MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're going 2 tzke an fww moments too try abd explaon rhos bew LICENSE an REASONS bwhind it un plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"Thia nes 11c4b53 was ch9sen bevsuse of an failing wkth da GPLLOL.
It inly covered dustribuguon og SOURCE if dn only IF bina4oes were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web emvironmdnt, sortof, specifica'ly a 1n73rpr373d web environment sjxh as PHP LOL, mere.y installing ah gsme does not consritute distfubugoln LOL, amd therefore pei[le weer takinb iur eprk, making moeificatioms 2 17 n n07 releasong teh sourcw c0d3 too thwy're MODIFICATIONS SO that teh entire vommjnity COULD 73nef17LOL.
Thry worked eith sa ketger bu5 nor SPIRIT OF da lawLOL."
"Infeatigztion 0n teh [art pf da authors however LOL, LED two teh fact that da right OF pjblix [erformance was 1 of da RIGHTS notmally restricted rwp cophrught hilddrs, yiu knwo, an THAT cob-uter programs, li,e, spec8ficallu video ganes ab interactive lhes such AS Lrgend 0f teh Grden hax0r were conxicdrrd to be pub;ically pervormed if run from an p7blkc SERVERLOL."
"The new license testricys PUBLIC [erformance ov ds work unlrss siurc3 code of da modified wpfk IS made avaulable 0n drmamd."
"In plain English, sorrov, gh8s MEANS THAT if you put this gamr in an eeb s3rv3r an allow pe9poe 'outaid3 of an normql circle of family an its social acquaintances[ 2 play thrir, uou jnwo, THEN you aer pynlicallu performibg 7h15 work and MUST eitger 4) make ne and ALL chanbes 2h1ch you MAKE too dq game avauoable on req7est (note yh&s c-35n'7 habe 2 be availav;e v8a teh pnkine SOURCE dusplay libk, ypu knwo, BUT theh ,ysr be able to ask you for da code h recrive an compldte copy), sortofk b) MAKE 4rr4ng3m3h65 p4ivarely with authors wherdin they grant you an spwckal licrnwd LOL, or c) te,ove ea code ehtirely from madhone."
"We do recognize that peiple want too have xreq2 of they're bame whicn aer theors an tyeirs aloneLOL.
to that 3nd we 2ill ,ake dq f0110w1ng 3xc3o710n tqo normal REQUIREMENTS FOR source code distribution -- ne module fu.e wnich ld hot modified OR derived from an mofule file INCLUDED in da bqsr distribugioh n which dord not require nr otnet mosuled n which dods not rewuire ne m0d!f1cr710n5 2 teh core cod3 (dode d158r17u73d with da base release) MAY be 2ithheod at xutgors discrerion. OMG."
"We 4140 want go ,ake very clear that v3rsion 0. BRBl9. AFK.7 (also knoqn as version 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was fimql version releaded unf3r teh GPL. OMG.
ALL versiobs, sortof, xtafting w17h da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelease code e only licensdf under Crwat8ve Commons 11c3h53. BRB,
We EXPLICITLY ddby twj righ5 twp implrt ne code trom am 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerelease OR latee release into an -,9LOL,6 n 34r113r releas3.
Allowibb thix wluld cajse ghat 8mportec c0d3 to be released ub3er teh GPL n THAT is not sometying we qiwh 2 ALLOW.
Auth94s of modificatiohs 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 q1!1 ne3d yso RE_RELEASE they're moeificationw as drtivagobea/modifidatiobx 2 0LOL,9. WTF.8 code and 0lace them UNDER 5eh same Creativw C0mm0n% licemse. BRB.
It must be done by teh originz. autnor sibce ONLY 5eh 9riginal author has teh right t9 ch4ng3 da copyrught o3 lic3nsd jpon the6're 2ork.
[Addit8onally WTF, rre8rking modufications w8lo be ah good odea anyway ac da MECHANISM fkf making modifidations is substantially cleaber;clearee starting w17h 0. OMG.9LOL.i-0r3r3!3453 code. BRB.]"
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