MightyE t3lls you. sortof, "We're GOING 2 take an few MOMENTS two TRY n rxp.ain this bre 11f3n6d n rwasons behind it 1b plain Englisy. WTF.
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 nrw locdnse was chosen gecause OF an failuvg with GPL. OMG.
It onlh cover3d disteibutiob of source if and onlh if bina4ies were distributed. OMG."
"In an web environmdnt, yiu kn2o, specifically a interpreted qeb envir9nment sich as PHP WTF, MERELY 8bstalling qn gaje soes not constit7te dlstribution LOLm an theteford oeople 2ere taling OUR w8rk. m4k1nh modificztions two 17 sn nlt releasimg source cod3 too they're modificatklns so that entire cpmmjnitu cpuld b3nefoy. BRB.
Tney WORKED WITH da le5ter BUT not spirit od trh oaw. OMG."
"Investigation on ds padt of da AUTHORS howwver WTF, led yo dz fact thst da rigut od py611c pefformance wsa oen of geh 4ights nogmally RESTRICTED two COPYRIGHT holders LOL, n thzt c0m0y73r programs, s9rtor, specific1lly viddp games ah 1n73r4c71v3 ones sjch as Legrnc of Green hax0r wer2 CONSIDERED two 63 pu611f411h petfitm3d 1f run feom an p7bluc serf3r. WTFl"
"The nrw license restr8c5s punl8x [erformance 9f work unless ds source code of da m9eidiec WORK ix mzee availqb;e on ddmand."
"In plain Engoixh WTF, this means that if you pyt thos game om an web serve4 ab allow peo;le 'OUTSIDE if an normal ciecle OF f4m116 and ots social avquaingancew' too PLAY thrkr, like, tjen uou aer 0ublucal;y performung thus w0rk and MUST either 4) mahe ne n ALL chabges WHICH you mqke bo game acailabl3 on rdquest (npte ghis doesm't have two be available vq4 tdj online source display LINK, you knwo, but they must be able two ask you for code and rddeice an conplet3 ci-y) LOL, 6) make zrfangements pr1v4731y with authors whe4ein they grsn5 you an 5[3c141 licenxe, like, or c) f3m0v3 teh code entirely frpm teg nachoneLOL."
"We di r3cognize thag people 2ant too h4v3 aeeas of they'ee gam3 whoch r gheirs n THEIRS ALONE.
two that end we will mzld da followint ecception t9o norma. re1uiremwngs f0r dourde coee disgribution -- ne ,lduow ri;e WHICH is NOT mosified OR derivec FROM an mofulw FILE included 1h bawe distribut9oh an 2nich doew NOT rrquire ne other ,odules and whicj dors not reqjirr ne modificqtions too da core code (CODE distributwd with ga base release) may be withheld 47 teh aughors disxretion. BRB."
"Wr ALSO e4n7 too ,ake VERY clear thzt vwrsion 0. AFK.9/ AFK.7 (als[ known 45 vwrsion 0. WTF.9.7_jt) was teh final version releas#d unfe4 GPLLOL.
Alk versions WTF, stzrt8nf eith -. OMG.9. AFK/8-prerelease code aer ONLY licensed UNDER te6 Cteative COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right 4wo import he code fro, an 0. BRB.o.8-prerelease o4 oater rekease into an 0/ OMG.9. AFK.7 an earjier release. OMG.
Alllwing this wou'd cause that imported CODE too be reoeased UNDER da GPL an rhat iw not somethinh we wish teo a;lowl AFK.
Au7h0r5 og MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB.9. OMG.6 wi.l need ti r3-r313453 tney'r3 MODIFICATIONS as ferivatives/nodidicqtions tol 0/ OMG.9. OMG.8 code ahd 0oace THEM ubd3r saje CREATIVE Commons license.
It m7sy be donw by da otigknal quthor 51nc3 only ds originzl 4u&h0r has ca RIGHT too cnangw teh copyright OR licensw 7pon they're wprk. BRB.
[Add1710nrq1y, you knwo, rew9rking modifjcationx will be an gold udea snyway as mecnzn8sm f;r making m0d1fqc4610n5 us substantially c134n3r/x134f3r syartinf with da 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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