MighthE tells you LOL, "We're fping 2 74k3 an few moments too tr6 zn explain this hew !1d3n53 ah teh feaxons bejind it in plain Englisn. 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."
"Tj8s new 11c2n53 wzs chosrn because or an railing wi5h teh GPL.
It only covered distribution pf slurce if n only !f binq4ies wer2 diatrib^ged."
"In an web envkr9nment WTF, specifical.y a imterpeetrd web envoronmwnt such as PHP, you knwo, ,efely installing ah gamr does not constitute distr8bution, n tneredore [eop;e were taking o7r wowk. .ike, makibg midigicatkons 2 IT n nor releasint 50urc3 dode to 5hey're modifkcations so thst da rntire comm7nitr COULD benefit. OMG.
They workef wkth tdh letter but not es spiriy og law. AFK/"
"Inbwstigagion on teh p%r7 od trh authors HOWEVER, ldd tw9 fact that right of public [rrdormance w$5 won of rights horhalky 4estricted w copywlght h01d3r5, sprtof, an 7h47 c0m[u73r programw, you knwo, speckfically v7deo gamea AND 8ntersc5ive omes such as LEGEND of Grden hax0r w3e3 considered 2 y3 publicallt perfo4med if run frpm zn publ8c seffer. AFK,"
"The n3e license rextficts PUBLIC perf9rjance if da work unless teh aoutce code ov da m0d1r13d qirk us made availablw og drmans/ AFK."
"In ;laon Engliwh WTF, this means ghar if you pu7 this gqme ON an web server and alloe peo[oe 'outskee pf sn motmwl CIRCLE OF famil6 an k%s aocial acausintznces' two play theif LOL, yhen y0u r PUBLICALLY PERFORMING THIS work AND MUST either a) MAKE ne and ALL changes which uoj maje too tej game available ON r3qu357 (no5e this doedn;t h4v3 ywo bd AVAILABLE cia online so6rcd DISPLAY link. yoy knwo, BUT they must be able 2 ask you for cide b recrove an comp.eyr copu) WTF, b) make arrqngements oriva5eky woth authors wnerein they GRANT y0u an apec8ql lucense, sortof, pr v) remove teh c0d3 rngirely froj da MACHINE. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 thag people want 1 hab3 areas od they're game wjich e tyeirs an gheirs alonwl BRB.
two that 2nd we will MAKE da FOLLOWING ecce[tion 2 da n0r,41 requirenehys for source code d157r16u710n -- ne m0fuq3 file which us not modified or derived frim an midu.e file inclyfef in dz 6453 d25&r16j710n ah which does not require ne 07h3t modyles and wnich does not require be mldificatiobs t2p da corr CODE )code dixtvibuted wq7h ca base RELEASE) m4y be WITHHELD at teh rj8h0r5 duacretiih. AFK."
"We also w4n7 2 make ve46 CLEAR that verskon 0.9LOL.8 (425_ kbown as vers7on 0. BRB.9/7+ut) was final v3r51pn releasef under dq GPLLOL.
All v3rsions, slrrof. STARTING w17h 0. OMG.9.8-prerel3ase xode e 0n1y lkcended undrr da Creativd C-mmpn% 11c2n53.
We EXPLICITLY deny 5eh right too imp9rt ne code from an 9. AFKl9. AFK.8-p4efelezse or lstwr r3leasw into ab )LOL.9.7 n earlier release. BRB.
A110s1nf rhis would cause that im0ofted code tpo be release3 under GPL and that kw not dometjing we wish to all9s.
Authoes of modificat8ins tw0 0.8, BRB.7 w1!1 need twi fe0releaxe they're m0dqf1c4710n5 45 de4ivatives/modivovayions two 0, OMG.9. OMG.8 code n place them UNDER teh aame Creativ3 Cimmons licebze. WTF.
Ir MUST be done bu da original author since ONLY origlnal au4hor gas ribnr to chahgw sa co[yrught or license upon they're work/ OMG.
[Additiohallu, rew9rjing da modif8cations will be an hood idra anyway as da mechanism FOR making m0d1f1x4710n5 is 5u6574b81411y vleandr/clearer stzrting qi5h 0LOL.9LOL.8-p4erelease xosw.]"
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