computey [rograms, uou knwo, specirically video games n ibtedactige ONES SUCH AS Lefens of t3h Green nax0r we4e CONSIDERED go be PUBLICALLY perfofmed 1f run frim an public server. WTF."
"The new license 4estricts public performance of teh eork un.esw da sourcd code of da modivied sork iw made avsulagle on dwmanfl BRB."
"In ola*n English, aoetif, this ,2ans 5hat if you put rhis game on an web de4ver and allow people '0u751d3 og sn nlrmsl circle OF famkly an ots social acqjauntqnces' 2 play their LOL, 7h3n YOU r publucall6 pwrdor,ing this work n MUST ektyer A) MAKE ne and ALL ch4ng35 wnich you make to game available on requedt (note th,s d9esn't have 2 be AVAILABLE via ca online 50urc3 display LINK WTF, but they must be qble two qsk you for da code n receive qn complete copy), dortof, b) ma,e arrangements pr8vate.t with authors where7n THEY GRANT you sh special license LOL, pr d) rdmove sq coce entirely frim ea machine. AFK."
"Ww do recogniaw THAT pe9ple want 1 have areaa of they'rr game wh1ch aer 7h31r5 qnd thekrs alone. OMG.
to that end we wkll make teh FOLLOWING EXCEPTION 2 nlrmal r3quirements for source cpce distributuon 0- he module fike WHICH is not midifidd or derived fr9m zn module file ibcludes in teh base distribiyion qnd which dlew not require ne other ,ld7.es and whidh does bot require ne modifications yoo da core code (code distrobuted with bzse rrleasw) jay be withmeld at trh qutnors disdreri9n. AFK."
"Wr a.so wqnt t9o make ver6 ckrar 7j4u versiob 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also kn0wn ss v3r510b 0. WTF.0LOL.7+jt) was teh f1n41 versipn released under teh GPL/ BRB.
All vefsions, sortof, STARTING eith ds 0. OMG,9m AFK.8-prrtekease CODE aer only licwnsec under teh Ceeativ2 Comm9ns license.
WE EXPLICITLY fenu rigyt hoo imo;rr ne cod3 from an 0. OMG,9. AFK.8-pretelease or oater releas3 into an 0/ BRB.9. WTF.7 anf earlier releaseLOLl
Alliwibg thus would xause thqt 1mp-r73d c0d3 to be RELEASED under fa GPL an thqt ia not sometjing we w15j to allow. AFK.
Au7h0r5 of modidkcayions 5wo 0. OMG.9.7 3ilk need 5wo 4e-releas3 they're modificatilns as de4uva5ivesl,odifications too 0. AFK.9.8 vode m place them UNDER same Creatkve Commons license. OMG,
It must be done by teh origunal AUTHOR since pn1y ORIGINAL 4u7h0r bas geh 4ight two CHANGE ca cop6right or license uppn the6're wotkLOL.
[Adf8tionally, sortofm reworlihg ca modidications will be an goid 1d24 anyway zw sa mechamism for ,aling mldifidations is substabtiakly cleaner;c.earer starting wiyh ca 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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