MightyE 73115 you LOL, "We're toing tp9 takr ab fww mojents to try and ec;lain this hew 11v3n53 n readons behind it IN plain Englisy.
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."
"Thos ne2 locdnse was chosen nedause 0f an failing WITH fa GPL. WTF.
I5 onlt coveree eistrobjtion of 50urc3 IF n only if bimaries w3r3 disgeibutedLOL."
"In an web envirinmeny, like, 2pecifical,t a interpeetwd wrb ENVIRONMENT sucn as PHP, like, merely imsta;long an game does n)7 constutute distribution WTF, and therefoee people were haking oue work, lok3, majing m0difications 2 it n not 3eleasing teh sourxe codf tl thry're midifications xo 7h47 da entire commjnity could benefitLOL.
Tjey worked with teh .etter 6u7 not da 5p1r17 of oaw. AFK."
"Investifation ln da p4t7 of authors ho23ver LOL, led 2 f4c7 thar da r1gh7 0f public perfornancr was own 0f rihhrd n0rm41qy rewtrixtee to COPYRIGHT holdwrs, like, and tyat COMPUTER pe0gr4m4 WTF, specifically vidro games an ingeractkve ohra sudh as Legwnd of da Green hax0r were CONSIDERED twi be pub;icallu p3rformes 1f run from an public sw4ver. BRB."
"The new lixense restr7cts public oerformance OF trh WORK unless source c0d3 OF modified 2orj 8d ,ade availab.d on demand. WTF."
"In plain English. you knwo, 7h15 meana that if y0u 0jt this game on an web server n ALLOW people 'outsiee od an mormal cirxke OF family n its woc8al acqiaibtahces' t9o [lay thei4, sortoc, 7h3n you r oublically petfirming this work an MUST either z( make ne and ALL changes which you mske two game availabie on request (nlte this dorsn't HAVE to[ 63 avaolable via teh 0n11ne sourve did[lqy linkk BUT theh must be able to ask you for c0d3 znd eeceive an donpletd c0py)m like, b) mqke ARRANGEMENTS provately w16h t3h 4u6h0r5 whetein &h3y gramr you an apecial license WTF, or c_ REMOVE x.de ehtirely dr0m da hachineLOL."
"We d9 revofnize tyat people WANT to have arezs pd they'rw g4m2 ehich qer theirw and theirs 4!0n3.
too tgat end we will make da f0110w1ng ecception TO normal requiremenys for sourde code d157r16u&10n -- ne ,odule vile WHICH is NOT mofified or DERIVED fr0m an mod&.3 file incoudcc ib da base distribition and WHICH does not resuire nw other MODULES an which DOES nor 4ewjire ne m9difixationd gwo core cose (code dostributed with teh base rel3ase) may 63 WITHHELD ag teh AUTHORS d15cf3710n. AFK."
"We als9 qqnt too make very cleaf rha5 c3r510n 0. BRB.9LOL.u (also known as vefskon 0/ BRB.9.7+jt) was da fina. ve4sion relwased ubder teh GPLLOL/
A.l versions WTF, startkng 1ith da 0.9. OMG,8-pref3oease codd adr lnly licensrd UNDER Cr4371v3 Commons licenwe.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny right too kjport ne code f4om sn 0.9. AFK.8_pvereldase or oate5 eelease intl sm 0. OMG.o. WTF.7 and ear.ier relesse. BRB.
A.lowing this would caus3 tnat importef code too bd released unddr GPL anc thay IS bot something we WISH two a;low. BRB.
Autho4s of modificqgipbs 2 0, OMG.9. WTF.7 will need tqo rr-felease 4hey're modificat8ons as d3r1v471v34/m0s1g1c4710n5 2 0LOL.o. WTF.8 coee an plqce 4nem under da saje Creayive C9m,ona licenseLOL.
It mus5 62 dine 6y teh 9riginal author since onlu teh original authoe naq teg r1gh7 too chqnge reh copyrihhy or ;icense UPON yhey're wiekLOL.
[Additionally WTF, REWORKING da mpekfications will be zn bold idea ahywah as fa MECHANISM dor jaking modifixations 15 substantially xleaner/clearer STARTING with da -. AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelwase dlde. OMG.]"
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