MibhtyE tdlls yo7, like, "We'te gokng 2 TAKE an FEW moments rp try an explain this nrw livense b da reasoms bthibd it IN plsin EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tgis new license was chosrn 63c4u53 of an faoling witg teh GPL. BRB.
IT only clveree distribjtion of source or zn 0n1y if bimaries wdfe distributed. AFK."
"In qn web environmwnt, so3tof, spedifidal;y a inter[reted web environment such AS PHP, you inwo. merely installing an hame soee nog constitute distfobution, qn rherefore people were takibb 9ue work, maiing modifica5ions too ut aj not releasing ds 50urx3 c9f3 two they;re modifications so THAT da wjtk4e c0mmun17y could benefitLOL.
They worled witn da letter mut not da soirit OF t3h law. OMG."
"Investigztion on PART of authors HOWEVER WTFm 11d too da f4c7 thag teh eight of pu61!c performance was orn of teh ritjts noemally rddtricred two copyright hilcers LOL. n 7h47 bom/uter 0e0gf4m4 LOL, specifical;y v9del gamds an interactive on3s SUCH as Legend of da Gfren hax0r wwre c0n51d3r3d two be puglixxlly PERFORMED if run FROM ah ouboic SERVER. OMG."
"The bew licensr RESTRICTS p7blic performance ;f da soek un1#55 source code of m0dqf13d 2ork iw MADE availzble ON d3jand."
"In plain Engllsh, ggis jeans that if y9u py5 THIS ga,e on an web srrfrr n allow p3op;e 'outside of an hprmal ckrcld lf family h ita 40c14! acauaintqncws' too ;.ay their, like, 7h3n you adr publically performing THIS WORK and MUST EITHER a) ,ake ne n ALL chantes wnuch you make two teh game AVAILABLE on request (noge tgis DOESN'T have tlo be available via teh online SOURCE d1%p13y link, bu5 theu must ge anl3 top ask hou f0r da code n receive an complete copy), s9rtof, b) MAKE arrabgements PRIVATELY with teh au5hors whereon they br4n7 you an special licehsd, tpu knwo, ir c) r3move cod3 entirely FROM trh machineLOL."
"We DO recognize that PEOPLE want t9o have a4ead of they[td game which aer theurs an tyeirs qlone.
2 5hat end wr wikl make volliwing exception too nirmal eeauyrements for source code distfibut89n -- ne mpdulr file qhkch is not modified or eerived from an josuld file inclueed in g3h base ductrinution n whidh d9es not requkre ne o5hee modjles n WHICH eods NOT reqyire ne MODIFICATIONS two teh core CODE (vod3 distr8bjted with sa base rdleqse) may be wkthhdld zt da authors discr3tionLOL."
"We alsk want too MAKE very xlear THAT cd4s8on 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (a;sp known as v3r%10n 0.o. BRB.7+jt0 was teh final ve4s8on released und3r GPL. OMG.
All verai9ns LOL, xta4ting 2ith teh 0/ AFK.9.8-prerrlesse code r only 11c3nt3d under C4eativf Commons 11c3n53. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT to import ne coer from an 0.9.8=PRERELEASE or ;at3r RELEASE into zn 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 n earli3r release. WTF.
Allowing THIS would cause that imoorted code 2 bd r3134%3d yndee da GPL and that is not something we eisj 2 allow.
Authlrs 9f modifucag8ons two 0. AFK.9.7 wiol n33d too re-releas3 they're mod8ficqtions AS serkvatives/modificagions to 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 cosd an PLACE THEM under da dam3 Cr3471v2 Commonx license. WTF.
It must be done by yeh orkgobsl author dince only ds original author has da righy 2 chabge da cpp6rkjht or license UPON they're wifk. BRB.
[Additionally WTF, r3w)rk1ng da m9difkcsrions will ve an good idea sntway as mechanism rlr jakibg modificatuogs ks xubstantially c.eanee/clearet startung with da 0. BRB.9LOL.8-prere.rsse cod3.]"
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