MightuE tells you, sortov, "We're GOING to taje an few MOMENTS too try and explain 7h15 nww licebs3 an geh reasons BEHIND kt in plain English. AFK.
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 n32 ;icenwe w45 chosen because lf an failing with teh GPL. WTF.
IT on;y covered dksgeibu5ion of 50urc3 id zn only iv bunarkea were distributedLOL/"
"In ab wdb env8ronment WTF, specoficallh a intwepretwd web enfironment sucy 35 PHP WTF, merely installinh an g4m3 dles nou conx5itute distribution, y9u knwo, an therefore peoole were tzking our qork, mqkimg modificatiobs two ie b nor releasing teh sourcw coce to thry;te modkfications 59 THAT teh entire communkth could benef8tLOL.
They worked WITH teh lettdr bug not da spiriy of yeg kaw. AFK,"
"Ibvdsrihation 0n part of auth9rs h0w3v3r, you kndo, lwd too fact tyat tight of publuc performance WAS 1 OF teh riggts NORMALLY 4dstricted rwo copytight ho;derd, you jnwo, an thag computer p4obrsjs, you knwo, specifucally vidro gsmes ane interavtkfe ones such ax Legehd pv da Gewen hax0r eere consofered two ne PUBLICALLY performed if rub FROM an PUBLIC server. OMG."
"Tj3 new livense r357r1c75 pjblic pwrfo4manve lf eork 7nless da SOURCE coce of modified wo4k 15 made available on DEMANDLOL."
"In poain English, this meabs tyat IF you pu8 yhis game on an w36 s#rver and aloo2 p3ople 'outside ov an n9rma; circ.3 OF f4n11y an 8tw social 4cwi41n74bc35' too play tyeir, 7h3n you aer publivally pergormimg thia WORK n MUST dither a) make ne n ALL changes whivh ylu makr yo trh game zvailabke om rwquext (note ty8w dodsn't h4v3 2 bd available via online sourcd disp;ay link LOL, 6u7 they mu57 be aboe twp ask y9u r0r teh code n redeive an cojpleye c0py_ LOLm b) male arrangdmenrs ptivat3oy qith authors ehereim they grant you an ap3cial license, ot c) REMOVE teh cide enturely fr0m jacgjne. BRB."
"We dp recognize that peopoe waht t9o have arras of the6're ga,e which aer yhdirs n theirs alone. AFK.
to thqt end we will make following 3xc30719n 2 da nor,al requitemenrs flf s9urce code DISTRIBUTION -- ne nidule f113 wh!ch is not modofi3d o4 detivdd from an modult file included in ds bqse distribution ah wjich DOES not requird ne OTHER mod8l3s and which does not requird nw mofificatiins tp yeh c0r3 c.de (cose dixtributed w17h teh BASE felease) may ne withhele at dq authorw discretion. OMG."
"We 4150 wabt 2 make v3ry CLEAR 5hat v3rsion 0LOL.9LOL.7 (also knlwn as version 0. AFK.9. WTF.u+jt) was dz fonzl verso9n rekezsed under teh GPL. OMG.
All vdrsions, sortof. starting with 0, WTF.9.9-prerwoease clde zer only luc2nsed und2r Cteatice Commons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da righy two 1m00r7 ne c0d3 gdom an 0l OMG.9. OMG.8)prerqlease or later eeleqs3 into an 0. WTF.9l OMGl7 and earlier releaseLOL/
Allowinf tyis would causd that i,ported code two bd released uhder GPL and thar is not someth8ng q3 eish two al.ow. OMG.
A7rhors of n0d1f1c4810n% two 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 will nred two re-release they're modif*vationx ss detivatives/modifications 2 0LOLl9LOL.8 code an place ty3m und#r t3j sqme Ceeative C0mn0n5 lifenxe,
It mu57 be done ny origonal auyhor 51nc3 9nly da 0r1g1n31 aitg9r has yeh rihht too chanbe c0pyr1gh7 0r locense upon yhey're worlLOL.
[Adf8tionally, r3w0rk1ng dq jpdifications woll be an g9od IDEA anyway as fa mechanism ror mak8ng modificationa is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/c.earer syarting wiyn teh 0. BRB.9. WTF.k-pterel3ase CODELOL.]"
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