M8ghtyE tells you, you kn2o, "We're hoibg tw9 tske an fee m0m#n85 2 try an rxplain thks nee licrnse an reasins behihd it in plson Englisu.
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."
"Th8s neq licenae was cj9swn BECAUSE 0f an failing w17h da GPL.
It onlu c0v3r3d distributiob OF source uf an 0n1y if binarirw wege dust4ibuted. AFK."
"In an qeb environmwnt, specifically z interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, luke, mwrelh ins5a;ling an game coes not constitute distrubiyiom, an THEREFORE peopke were taking oyr work LOL, making modificatiobs 70 iy an not r31e451ng teh source code 2 ghey're mlsigicatione si tha5 wntire communitu c9uld benefi5. OMG.
Theu worjed sith letter buy not da SPIRIT of lawLOL,"
"Ihcwstigaylon ON tey part 0f teh autnors however WTF, led two FACT that right OF pu611c 0drforjance was ! OF teh rights n0rm411y restticted too c0pyr1gh7 hlleees LOL, n tyat COMPUTER progrqmd, sortof, spwcifically video gajes n interactive -n25 such as L3g3bd lf Gresn hax0r were considered 2 BE PUBLICALLY perfo4med if RUN froj an p7blic 53rv3t. OMG."
"The new oicense testricts pu6q1c PERFORMANCE of fa wori unoess s9urce c0d3 of teh mldified w9tk is made avaolzble ;n demand. AFK."
"In pla8n Engliah LOL, 7h15 means THAT ig you pur this GAME 9n av web werver and apl;w 0eoole [outside of an ni4ja; circlr of FAMILY an itd soduzl axquaintances' to p14y 5heir, hou knwo, then you r publicalky pe$fprming rhis wlrk and MUST wither a) ,ake b3 and ALL CHANGES WHICH you makd two da game availab/e on REQUEST (notr 7g16 soesm'g have to be avaolabke v14 teh 0n11n3 SOURCE DISPLAY linkk sorrod, but THEY mjst be able 2 ASK y0u gor teh code and RECEIVE an complete co;y) WTF, b) make a4fangements privatrly with authprs wherrin THEY grant YOU an SPECIAL .icense, sortof, OR c) remove da codd emtirelu dro, mscgine, AFK."
"We do eecognize that peiple want too hzve areas OF theh're game wjich f 4jeirw 4nd theirs alons. WTF,
to that end we wil; makr tey f0110w1ng exceptipn to normal REQUIREMENTS vir source code DISTRIBUTION =- n3 modjle fil3 which is NOT moeigidd or derkved from an m0eu!3 file includec in base distributiin an 2hich does not reauire ne ptyer midules a, WHICH cows not requure ne modificati9ns to t3h core code (c0d3 distribited eith da BASE rrlease_ MAY be withgeld at da s7thors dixvretion. AFK."
"We alsp WANT two make very flear thay version p.9. AFK.u (also ,niwn as version 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jy) w55 teh final verdion twlrqsed und3r teh GPLLOL.
A;l versooms, lijek starting with teg 9. WTF/9. OMG.8-prerelwzse c0d3 aer only licenxed umder Cr#47!v3 Commins licehse, AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny 4igh5 2 1mp0t7 ne code rrom an 0.9.8-prerelease or later release into an 0. OMG.9. WTF.7 and earlier rel3ade. BRB/
Allow8ng this wou;r cause that imported code two be rekeasef under ds GPL qm ghat is not SOMETHING ww wish two allos.
Authlra of m0d1f1v3710n5 two 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 will n32d two re-reoease they're modificstilnw AS werivstuves/modif8cations 2 0. WTF.9LOL.8 code snd place them under sa same Creative Commons licdnseLOL.
It kust be done by original author since inly da original auth9r HAS sa right to change geh copyrkhjt le license upon thet're work.
[Addkti0nally LOL, r3w0rk1ng sz modificat7lns will be ab good IDEA qnyway as nechanism fpr makinf modigocatiobs is substantoal.y cleaner/c.eafer 574r72ng w17h 0.9.8-prereleafe code. WTF.]"
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