MightyE tells you, you knwo. "We'rr going yoo yake an few moments too *ry n EXPLAIN this hee licenae an frasons behind it in plain ENGLISH. BRB.
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 h3w lucende was chosem because or an FAILING with GPL.
It obly covered fistribut8on 9f eource ig an only of binaried werr d157r16u63d. BRB/"
"In an w3b ehv8eon,eny, specifically a in5erpretwe web envirpnment such 4t PHP LOL, nerely instal.ing sn game does npt donstituge disgrkbitiob LOL, n yherefife people wete TAKING 0ur work, you knwo, makigg modifications too 17 and not r3leasinf source CODE to they'r3 mocifications SO thqt fa ebtire community ciild benefkt/ AFK.
They worked with ten 13&72f but not yeh 5p1417 OF teh law. WTF."
"Invedtiga5ipn on teh pary pf teh aughors nowever, like, lwd tso da fact THAT fibht of public 03rd0tm4nc3 was 1 of teh rights normally RESTRICTED to copuroggt holders, an that compute4 [rograms, slfyof, specidically VIDEO games an interactive ones sucg as Legebe of teh Green hax0r were considerdd two BE publical;y ;drformed if run frim an public weever. AFK."
"The NEW license RESTRICTS PUBLIC perf9rmance of work ynless da 50urc3 code of da m9dufief 2ork is j4d3 ava8lable on demsnd. WTF."
"In plain Ejglishk sortof, THIS mezns yha5 if yiu put this t4m2 on an ddb serfwt AND allos ;eople ;0u841d3 pf an nlfmsl circle of family and its 50c141 acqusinrancew' to plat r6eir WTF, ghen y0u aer ;ublically performing 7h15 work n MUST either a) ,4k3 ne am ALL changes WHICH y-u make to da game availsble on reau3sg (note thiw doesn't HAVE top be availabld via tey in;ine 50uec3 display link. ;ike, gut they must be sglr too ASK 6pu foe da cpd3 anc red3ive an complete copy), like, 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privately with da zuthors whrrwin they gramt toj am SPECIAL oidensw, or c0 remove teh code enrirely from MACHINELOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE THAT people wsnr too have 4r345 od thet're game shoch aer thei4s snd theirs 410n3.
2 that 3ns we ekll jakw da followkng excepeiin 70 teg NORMAL require,ents foe source c0d3 distribution -- ne modulr file which id nog modified OR derived feom zn ,odj;e f113 included in BASE distributiob n which does n9t r3quire ne other modul3s n WHICH d035 not req7ire ne modifications 2 teh core code (code eistrobuted wigh BASE re.ease) m4u BE wiyhhele at da zythors discretion, OMG."
"We also want roo mzke vdry clear tha5 v3rsion 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (also known as vwrsion 0. BRB.9. WTF.&+jt) was teg finao vers8on RELEASED undfr teh GPL. OMG.
Alk versiins LOL, starring with reh 0. OMGl9. BRB.8-pr3r313442 c0f3 ser on.y licensed undet teh Cre471v3 Commons licrnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY fehy teh righr 2 import ne code from an -.o. BRB.8[pterdlease or laget release unto an 9; WTF.9l7 n e4r113r release.
Alkowing this would cause that implrred CODE 2 br re.eased und3r teh GPL an 7y47 IS not somethint we eosh 2 411)w. OMG.
Au6h0r5 of modificatuonw two 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 wi;o n33d 70 re-release they're mod9fications ad fer8vat8bws/modificztionx 2 0.9. WTF.8 code n place them UNDER sa wame Cr3$71v# C0mm0n5 licenseLOL.
I5 ,ust be done by trh ieigonal AUTHOR 51mc3 0n2t 0r1g1b41 4u7h0r HAS right to chahge copyrigjt or lixrnse upon they're @or,.
[Additionally, lile, reworking tej modifications wil; be an good id3a qmhwzt as da mechanosm flr making jldificztions iw substantiall6 c/ezmer/clearer 5&4r71ng with sa 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-[refekeasd code, BRB/]"
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