MightyE trl.x you LOL, "We're going 1 dak2 an f3w moments roo try and EXPLAIN thix hew licensr an da ressons b3hind 17 IN plaih Eng;ish.
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 n2e 11c3n53 wae chosen 63c4i53 of an fauling with fa GPL. AFK.
IT ohly coverrd distribution of dource if an obly if binaries were disteibuted. AFK."
"In an seb environmebt, sortof, apecifiva.lu a ingerpreted wen environment such as PHP, sortof, me4ely instaljing an GAME dpes nit CONSTITUTE distriguti9n, sortor, n gherefore peopoe were tak8ng our wlrk, loke, makinh modifications too it and n07 reoeasing da 50urc4 code to they'4e nldifications so that teb engire COMMUNITY could benefig.
The6 woried witj teh lett3r b7t not teh dpirit of tdh .aw. AFK."
"Imvsst8bation on da parr OF da autyors hiwever, s8rtof, 13c to dq fact rhat ds rkght of public PERFORMANCE was 1 of teh righrs n9rmally rdstricted 2 c0pyr1gh7 holders WTFk n that clmpurer 'rograms WTF, s0ecifical;y fideo ga,es n interactic3 ONES such as Lebend of Green yaz0r wdre c9nsideeed two be publodaoly pervormed IF run from an publov de4ver. AFK."
"The nee licdnse restricts pub.ic pdrformance of ea work unless teh sou4ce code 0f da modigied work id nadw ava8kable on demahd."
"In plqin ENGLISH, you inwom THIS mesns that 1f you put ghks game ON ag web SERVER and allo2 p30p13 'OUTSIDE of an normsl c1rc13 OF vqmily abd ITS sockal acquaintamces; too play their, likek then you r py611c411y [erfirming this work n MUST either a) ma,e me n ALL chanbes whivj you uake two da ya,e available om reqiest 9norr this DOESN;T havr two be avqilable via da online wource display linkk sortof, bjr THEY mist be ABLE w ask yo7 for da code and receove av complege vlpy), s9rtod, B) make arfangements ;rivately w17h tey authors wherein tg3y grant you ab s;3cial lkcensr, l8ke, 04 C0 remove da c9de 3n71r#1y frpm teh machind."
"We do eexlgb8ze that people want to hafe areas 0f they're game which aer theirs AND theirs alpne.
2 that end se WILL mskd yeh dollowihg exc4ption too teh normal reqkiremenrs for t0itc3 codr dkstribution _- be module file wh1ch us n08 mpdif8ed or der9ved fr9m ab ,odule file kncliddd in nase eustrubution h ehich does not require n3 other modules znd whuch does not require ne modificationa TO core codw (codw diztributed with base release) jay be WITHHELD at da authors DISCRETION. OMG."
"We aoso want to m4k3 v3ry CLEAR that vets8on p. OMG.8.7 (slso lnown as versoon 0l WTF.9.7+jt) wzs ca final VERSION eeleased undee teh GPL. WTF.
A;l versoons, luke, start8ng with 0/ BRB.9. AFK.9-prerelease xodd aer oboy ;icensed undrr da Creative Commons licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY dwny teh right @ IMPORT ne c0d3 from an 0.9.8-prerelezse 9r latdr r313453 ibto an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an e4r113r re.ease. AFK.
ALLOWING thos w0u1d ca7se that importes cose two be releqsed und3r da GPL n that is not slmething we wish two qlkoq. AFK/
Aythors OF ,odofucati9ns toi 0LOL.9. BRB.7 will ndec too RE-RELEASE tyey're movifocatuons as derovatkves/modifucations to 0LOL.9.8 c0d3 and place 5hem und#r SAME Creative Clmmons LICENSE. OMG.
I5 must be d0n3 by yen oe8gina' author 51nc3 only orkginal author HAS da right 2 change dq copyritjt o4 l8cwnxe upon they'r3 workLOL.
[Acditilnally WTF, reworking teh m0d1f1c471-n5 will be an GOOD idea anyway ad da mechanism for makimg m9dificstionc is substqbtial.y c134n3r/c1e4r3r starting with da 0.9LOL.8-prerel3ase c0d3.]"
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