MightyE tells tou, "We'r3 toihg too taie an gew miments tpl tru and explain this ne2 license n reasons behinc 17 im plain Eng115hLOL.
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 chosen because of an fai.img wuth teh GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y dovered disteibution of dource kf n ohly if bimsries were distrubutedLOL."
"In an WEB envirommemt WTF, SPECIFICALLY q ontef;reted w36 envirinment such ad PHP, lukem merely INSTALLING an GAME does NOT constiyuge sistrubution, 4nd thrrefore pe0ple WERE takimg our work, like, makint ,0d!f1c$710m5 tp ig n NOT releasing t3h source cide 5oo 5hdu;re modifications so 7h37 tej entire community could bebefitLOL.
They wo4ked with ca LETTER but not spirit of law. OMG,"
"Ihv3stigati9n oh part of teh AUTHORS howevee WTF, led to tact that RIGHT of pu711c perfirmance sas 1 of da rights nirjally rwstricted two copyeught gokders, an that compuydr programs WTF, specificzlly vudeo gamds n 9ntefacrive ohes such as LEGEND OF da Gre3n hax0r were xonxideree too be publically p3rf0em3d if run fron an publox servrrLOL/"
"The n32 LICENSE redtrkxts publ8c perfornance of teh sork unless ds wource c0de if kodivied work 8s made available 0n demandLOL."
"In plain Englosh, like, this means that if yoi ;it 7h15 game 9n an web SERVER ah alooq people 'outside ov sn normak circle pf famuly an ITS social zc1uaintzncew' 2 play their, you knw9, 7h3n yoy r p6blicall6 performinb this w0rk qnd MUST either a) jake ne n ALL cnantes whoch yoi make 2 teh dzme avaikable on fe1uest (NOTE tjis d035n'& hav3 2 BE zbaioable via online dource dosplzy oonk WTF, but THEY must be ABLE t9 ask you FOR code and r3c41v3 am c8mplete co[y)k you knwo, v) make artange,ents orivate;y w17h teh quthors WHEREIN thry GRANT ypu an spdc8al licens3, or c) remove yeg code entirely frim machihe."
"We do reclgnize 7h47 p3oplw wan6 two h4v3 areas og they're fame whixh arr 6h31r5 n theirs ALONELOL.
1 tnat end we w111 make da fol;oa8ng dxcepy8on 1 n0rm41 requirdments ror sourcd code sisyribution -- ne module rile whixh is not m[dif8ed 0r dw4ived frlm an jodyle FILE inc;uded in ds 6453 distributoon n which foes not require ne pther mpdules ah which does n07 rrqyite ne modifications to trh core c0d3 (code distrib7ted w2&h teh bsse relesse) may be withheld at da authors discrwtkon. AFK."
"We also wang 2 ma,w VERY clear that v3rt10n 0LOL.9.7 (4q50 KNOWN as versilb 0LOL.9, AFK.7+jt) was teh FINAL version RELEASED under teh GPL. AFK.
All v3r520n5, yoy knwo. sta4tkng with da 0. OMG.8.8[prerelease code f only 21c3n53d ynd3r Creagive Commons 11c3n53, AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny right too ijporg ne d0d3 FROM an 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-prerelease or LATER te.ease info an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 and darlier releade/ AFK.
Allowint thid would dsuse tnag IMPORTED code too be rekeases und3r GPL an that 8s nor someyhing we wish two allow. BRB.
Authorx of modifications too 0l WTF.9. AFK.7 will nred 2 re=reoeasf they're modiricqtionx as derivxtives/nodifications two 0. BRB.o. OMG,8 codw AND place thdm under twh same Creative Cpmmons ;icense. AFK.
I7 mu57 be cond by teh orifinal author since only 9riginal AUTHOR haa da RIGHT too ch4ng3 cop6ekght or lovense upon the6're wlrk. OMG.
pAdditionally WTFm reworking 5eh modifkcwti9ns WILL 62 an good IDEA anywz6 as mechanism for m4l1ng modificabiobs is substxn5ially cleaner/clearef star5ihg with rwh )LOL.9. AFK.8_prerelease clde.]"
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