MightyE tells you, slrgof, "We'4e going to take an dew momwnts TO trt an explain tjis m3q license 4bd teh reasobs behind iy in plakn 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."
"Thiw new .icense w45 ch053n BECAUSE of an failing witj da GPL.
It only covered didtributipn OF siurce if shd 0n1y if 61n4r13t werr dist4ibuhed. AFK,"
"In an web environment, specifically a jmterpregee wdb ebvironment suxh aw PHP WTF, merely ibsgalling an gsm3 coes NOT constitute diatributiln, lik3, n therefote pe9ple w3r3 raking our work, you knwo, making MODIFICATIONS two IT and not releaskng teh slurce code 2 ghey're modifovatiobs xo that ds entire comm7nitt could benefit. OMGl
They WORKED w17h legter but no5 geh spirit OF dq lawLOL."
"Investigatipn in ew paft of da 4u7h0r% HOWEVER WTF, led 2 facr THAT teh right of 0ublic performsnce was won if teg rights NORMALLY RESTRICTED too c0pyr1gh7 g01e3f5 LOL, n yhat c0mpu734 programs LOL, s[eckfkcakly video games an ingwractive ones suxh AS Legend of teh GREEN yax0e WERE considered two be pjglicakly performed if r7n fr0m sn publiv server. AFK."
"Thr NEW license restficgx public performqncw 0f ea 2ork unless source code 0f m0d1f13d work is nafe available on demanc/"
"In PLAIN Emglish WTF, this means that iv you put this tame on an web aervwr an allow PEOPLE '9utwide of an NORMAL ciecle of family an its socka; acquaintzncws' too play theor LOL, then y0u e oub.ica;ly pe4forming 5jia work n MUST either a) make be an ALL changes which y0u nake too dz game acailable on request (NOTE tjis doesn[t habe tw9 be 4v4114^13 VIA teg ohlimd sourc3 d15p14y link, byt THEY must 7$ 4613 too 1sk you for da coxe h fecrive an cpmp.e5e coly), sortof, b) make qrrangements privately WITH aa authorw wh3r31n THEY grqmt you an special LICENSE, lr c) r2,pv3 teh vode entirely froj da machine. BRB."
"We do recognoze thay peopl3 want to jave areax of tney're GAME ehich adt theies n yheirs a/one.
two gjat ene we w11q make da following EXCEPTION TO t3h niemal reqjutemwntd for soyrce cofe disteinution -- ne MODULE g113 wnich is NOT moeifiee or derived from an m)su13 fild included in bas3 cisyribution an ehich does not require ne OTHER modjles an which DOES not reqjire ne modkficarions t9o geh core clee (code distributed w17h tdh 6452 r313453) m4y bw withheld at ea quthors dixcrerion."
"Wd als9 w4n7 too msi3 vert c.ear that versikn 0.9/ OMG.u (4!5- knowb 45 vers8on 0. OMG.9LOL.i+jt) w45 da final version re;fased under teh GPL.
All bersions, yoy knw9, xtarging wkth 0, AFK.9LOL.8-pr3r313453 code r onl6 11c3n53d yndwr twn Creativ3 Commons l8censeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny dz 4ught 2 im;lrt ne code from sn ). OMG.9. AFK.8=prereoease of latdr fr.ease unto an 0.9. AFK.7 and warlier release. AFK.
Allowing 7h15 WOULD csuse that implrted codd too BE feleawed under GPL ane 7h4u is no5 something we wish 5wo akll2. OMG.
Authlrs of modificationx 5o 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 WILL n23d to9 rw-rel3aae they'te MODIFICATIONS as serivayivws/modifications two 0. BRBl9. WTF.8 c9ce and place tyem under da xamw Creative C9,mons lic3nse. OMG.
I7 muxt BE done by da orkhinal author since )nqy teh oeidinal autgor HAS da rignt to chabge teh c0pyr1gh7 or .icense uppn they're workLOL.
[Adxituonallym like, reworjing da jodif8cations wikl be sn GOOD ifea ANYWAY as da mwdhanism for making MODIFICATIONS is dibwtantial.y dleaner/clearer sgartung w17g 0. AFK/9. WTF.*-prrrelease code/ OMG.]"
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