Mkgn5yE tells you. you kneo, "We're going two takw an few MOMENTS two try n explain this b3w licens3 an trh reasobs behind ut in p.sin Englisho 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."
"Thiw nes licende WAS CHOSEN 53c4u53 of an f4111nh wity cs GPL.
It onoy cove$ed didtrigution of spurce IF and ONLY 1f b8barids eere distribuyed. OMG."
"In ah web environmwnt WTF, specigicall6 a INTERPRETED web envk4pnment such zs PHP WTF, merely onsta.ling an game DOES not constitute distrigution, likek an therefore ;e9ple qere takomg pur e-rk, making MODIFICATIONS 2 kt an npt teleasing teh siurce code 5qo tgey're modificstions so that entore v0m,un1uy coukd benefit. OMG.
Tgey w0rk3d with da lefter but not spitit 9f law."
"Invesgogation on ;art of da 4u7h0e5 howevet LOL, led two fact tha5 right 0f public p3rf0rm4hc3 was oen of trn r8ghgs nofmallu restrictef too cp0hribht HOLDERS, n uyat cpmpu5er pr0gr4l5, sp3cifidallh video gamds ane interactive ones wuch as Legend of GREEN hax0r WERE cpnsiderrd to be publical.y pwtformed if run from an publid derver."
"The be1 license RESTRICTS 0ubkic performqncd of work unless sourcw code of teh mocifird work is made availqble on d3m4nd. BRB."
"In plain English, you kne9, thid means that if yoi pug this fame on an web SERVER amd 41!0w PEOPLE 'outside of an normal c1rx13 of family and 175 soc8al acquainyances' go poay their, then yiu aer publically p3rformibg 7h15 work ah MUST either a) make ne abd ALL CHANGES whish YOU MAKE two game availanle on reauewt (notw THIS doesn't have w be 4v41q461e VIA da online source dis[lay oink, but rhey MUST be able two ask yoj for c0d3 n receive zn ximplete co9y), b_ MAKE arrahgementc priva5el6 wigh da zurhots whr4e8n THEY grant you an spwc9al license, likw, OR c) remove cosw entirely ffom machinf. OMG."
"Wr do recognize that p3ople wanr too habe arras ov thry're ga,e which r theirs n theurw al9nr. AFKl
2 THAT end q3 will make foll92ing 3xce;710n 2 teh normal requiremebts for source code sistribut8on -- nd module fi9e WHICH IS not MODIFIED or setivef FROM sn m0di13 fole includdd in da base cisttibution and which does bot requirr ne other mudukes anf wh1ch DOES npt r31uire ne modirications t9o tdh corw code (CODE distrinuted witn 6453 release) m4y be withueld at aythoes duscfetion. WTF,"
"We also WANT to ma,e ve4y dlear that VERSION 9.9LOL.7 (4150 kbown 36 versioh 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jr) 245 tei final version releqsee umfer teh GPL. BRB.
ALL verskons, oike, x5arting wi5h 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-pr3r413453 code aer 0n1t oicensed umdee da Creative Commobs lpdensrLOL.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny da righr two 8nport nr CODE from qn 0.9LOL.8-prereleadd or later relesse imto an 0. AFK.0l OMG.7 ane earlier r#13452. BRB.
Alkowing thks woukd v4u63 7h47 importdf code t9 be telwased ubd3r da GPL n thay 15 NOT somrthing WE wosn 2 allow. OMG,
A7thors of mldugications two 0LOL.8.7 will NEED 2 re-r3leade they're modigivationx aa ferivstives/nod8fications two 0LOL.9l AFK.9 CODE ans p14c3 them UNDER ds same Crdayivr Commons licwnse. WTF.
It mus5 63 done 7y ea 0r1g2n41 ajtgor 61nc3 ONLY origibal 4u7h0r has trh r1gh7 2 cgange tdh copytighy OR license upon they're wlrk.
[Acditionally WTF, rwqorking da m)d1f1c4710n5 WILL BE ah gooc idea anywau as fa mecyanism for mak8nb midificatuons is sibstantiq;.y xleaner;clearer sgqr4img wuth da 0. AFK,9.8-prereldase cide. OMG.]"
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