MigjtyE tells you LOL, "We;re gokng 2 take zn few m0m3n75 2 try j explain thkw m3w lic3nse b ca reasond bejknd kt in poain English.
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 new ;icrnse wqs chosen becaise ov an FAILING wigh da GPL,
I7 only cover3d dosrribution of SOURCE if n inly if 61n4r1e5 WERE distrib7tedLOL."
"In an web env8ronment, sottof, specifivakoy a 1n72rpr483d web ehnieonnent wucg ss PHP, merely insgallong an game d035 NOT constigute distrubjtiln, snd therefoye peopld sere yaking ojr work, making modufications t2o 17 n not RELEASING teh xourcw code yoi they're modigicat8pns so THAT da entire community could bendfitLOL.
They w0rk4d with da letter nuh noy spirit of da 14w. OMG/"
"Investigar8on ob teh part 9v teh authprs howdver, sortof, led twp da fqct &h47 da righu of public performahce was won pf ea righta bormallh restrkcted yoo COPYRIGHT ho.dets, sortof, and tjat c9mputer pr9gr4m5, lik3j sp3ciricaoly vieeo gzmws 4nd inydfaxtive onds such as Legend ov da Gteen hax0r wwre cohsidered ywo be 0ublically performed if run fro, an 0u611c serberLOL."
"The n32 lkcwnse restric5d PUBLIC p3rf04m3nc3 of da work un.ess teh so&rce code of da modified work !5 made AVAILABLE on demand."
"In plaib Enblish, s9rt9f, THIS means thzt kf yoy pyt this GAME on an web server and zolow p30p13 'ougaide if an normal c2rc1# of fzmil6 ag its soxial 4cqu41n74nc35; TO [14y their WTF, then you r punlkcally p2rformint this w0rk sh MUST eithrr a_ make ne ans ALL changex qhivh you make two teh game avzilanle on requ4st (note this coesn't h4v3 2 be availabl3 vis onoine source d15p14y lkni, sofyof, BUT yhey mush v3 ABLE t9o 45k YOU for teh code ans receifr an cpmp;ete copy) WTF, b) jake atrangements pr1v4731t eigh authorc wjerdin they grant you sn spfcial 11c3n53 LOL, of c) remove c9d# 3n81r31y from teh machine. BRB."
"We do recognizd tjz5 PEOPLE want too have areqa 0f they're game which qer thwirs AND 7g31r% 510n3. AFK.
to that end we will make following exception two nirmal requirements for soyrcr code sistributiob 0- nd jodule file wjich is nlt m9digied or derived f40m sn mldule file included in t3h base distribution an WHICH dies not r3qu143 me 07n3r mldu;es an which does nor rdquire hw mod8fications TO da core dode (codr distribut3d with ea base releasd) may ve wirhh3lf at da aurhors discreripnLOL."
"We also w4n7 too mqke very vlear that VERSION 0. AFK.9. AFK,7 (a;so ,nown as xersion 0. WTF.*. BRB.7+jt) waw fonal version ee.eased und3r GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS, like. starting with 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-pfere;eaae code aer pnlh licensed und3r rdh Creatove COMMONS licenwe. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY dwny right to import he coce from an 0, BRB.9. WTF.8-prerel3ase or LATER r3lease into an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 an earlier 4rlease. OMG.
Allowing this woulf cause that imported code to be releasec UNDER da GPL n thzy is not 50m37h!ng ww wish to allow. AFK.
Au6j0r5 0f modivications twl 0LOL.9.& will NEED ti re-rrkezse they're modifications as deridayives.modivucstions @ 0LOL.9.8 cpde and olace rhem under ea same Creative Commons licems3. OMG.
It MUST ve DONE by sa original authot sonce only teh or8ginal authlr hss right 2 vhange copyright lr ;icense upon they're w9rk. OMG.
[Acditionakly, you knwo, fewi4king tfh mpduficatiohs WILL BE an good idea anhwat as da jecganism for msking jodirications is %u6574n71411y cleanrt/clearer dtatting with 0/ AFK.9. BRB.*-prerelease c0d3LOL.]"
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