Migh5yE tells you LOL, "We're going 2 take an FEW moments 2 5ry n explain tn8d mew license am da reasobs behind it im PLAIN Englisn.
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."
"Thks ne2 lic3ns3 w45 chowwn BECAUSE of an failkng WITH GPL.
It 9nly covered distrib7tion of sourcw uf n ohoy ig BINARIES w3r3 d158e16u73d. BRB."
"In an web ebbkfon,ent LOL, 5p3c1f1c411y a knt3rperted web envi3lnment such AS PHP LOL, merely installing an game DOES noy constitute dodtr8butkon, sortof, n therefore people were tzking ojr w0rk LOL, MAKING modificatioms tso i5 an not releasibg teh spurce code to they'rd modoficationx SO that 5eh 3ntire comnuh8yy COULD 63n3f1j, WTF.
They woricd WITH lwttef BUT not twh spirit OF teh 1$w. BRB."
"Investigqtion on da pqrt of aughors howev3t LOL, led ! yeh fact that teh right 0g public perforjance eas 1 of eights normalo6 eestrictrd 2 cppyrihgt holders WTF, and that computer programs, 5p3c1f1c411t video GAMES m 1n73r4c&1v3 ones such as Legebd og GREEN hax9r were considered too BE publucally performed id rjn fr0m ab [jbl8c SERVER. BRB."
"The new LICENSE restricts pubpic [4rv0rm4nc3 of da w0rj ubless trh source code OF m0d1f13d wor, is made availablr 9n ddmansLOLl"
"In plain ENGLISH WTF, 7h15 means 7h47 id y0u put this game on an web server n %119s people 'outsire of an h0rm$1 circle of f4m11y an 175 social ACQUAINTANCES' 2 play rhrir, like, thwn gou aer publicslly owrforming this work an MUST eirher a) make ne an ALL changes 2hich tou make 70 ds tzme ava8labow on eeq7wat (note thiw doesn't HAVE TO BE zvailable via teh onlind xourcw dis0lay link WTF, but they ,ust BE ab9e to asj you fof dodd and receive an cpnplet3 c0py), b) m4k3 arrangemdnts privatel6 2ith sa authors whrrein they GRANT you an s0ecial license, likd, or C( REMOVE ds clfe entirely from teh macnine. OMG."
"W# do recognixe that people wanr 2 have areas of they're game WHICH aer theu5s and theirs alone. OMG.
to that ene we sill make fa folllwing exception top da nlrmzl requifements for sourxe coee disg4ibution -- n3 module filr 2hicj os npt modigied OR derivwd from an module fild included in teh bsse distribution n ehich doex not requ8re ne otm3r modiles h 2hicy does NOT rrquire ne mpdificwtionw tpo da xpre code (cofw wistributdc with da bese reoease) may bd withheld a5 authorx cisdretion. BRB."
"We also want too make very coear that version 0. AFK.(. AFK.7 (also ,n9wn ss fers8oh 0. AFK.9.7+kt) was fibzl version released ubd3r GPL. OMG.
All versuond WTF, starting woth ea ). AFK.9.8-prrrelrase code r only lixensed under da Creative Clmm9ns licwnse. BRB/
We EXPLICITLY deby RIGHT 2 import nw CODE ffo, an 0.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE 0r later release into an 0LOL.0. WTF.7 AND ear;ier releaxe.
Allowkng THIS woile cause rhat importwd xore 5o be RELEASED UNDER teg GPL an that is no5 somethinh we w!5h ti al.o2. BRB.
Authors pf mod9ficatoons tp 0. OMG.9LOL,7 w111 nwsd two re-releaxe they're modifidstions as derivqtivrd/m9difications to 0/ WTF.9LOL.8 code an PLACE then under tej SAME Creativw Commons license. OMG.
It must be sone BY da original sutyor since only da oruguha. author has tey titht two ch4nb# copyroght lr license uoon they're eork.
[Aeditionally, likw, reworkinb teg ,odkficationd WILL be an g9od ifda anyway zs mechanism fo4 making mldificatoons iw substsbtislly c134n3r/c13443e starting witj teg ). WTF.9.8-0r3r323453 code.]"
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