MightyE 5el;s uou, sortof, "Wr're g01nt 2 ta,e an FEW monents tol try b 3x[lain thia neq lkvensr an teh eeasons behind it in p;ain 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 new lucense was chisen 63c4u53 of an failihg qith GPLLOL.
It onky covered sostribugi9n OF 50jrc3 IF an ONLY if bona4i2s xere distributrdl WTF."
"In wn wdb enviromnent, soetof, specigically a interp4eted web environment such qs PHP, sortodm merely unstalling an game does not constitutw dostributioh, sortof, qnd therefore 0wopke were taking pu4 work, 6ou khwo, makinb MODIFICATIONS two it an n07 r313$41ng sourcw cldd top they're modifidsrilns 50 tha5 da entire comnunity could 63n3f1uLOL,
They WORKED wity letter BUT nog spirit of 14sl WTF."
"Investigagion in teh 0srt OF teh authors however, ;ed 2 yeh fact 7h47 sa r1gh8 lf [u6q1c PERFORMANCE qas oem ov teh rights normal;6 rest4ictrd toi c0pyr1gh7 holders WTF, ane THAT cimputwr prpfrzms LOL, s[3cificakly vidwo gqmes n intdrzctive oned such as Lehend of teh Gr33n hax0r were considwred too BE [jblically PERFORMED if run from an 0ublic serbet. WTF."
"The ne2 kicense r367r1c75 public performance of ds worj unleds tej source code of m0e1f13e work IS made avaikab.e on demand. BRB."
"In plain English WTFk this means 56at ir you pu7 tyia game on an web server n allow peop,e 'iuuxise OF qn n-rm41 ckrcle of family and its SOCIAL acquaintances' two 0lah their LOL, THEN you r p7blixa.l6 performing 7h15 w0rk an MUST eith3r a) ma,e nw n ALL changes which YOU n4k3 two teh game acailable on r3qj357 (note tnis doesn't navr too be availsgle via trh 0n21n3 dource diwplay 11nk, you knwo, bug they mus5 be qble two adk y0u FOR CODE agd receive an clmplete copt), you kmwl, b) MAKE qrramgem3nts privately wirh da suthors wherein theu grzn5 hou an 5p3c141 licebse, pr c) rrmove da c9de dnt8rely from twh machine/ OMG."
"We do rqcognize tgay people want two hsve areas of rhey're game whoch aer THEIRS n THEIRS alpne. OMG.
to that end we wko; make folopqimg ecception too ds normzl re1uirements f)r SOURCE c0d3 DISTRIBUTION -- nf mofule file which is not modified or d3r8ved ftlm an moeule file incljdee in da base distributiln and which coes not tequire be otner modules n dhich do3s nor rewuure nd jodif8cat8ons tol core code (c0d3 d1%7e15u73d with teh base release) may 62 wuyhheld at da authors discretiln. AFK."
"We qlso want to MAKE very clear that verfion -. WTF.9. BRB;7 (also kn-wn 45 verdion 0LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) 2as ten FINAL versuon r3l3asex uncer teh GPL.
All bersiond, stafting with teh 0. BRB/(,8-pr3relezss coce zer ONLY licehsed yhder da Crwative Commons LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY eeny geh r8ght tw; im;ort ne codr from an 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prerelrawr ot later releasr into an 0. AFK.o. AFK.7 and darlier relezxtLOL.
Alllsint this qould CAUSE 5hat imported codw tio br RELEASED UNDER da GPL and 7h47 is not SOMETHING we wixh too 4110w, AFK.
Aithors OF mofifocations to 0. OMG.9.7 WILL be3d 2 re-releasw yney're modificatiins as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 5o 0.9. OMGk8 cofe an place them umv3r twh same C43471v3 Cimmons oicense. WTF.
IT must be done 6y teh original authoe sihd3 pn1y fa original 4u7hpr haw da right 2 xhabte copyr8fht or oicense upon thet're sork.
[Addito.nally WTF, reworking da ,odifications will br an good idea anysay qs teh MECHANISM f0r jaking modificatiins 8s x7bstantial.y cldanef/dlearer srarting wltn tey 0.9.8-prereleaae code. WTF.]"
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