MightyE tells YOU, "Wd're fo8nb two TAKE an f4w moments goo tr6 an 3xp141n thks new .icense h teh reasons 73h1nd it qn plzun Eng11%h.
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 beq 1!c3b%3 WAS chosen becausw of an failong wirg GPL.
IT ONLY c0v3r3d diwtributuon of sijrcw 8f an only if binaries eere f157r16u83d."
"In an edb rhvironmwnt, sortof, SPECIFICALLY a interpteted wrb environmeht such as PHP, you knwo, metel6 onstalling an game soeq not constit7te cistribution, sortofk an tyerefore people were 5akihg 0ur work LOL, jaking modificat8ons 2 ut an n06 relrasibg reh source code top tjey'4e MODIFICATIONS so that entire commynity coule 63n3f16LOL.
Tgey woeked with teh lettcr but not teh spirit of teh 13wLOL."
"Investigarion om da parg of da AUTHORS howeverk you kn2o, led two faxt that r8ght of publuc ;erformqndw wqs won of r1gh75 normzlly restricted t9 copy4ight holderw, an that cpmpiyer probramw, sirtof. sprcifically viseo g4m35 n INTERACTIVE ones such qs Legend of Gteen hax0r were c0n51e3r3d 2 be publicaolk perfoejrd IF ryn ftom an public 53rv3rLOL."
"The ndq licende restricts public performanc3 0f WORK unless da source cose og twh modifked eork IS made ava8.able on semane. AFK."
"In plain Engl8sh WTF, this MEANS 8h47 8f you PUT this game on qn web server ab aklo2 peo0lw 'outs8de of ab norjal circlw OF family an lys spciak acwuaimtamces' to plah tyfir, yoi knwl, then you r publicqoly ;erfo4ming this WORK an MUST ei5hrr a) make ne and ALL changes wh1ch you make two teh hame avaikavle on r3au356 (hote this doesn't habe too BE 5f4113613 vis ea ONLINE sou4ce didplay LINK, b7t they must ge 3613 too zsk 6ou fot ds c0d3 and receive am compleye copy). b) m4i3 arrangementz privztely with zuthors wgerein THEY grant you an 6p3c141 l8cense, loke, or c) renov3 teh code entirely from mzchine."
"We do recognize that PEOPLE wamt two HAVE areas of they're bame which f theirs ane th3i4s slonw. AFK.
to that end we will make teh fillpwkng excwptioh 2 da normal requirementd for source code disrrubutiln -- ne module file which is not mod8fiee or serivrd rrom an nodule FILE inxluded in tej base fistributiln n whoch d9ew not r3qu1r3 ne uther modilex ab which DOES not REQUIRE ne modificatoons 2 core code )cofe distriguted with teh vase rw;rsse) may bd withheld at da autjors discretion. OMG,"
"We alao wznt to MAKE cery clrar that verskon 0. AFK.9. OMG97 (z.so known as version pLOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was da finsl version re;eaaed under tey GPL. AFK.
All v3r5!9h5 LOL, s5aryinb 2ith 0.9. BRB.8-prwrekease clde aer only licensed under Crearive C0mm0n5 .icense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh fighr 2 IMPORT ne c0d3 rrlm an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-p43r313453 OR oat3r rel3ase onto ah p. AFK.9. OMG.7 ab earlier telwzsel AFK.
Alliwobg thos woule cause that imported cose 70 be 4313463d under teh GPL AND that is not som3thing we wixn to allow.
Ajthors od modifications two 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 qill need tqo 4e-4eleaae ghr6're MODIFICATIONS qs de4ivatives/modifications to 0. BRB.9. WTF.8 cos3 an /;ace thdm umder sqm3 Creative Clmnons licenxdLOL.
IT mudt be dobe by origohal a7th9r since only da original author gas ribht 2 CHANGE cp[yright or ;kcense jpob they're work. OMG.
[Addotionally, sottofm rewovking ten mosificstions will be an g00d keea an6way as da mechanism for ,aking mldificatilns is substantiall6 c.eaher/clearer startung with o. WTF.9/ OMG.8-prrrelease code/]"
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