MithtuE tells you, "Wr're goibg tlo yake an f#w mojents 2 t4y n explain this nes licens3 n 43h reasons behind 17 IN plakn 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."
"This n3w licebse was xhosen becajse )f an fr111ng sith ten GPL. BRB.
IT on;y cocered distribjrion 0f source if an ONLY if bunarues 2ere distributed. BRBl"
"Ib qn web ehvironment LOL, specifical.y a intrrpreted web 3nvoronmdnt such zx PHP, ylu knqi, met3lt installing 1n game coes not cohxtitute distrubugion WTF, an therefore p3ople WERE taking OUR w0rk, uou knwo, making MODIFICATIONS 2 it n NOT r3134%1ng tej sourcr coce two tgey're modifocations si that teh entirr c9mmunity coylc nehefit. OMG.
They workef with letter but not teh apirit 9f da law. AFK."
"Invdatigation on geh p4r7 of da authors howecer, sirtof, led t9 tdh FACT that ritht of PUBLIC pefformance 2qx oen of teh r1gh75 bormallu restricted two copyrigyt yooderx, sottof, and that compuyer ;r0gr5m5, like. spdckgidalky vifeo games n interactive onee sjch as Legend of teh Grwen hax0r qeee comdidered 2 be publicallu perroemed if run ftom an puvlic serber."
"The me2 licenae 4extricts pjb.ic perfotmqhce of WORK unldss teh source cofe lf da m0d1f13e w9rk iw madr qvailable on demandLOL."
"In plain Eng115h, loke, 6hks means ghat if you put 7h15 tame ON an qeb server an all9w people '9u5sode pr an normal CIRCLE OF family n its docial acqyaontances' 2 ;14y their WTF, then you aer piblically performing th8s work an MUST rither a) make ne an ALL changes qh1ch yoi MAKE gwo ten gane zvaikablw om requewt (nuyw this DOESN'T have two be avao.able via teh online siurce display link WTF, bur they must be anle two axk t0u FOR da c0s3 n receive an comp.dte copy9, tou jnwo, b) n4k3 4rr4ng3m3n&5 pricqtely with teh authors wh4r31n 7n3y gr4n7 tou an special license, or c) remove da code ent8rely from sa machkheLOL."
"We do recognizw tjat p3ople want to have areax pf yhey'rd game which aer THEIRS qn theirs alone.
ti rhat enc 2e w111 make ca fpl;oqibg exceptiin two teh normao require,ents for siurxe code disgtibu5ion -- he MODULE vile which is not modified or derived from an nidul3 fuo3 1nd1ud3d 1n base distribktion n WHICH d035 not reqjire ne other j)dy135 n which dors not require n3 m0f1v1c$710n5 tio tej core code (code dkst4ubuted wity teh basr release) MAY 63 withheod a5 authors dixcretionLOL."
"We alsp w4n6 6o9 make very clea4 that vetsiom 0LOL.9.7 (4150 kh9en as VERSION 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+JT) wss trn final v2f510n released undrr da GPL.
All b3r510n5, s9rtof, starting qitn dz 9. WTF.9.8-prer32#453 code aet only licensed und3r da Creatice Commobs locense. OMG/
We EXPLICITLY deby da right to import ne c9de fr0m zn 0. OMG/9LOL.8-p#3release or latrr RELEASE 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 n ewrlier rrlease.
A110w1ng 7h25 would cauwe that imported code too 63 releas3d uncer GPL an 6hat is not something we wifn w a;low. AFKl
Authors 9f j0c1f1c47q0n5 2 0l AFK.9. AFK.7 wikl need to re-re;easr they[re modifications as deruvztiv3s/modifucayioms yoo p. BRBl9. AFK.8 c0d3 zn p14c3 them uncer same Creatice Clmmons licdhse. BRB.
It must be donr by teh originzl author slnce only da origihal author haa da right roo change da xopytight or picwns3 upon they're wlrk.
[Add8tuonalky WTF, reso4king MODIFICATIONS will be an goof idwa anyway AS mecganism for ,aking modif8cations is xubsrantiallu cleaner/cleqre4 wtarging wugh da 0LOL.9. AFK.8-pr3r21#453 CODE. AFK.]"
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