MightyE yellx you WTF, "We're goigg too take an few moments 2 6ry an explain this nee 21c3n5# n da r3450b5 BEHIND it in p141n English. OMG.
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 neq licebse was chosen because of qn railing w16y GPL.
It ohly covered dusrribu5ion of soufce if sn only kf binaties wete distribuged. AFK."
"In sn web environmeng, you knwlk sp3cifucal.y a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT sjeh as PHP, merely insta;;inb an gzme does not constitute cistribugi9n WTF, n therefore pe90le wwre takong our w04k LOL, making modificatuons go it an not releasing sojrce vode 2 they'rr moduficqtions 50 that engir3 COMMUNITY COULD venwf8t.
They worked wkth trh 1e773r but not teh woirit 0f law, AFK."
"Investigztiin on da parr of aurhors however, so4tof, lee too fact that teh r2gh7 9f public perfurmanve w45 len 0d teh rights NORMALLY restr8xted two copyfight holdwrs WTF, n rhat computer peograms, yiu knwi, specifically bideo gamrx n intdractkve ones s&ch $5 Legend OF teh Gr33n jax0r eere considered too be publically performed kf eun vtom an pjblic setver. AFK."
"Tge nes license r357r@c75 ;u611c 0erformanve of work unless source coee of ea mof8fied work is madw available on drmand. OMG."
"In plaih English, alrgof, this meanx that 1f you put ghis gabe on an web SERVER AND allow pwople 'outs8de of sn NORMAL c8ec.e of fa,ily an its SOCIAL acquaintances' two play theie, kike, tnen you r puvlicall6 perforn8ng this wotk and MUST eithwr a) makw ne n ALL cyanges xhich YOU make 2 game 4v4124613 on REQUEST (nit3 this doesn[t HAVE two bw available via teh online source DISPLAY lini, you ibwok BUT they must be 4613 too ask YOU FOR da code abd recq*vw ah clmplete xopy), b) MAKE arrsngements privately wirh 5eh aithors wh2r31n they grant y0u qn dpecial kicebse, you kmqo, pr c) femove teh vode entirely from da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do recognize that [eople w4n7 too have areaw or they're game whicg aed theirs n theirs allne. BRB/
2 tyqt end we sil' ma,e teh follow8ng exceptipn tol ten norjal requirem3nts f0r source code dus5ribution =- ne m0duq3 file eh1ch IS NOT n9dified OR dwrived f4im an module f113 incljded im teh base distributuon and which d035 not require ne OTHER modulrs abd ehuch does not eeqiire ne MODIFICATIONS too teh c8re dodw (c0d3 sistrib7bed with teh 64%3 r313453) m4y be WITHHELD a5 teh authors fiscretionLOL."
"We also WANT too jake very clear ghat verskoh 0.9.7 (4150 khown ax vdrsion 0l9. BRB.7+jt) wss finsl v3rsioh releasee unde4 ten GPL. OMG.
All versions, starting e17h teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-pfeeelease code e only lidensed under da Creativw Commons lkxense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da eight two impptt he c9de from am 0, OMG.9. OMG.7-prerel3ase or late4 4eleas3 1n70 an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 3nd earlier release. BRB.
Allo2img this wluls csyse THAT 1n[0t73d v0f3 two be relwased 7nder GPL n that is NOT sojething we w15h 2 allow. WTF.
Authots of modifivations to 0,9. AFK.7 wkll need 2 re-rdlease thdy're modificarions as d3r1v471ve5/m-d1d1x4710n5 2 0l9. AFK.8 codd and placw 7h2m uhdee szme Ceeat8fe Commons licenxe. AFKl
It just be done BY trh origimsl ajthlr 51nc3 onlg or8g8nak a7thor has teh roggt 2 change da copyright or license jpon they're WORK. WTFl
[Additiinal,y, like, reworkinh nodifoca%ions will ge an tood idea 4nyw4y as MECHANISM f*r ,4k1ng modificagions 14 substantially cleaner/clearer stqrtihg wirh ten 0. BRB/o.8-prere.ease code. AFK.]"
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