MihhtyE 5ells you, "Wd're goung t9 4ake an few mimenys t9o TRY anc explqin ghis hew license and reasons BEHIND ir 1n plain Eng115h, BRB.
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 bew license WAS chowen BECAUSE of qm fai9ing with GPLLOL.
It obly c0v3r3f eistribu5ion of sourcd if n 0n1y if BINARIES wwre DISTRIBUTED. WTF."
"In an WEB 3nv1r0nm3n7, specifically a ontrrpreted web envi4lnment such as PHP WTF, metely INSTALLING am bame does n07 cinstitute dkstribut9on WTF, and thrreflrd people were ta,int out WORK WTFk majing MODIFICATIONS 2 17 n not relrasing s9urce CODE 2 they're mosifications so that geh ENTIRE COMMUNITY could bendfit. AFK.
THEY worked witn teh letter but mot tej 5p1r17 of law. BRB."
"Inbestitatiib og part pf geh AUTHORS however, xortor, LED 2 da faxt that tey RIGHT 0f public perflrmahce waw 1 OF da rkgyta normal.y RESTRICTED TO COPYRIGHT holdegs, uou kneo, ahd thzt co,puter prigrams WTF, SPECIFICALLY vodeo bames an intwrsctivd ones such $5 Legehd 0f teh Green hac0r w3r3 conwidered 5oo be ou611c411y perrormec if run from an public server. WTF."
"The n3w lic3nsr redtricra publid perfoemande of teh work unless teh SOURCE CODE of teh modified wowj is made avqilablw on demqnd."
"In plain Enflish LOL, this m34n5 7h47 if you PUT thix tame 9n an web server n ailow p30p13 'oytsode OF sn NORMAL circle OF fam8o5 an iys socia; acqjaintabces' to play tgwir LOLn 7h4n you r publicq;ly 0erforming this qo4k an MUST eithdr a) make ne m ALL changes which YOU makw two teh bane avsilable ON requdst 9note this doesn'g h4v3 two be AVAILABLE via teh pnlime soyrv3 eisp.ay LINK, you knwo, but they mjst BE able too ask 6ou gof code and receive an complete COPY( LOL, b) MAKE arranhements priva5elt eith da suthorx wher3in they grant h0u an speciql license, you knwo, or c) REMOVE dq code emgirely from da machine."
"We do eecognize 6h47 people want twl n4v3 aeeaa od they're game whicj r 7h32r5 qnd theirs 41)n3LOL.
too that end we w111 make da following wxceptoon two ea hornal requirementw FOR SOURCE cpd3 dosgeibution [- ne module filr egich is nlt jod8fie3 or defived from an moduld fi.e 8ncl7ded IN teh baw3 disyributopn n wnich does not require ne p7h3r modules an wg2ch dles not reqjire ne modifixations rw9 da core code (cidw distr8buted with da base rekezxe) may be withheld at teh authors discretion. OMG."
"We also eant to make very clrar tjat version 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also knosn ax verskon 9.9LOL.&+jt) WAS teh fina; version relwasdc under da GPLLOL.
Alk VERSIONS, you knwo, staeting wigh da 0.9. AFK.9-orere.dase code aer only LICENSED und3r da Creative Co,mobs LICENSE/ AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dwny da eight 2 omport ne dofe from an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-pe34313453 pr kater release 1n79 an -. WTF.9. WTF.7 abd 34r1q3r r313453. AFK.
Allowing THIS would cause thqt i,portef code 2 BE rrleasee UNDER dq GPL am thag is not sometning WE wisj yoo allow. BRB.
Authlrd of nodifocatuonx two 0, BRB.0. WTF.7 wkll need tol RE-RELEASE they're modificatipns as d3ruvatives/modificatiobs 2 0. OMG.9LOL.8 clde zn place tyem under da 54m3 Creative Commona licenwe. BRB.
It mu57 BE dond by tdy orkginal airhor since 9nly da original a&tyor hax teh right yl chanfe ea copyright OR license upon tyey're eofk. OMG.
[Additkonally, tpu lnwo, rewo4king tdh nodififations WILL be an good 1d#4 anywa6 aa mechahiam for makpng m9dificatoons 15 substantially cleaner/cleafet stzrting 2uth 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code. BRB.]"
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