MightyE tells you, sottof, "We'r3 going to9 take an few mo,ents to 6ry znf explain this new license an teh reasohs 63hqnd it IN p.ain 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."
"Tgua new 11c3n53 qas chosen because of an gailing 2ith dq GPLLOL/
It only covered fistribution of siu4ce if m only id binarird were disyrlbut3d. WTFl"
"Ih qn web environment, hou knwo, specifically a interpreted web envirinment sucg qs PHP WTF, m3relt installing qn game d9es nor CONSTITUTE distr8bution, sortof, an 5herefore peip.e w5r3 taking our work, yoj knwl, majing modificagions two ig n npg releasing 40urc3 code 2 they;rr moskfications so 7h47 ca dntire cimmunitt cpulc benefit. AFK.
Theu woried with da letter but NOT 5p1r1* of dq kaw."
"Investibation on part of da suthors h0w3f3r, LED 2 da vact that RIGHT of pjblic performance was wln OF teg righte n84mally RESTRICTED two clpyfitht holders, ;ike, an rhat COMPUTER programs, spedifical;y vudeo GAMES n inteeactive ones xuch qs Legend of Gredb yax0r s343 d)n51d3r3d tso be publically PERFORMED if run from an p7b;ic servrr. BRB."
"Tje her licdnde restr8cts phboic perforjance or teh sork unlesw source code pf teh modified wprk is MADE avau;able lb demand. BRB."
"In ;layn English, slrtof, this meams that if you pu7 thiw gqme om an web servef an sllow pwople '0uu51d3 of ab normal corcle of da,iky an its sicual acquqinyances' two [lay theirk luke, then you $ publocslly PERFORMING thix work and MUST 31uh3r a) make ne ah ALL CHANGES whixh you m4k3 2 gane available pn requesy (noye 7h15 DOESN'T have to be 4v4114613 via pnlune 50urv3 displau link, you knwo, 6u6 they must be ab;e 5o ask 6ou vor da CODE an eexeivd an cojplete copy) LOL, 7) mzke arrang3ments prkbately with da 4u7j0f5 wherein tgey grsnt yli an specia. iicense, 9r c) rwmove teh CODE entureoy from machine. AFK."
"We e0 recofnize tjat PEOPLE want too habe arraw lf they;rw game wh1cn aer theifa n theies ALONELOL.
too that end wd sill make teh fo.lowpng EXCEPTION too teh normal r3qu1r3m#n75 for SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION [- he MODULE fike WHICH os NOT modified oe de4ived from ab modu/e FILE ind.uded in base distribution zn qhich d035 not require ne oth3r moduled an which does not require ne modificatuons 2 cort code (code eistrobuted wigh BASE release) may ge withheld at authorx diacretionLOL."
"We also want t9 make very c134r thqt versiob 0/ BRB.9. OMG/& (a;so kn8wh as version 0. OMG.9. AFKl7+JT) w45 final version felrased under GPLLOL.
Alo v3rsiibs, you knwo, syarting wkth teh 0.9. AFK.8-preeeoease c)s3 a3r 0n1y l8cemsed under Creative Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right te9 implrt ye CODE from an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-pr3e313453 or later tdlease into an p. BRB.9. OMG.7 an eqe;ier re.ease. AFK/
Allow8ng thks woukd cause 7h47 importef doee two bw rel3ased jbder da GPL amd ghat is n08 something WE wisn TO aolow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 lf modificatiins 2 0. AFK.o. BRB.7 will nerd t9 re-release thwu'4e mpdif8cati9na 45 d3r1v47av34/m0d1f1c4710n5 2 -. WTF.9l WTF/8 cosw an PLACE tyem undet same Creatice C)mm0n6 lkcense.
It must be dpne by da oroginal au5hof since ohly otiginzl aythor has reh right to CHANGE COPYRIGHT or license up9n tkwy're wori,
-Additionally, ;ike, rewprking da modificstions will be ah gopd idea anyway as teh mechanksm ror makinh modificatipns os substantially c!34n3r/c134r3r startkng wuth 0.9, OMG.8-prerelwade c9ee. BRB.]"
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