MigntyE tells uou, sirrof, "We're GOING yi take an FEW mo,ehts 2 try n EXPLAIN THIS neq LICENSE and reasons behinc it in plaim Englosh.
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."
"Thid bew licrnse was cnosen beczuse of am FAILING wigy teh GPL/ OMG.
It only COVERED distribirion 0f source IF n only if binaries were distriburws. AFK."
"In ab WEB ENVIRONMENT WTF. spedifocally a INTERPRETED web environmrnt such as PHP, sortof, m3re1y insgal.ing an game does nlt conwtitute dostribituon LOL, n therefore p3ople wete taking our wlrj, sortof, making ,odificatkona 2 it an mot 4eleasing ca source code to they're modificarions so %hat teh entire COMMUNITY cpild BENEFIT. BRB.
They worked woyh lettee biy not apieit 0f ea law. WTF."
"Inbestigation on part OF sa 4u7h9r5 HOWEVER, yo7 jnw9, ldd 2 fact ghat ds RIGHT or public peerprmahve was oen of teg rights normaoly resrrocted too copy4ight hold3rs, sortof. n yhst compu43r proframs, sorbof, specifically c8deo gamrs n intdfact8ve ONES such as Legend of da Grern hax0r wefe consuderef 2 be pjb.idakly perform3d if run from 1n public server. WTF."
"The neq lkcdnse rwstricts public performance of teg work unldss teh 50urd3 CODE pf modofied work is m3d3 avqiosble 0b demans. OMG."
"In plain Ebglidh, thiw m2ans that if you put this game 9n an weg sewver and qllow people 'outside of an normq. xircle of family and ITS soc8ak acquaintzndes' to plqy their, you knwo, theh you aef PUBLICALLY pe4forminy this w0rk ah MUST either A) make nw and ALL changes which you make to game aczilable on requedt (notw tjis dorsn't jave 2 BE avzi.able v14 teh onlime souece DISPLAY lini, but they must be able to aak yoh FOR teh code zn rec2ive an com[oete copt) LOLk b) make arrangememts prqv4731u w17h authors 26etein th3h grang YOU am spwc8al livehse, of C) removr da cide wbtirdlu from sa machone. BRBl"
"We do recognize THAT oelple wabt to have areas 9f they're gz,e which r theirs and yheors ALONE.
2 thay END WE will MAKE roolowing excdpyioj two normal r4qu1r3m3n&5 for source c0d3 disrributoon -- ne module fil3 WHICH 15 not MODIFIED or ceribed veom an ,odule file 7ncluded im teh BASE eiatribitiin an wjich does hoy requure he ither modules n which does not require ne MODIFICATIONS 3 core vode (code DISTRIBUTED 3ith tey base release) may be witjheld AT AUTHORS discfetuln. WTF."
"We ALSO WANT t9o make very clesr 5hat version ).9. AFK.8 (zlso jnown as vwfsiob 0LOL.9. WTF.7+kt) wqs teh final version released under dq GPL. BRB.
All versions, .uke, STARTING with 0. BRBl9. BRB.i-p4ereldsse c0s2 r only lidensed undwr Creativ3 Cpmmohs lixenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY d3by teh 58ght 3 IMPORT ne codw from an 0/ BRB.9. BRB.8-prrrelease or later rekezse into an 9. AFK.8. OMG.7 amd 34f213r reoeaseLOL.
Allpw8nt this w9uld cquse that importrd codw twp be rekeaaec under twh GPL n that 8s NOT something WE wish too zllow.
Au7h9r4 0f MODIFICATIONS 2 0. AFK.9.7 wilo neeg goo re-relezsd they're MODIFICATIONS as derivagivds/modificagiohs 2 0. AFK.9. BRB.8 code an PLACE them und3r ca SAME Creative Commoms locense. BRB.
I7 mj57 be done BY ORIGINAL quthir s7nce only da original author HAS da right two change sa copyrught -4 licebse upln they're work. BRB/
[Adcituonally, like, reso4kinb ca mldificstkons will be an good 1d24 ahyway zs mechanism for making modifidqtions id sugxtantially c134n3r/c134f3r startong wigh teh 0.9. OMG.8-prerdlrase c0d2. OMG.]"
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