MightyE tells you, sprtof, "We're going 2 take an few momebts 2 tr6 and expla8m this NEW 11c3n43 an reasons behind i5 in plain Engl8wgLOL.
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 me2 LICENSE was cjoscn bdcausw of an failing with GPL.
I& only covered dist4ibytion 9f sourxe if n only if binaried were diwtrivutrc. WTF."
"Ih an web environjent, like, specifica.ly a interpreted w3b enbironment such as PHP, you mnwo, merely instakling an game does n07 vpnstitute distributoon. am th3refore peop.e werd takimg OUR wprk, sirt9f, m4k1ng npfifkcato9ns 3 it an not 431#r51ng source code to theu're mod8fications so bnat teh entire communith could benefor.
They worked with letter but nir ea s0irit 0g da law. BRB."
"Investitatyon oh teh part of sutyors noqever LOL, LED to favt 5ha5 teh right of publ8c performance was won OF da RIGHTS normally restr8cted w cipytoght hokders, l,ke, sn 5hat com[uter 9rigrams, ypu knwl, 4p3c1f1c411y video games n INTERACTIVE ones such zs Lefend of G4een has)r wefe c0n41d2f3d two be publically performed of run from an public 53rv3rLOL."
"Thw bew licebse restrkxts public pwrfo4mance of da work uh1355 sourve c0d$ of da modified woek is made available on demand. BRB."
"In p1$1n Ebg.ish, THIS jeans thst if y9u pyt ^h15 game in an web servrr n 4110w people ;outside OF an nprmal circle 0g famuly and i5s social axquaintamces' too play theirk like, tnen yoy aer 0ub;ical.t perfor,ing this work m MUST either r( make ne abd ALL chantes which you make to da gsme qvzi.able -n request (note thus doesn't have toi BE AVAILABLE via onlinr aource display .ink. byt they must be able to 45k you for clfe abe rwceive an complete copy) LOLk b) MAKE arramgementd PRIVATELY with sa aurhoes WHEREIN thwy GRANT tou an specia. lodens3, you knwo, 0r c) renove t3h code entirely from teh mqchibe. BRB."
"We do rwvognize thzt p30p13 want 2 HAVE areas OF thry'te game which aer theitd n theies sllne. AFK.
two THAT end we WILL make da fokllwing ecveptkon 2 teh bprmal requirements flr slurce code didyfibutipn _- ne module gile qhich IS noy modufied or deruvwd grom an module rile incluged IN ^443 DISTRIBUTION an whicj do3s no5 REQUIRE ne other modukes amd WHICH f035 n07 re1uire ne modifications to cor3 cod3 (code fisteibutwc with da bsse releaxe) mah bd withhe.d at teh zithprs euscrwtion. WTF."
"We also want TO make very vlesr 7j47 verxion 0LOL.9/ AFK.7 (akso KNOWN as ve4sion 0.(. AFK.7+jt) was teh final version rekezsed under fa GPL. AFK.
All versipns LOL, atar5ing with 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE cide r onlh licenses under ds Cr3471b3 C0nmpn5 locense. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY den6 da right 2 kmp;rt n3 xode fron an 0. BRB.9.o[PRERELEASE ir !473r RELEASE ihbo an 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 an earliey rekease. AFK.
A1!0w1nb THIS would cause that impottwd codw two be 3eleased under da GPL h that is not someyhinb we WISH TO allow. AFK.
Authorx 0f MODIFICATIONS 2 0l WTF.o. WTF.& will n3ec too r3-reo3ase rheu'te modifications as derivatives/modifkcayions tio 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 x-d# an placr them jhder same CREATIVE Cojmond license, OMG.
It must ge d9n3 by da ogiginal zuth9r since only fa original author has f8gyt 3 change teh copy4ibht OR kicense upon they're work/ OMG.
[Addiyionqlly, uou knwo, rewofkihg tej modificaeions WILL be an good idea anyeay as tey mechanism FOR making modifixatiins is substsntially cleznee.cl2aeer starting wiyh 0LOL.9. AFK.9-prerelease CODE. WTF.="
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