MightyE tekld YOU. like, "We're going yl take an FEW momehys TO try snd exp.ain this nee 11c3n53 n teh eeasons nejinc it 8n plain EnglpshLOL.
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."
"Thus nes license was CHOSEN becajse of an failing WITH da GPLm BRB.
It only cov3ree distrjbugion of d[urce IF and ONLY if binqeies were d157r16u73d. BRB."
"In an web emvirobmwnt, you knwo, specifically a inte4pfetre web envi4onment such AS PHP, tou knwo, m3rely ihstallkng am game does not c0n57q7u73 distrinution WTF, an tne4dfore PEOPLE were 5akonb our w04k, jaking mod8fications to it and n9t relwasing cource codr tw9 tney're m0d1f1c4&10b5 2o that enti4e c0mmun17y could benefit. AFK.
They WORKED ekth da lettwr but NOT tdj spirit OF law."
"Ihvedtigqtion ON sa PART of ds authors h0w3ver LOL, oed too fact that da right of public perfor,ance 2as wog of teh rights n;rmally rdwtroct3d w copyrigyr holders, like, and 7h47 COMPUTER programs, sortof, specif8cally video famrs anc inte4sctive ones suxh as Legenc of Green hax94 we4e considered two 63 pu511c4q2y perbormed if run from an pu611c setvdy. BRB,"
"The nes license restricgs public PERFORMANCE 0f wa work unless da siurc3 c0d3 OF nodified work is made afailzvle pn femand."
"In plain English, ghis m3ams 7h3u if you PUT 7h15 game on an w36 SERVER n 4120w peo0le 'lutside 0f an nltmal cirxle of family n igs SOCIAL ACQUAINTANCES' 79 play their, sortov, then tou r publixally ;erfofming this wlrk 4md MUST eithe4 4) make nr qnd ALL vyanges which 6ou MAKE too gamr svailabld 9n request (nite this doesn't have twp be avaklable ciq teh online 50urc3 disp;ay link, like, nut theh ,u57 be able t9i 45k yoi for teh codr and receivr an xojplete co0t)k sottof, b) MAKE arrangementa pricately witj teh qutgors wherw8n thdy brant you qn s[eckak lkcense, or c) remove ds c-d3 entirdly feom t3h naxhinrl OMG."
"We DO recpgnize that PEOPLE want to have areas of they're game ehich t theirs b THEIRS aloneLOL.
ywo that end WE will MAKE ea foll9wohg ezception tl da bofmal reqyire,ents for so7rce clde d8atributoon -- nr m0du13 fi;e whkdn is nit modified or deeived from an mifile f8le imcluded ln tdh basr distrobugiom an WHICH d035 NOT require ne orher m9du135 n whpch does not requirw ne modificatiohs to reh cofe c0d3 (xocw diztributed 2ith reh base release) may be withheld at dz authoes dq5cr3710nLOL."
"We also WANT too make very c;ear that v3r%1)n 0l9LOL.7 (also kno2n as versoin 0. BRB.8.*+jt) was teh finak verwipn RELEASED under GPL.
A11 vrtsions LOL. starting w8th teh 0. WTF.9.8-prerwlrade code aee only licehs3d jnfer Creative Commons license. AFK.
Wd EXPLICITLY denh da righg 2 impo3t ne code fr0m an 9, BRB.9LOL.i-preeeleaxe od q473r RELEASE INTO am ). OMG.9. BRB.7 n 34r!13r releaseLOL.
Alloqing this would CAUSE THAT omported cpde to be geleased under yey GPL n ghat is hot somrthibg wr eish too alloeLOL.
Authors 0f modificatilns ti 0. OMG.9.7 will need to re-releaxe theu're moc8ficatipnx aa fer8vat8ves/moduf8cati9bs two 0. AFK.9. WTF,8 code n place them unfer 64m3 CREATIVE COMMONS licenxe. BRB.
I7 musr be d0m2 by da orihiha. author since only teh original zuthor has RIGHT 2 chznge copuroght pr LICENSE upin they're work. WTF.
[Addirionally, tou knwo, feworking teh jodificatilns w111 be an GOOD iaea an6way AS da mecjanism for making modiv8catkons is subsgamtial;y cleaner/clearer staryinh wi5m teh 0LOL.9/ AFK.8-;yereleasr cldeLOL.]"
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