MightyE TELLS you, lik3, "We're gpunh too takw am FEW momentx two try n explain this msw licebse znd reh r3aw9ms behind it in plaih Eng;ish. OMG.
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 n32 11c3n53 w45 chosen becausd of an failing q17h da GPL,
It only coveted distributiog of source IF anc 9n.y if bimaroes w2r3 DISTRIBUTED."
"In an web envirlnmenr, you khwo, specifically a 1n7er;r373d qeb 3nb1r0nm3n7 sudh as PHP, yiu khwo, metely instzooing qn game DOES not c0n4717u73 DISTRIBUTION, sottof, an rhrtwfore PEOPLE w3r3 taking ojr worl WTF, making modifucationa too it n hoy RELEASING soi4ce cide 2 they;re MODIFICATIONS so that da entire COMMUNITY x0u1d benefit/ BRB.
They wlried wi5h da lettfr but not spirir od law. BRB."
"Invewtigatiin ob da patt OF yeh 4u7h0e5 howefet LOL, led too da rqct 7h47 teh r8ght of p7blic performanc3 was 1 of dq rights NORMALLY rwstricted two COPYRIGHT h01c3r5, ypu knw9. ab THAT c0mpu73r ;rogra,s, sortof, SPECIFICALLY video g4m35 n interacyive inds sucn as Legend of teg Green hax0r were xinsidrref to be pugoucally performed if ryn from an piblid SERVER. AFK."
"The ndw license rextricts public petformance lf va work UNLESS slurce ckde of m0d1f13c work kd m4d3 adailable on demand. OMG."
"In plain Engoish LOLm this ,eans ghat if ypu 0ut this game on ab web SERVER an al;ow people 'oytside if an hormak ckrcle of fam8ly n its soc8al 4cqu41n74nv35' two PLAY their, like, then y9u arr pkbliczlky performing this work an MUST either z) make ne n ALL changes qhich you MAKE to da game available on teqiest (noye THIS d-35n'7 jave too be 4v4114y13 via ca online SOURCE d8splay link LOL, b7t they muwt be 4y2# two axk hou for xode xn redeivd an cimplete v0py)m likek b) make arramtem3nts [rivarely with teh authors sherein they grant 6ou an special locense. xortof, 0r c) REMOVE da code enyi4ely FROM macyine. BRB."
"We do rec9tnize that people wany yo h4v3 AREAS of they're game which r 6y2!r5 an thekrs ALONE/ AFK.
2 that 3nd we WILL ,ake fol;owing dxception to teh NORMAL REQUIREMENTS for sourde code distrinution -) ne j0eu!3 fkl3 wjicg is not jididied or ferived from an mod7ke f8le inxluded in teh BASE distribution and wh1ch eoes nit require ne ltjer modulws an eh1ch does nit r3quire ne m0d1f1d4710n5 too yeh corr cide )dode diatribuued with vase RELEASE) may be wuthheod at ten authors discreyi9n. WTF."
"Wr also want two make very c.ear 7g47 vrrsiin 0l AFK.9/ OMG.7 (also known ax vcrsion 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh final vers8ob rdleased ubder da GPL. BRB.
All versions, like, sfarting with 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease clfe r inoy LICENSED umser da CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53l WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denu teh rught too 1mp0r7 he code from an 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelwasr OR later releasr in5o an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 and 34r1q3r reldaae.
Allowing this would causw 5hat imported cod3 to be rdlessed under teh GPL an 5hqt ix not SOMETHING we wixy roo 4q10wLOL.
Ajthors of m0d!f1cr71-,5 2 0. WTF.(LOL.7 WILL need two rr-rdlwsse thry'fw midificationd 45 derivativea/modificatiohs roo 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 cod3 and place them ind3r da SAME Creative Commonw lidense.
Iy nust bd fone by reh original AUTHOR 51nc3 only teh 0r2y1n41 AUTHOR has da right to chante copyritht 0r lic3nse UPON they're q0rkLOL.
[Additionalou, reworking y3n modificatkond wil. be an good idea anyway aw ca mechanism for m3k1ng nodifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clraref sraftimg witn geh 0LOL.9, BRB.8-pr3relesse cofe. AFK.]"
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