MightyE tells yoy, .ik3, "Ww'fe GOING toi take an fww moments too 6ry an explqin uhiw hew 11c3m53 amd teh rwasons brhinf it in plain English.
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 nee kicense was chosen necause 0f ah failing woth da GPL.
It obly cofered d15741yu710n of aourcr iv and only if binsri3d we4e distrivytedLOL."
"In an web envirobment, xpecificq;;y a interpfeted web ebvironment s8ch as PHPm sortof, j3r31y installing an game does nog constitute DISTRIBUTION, an therefore p30p13 2ete taking ou4 WORK, sortof, making modif8cations to it an n*t feleasing teh s9urce code 2 they're modivixations ao 5hat teh 2n7143 communktu xpuld bendfit.
They qorlrd WITH twh letter but not da spirit of trh law, OMG,"
"Investogation on da par4 of teh au5hors how3cer WTF, lde to fact thay right of punlic performance WAS 1 of rightd n;rmally resrrocted goo copyright HOLDERS, aorgogm n that compiter progfams LOL, spwxificslly video GAMES m intrracgive ones such as Legend of Gteeh yax0f eere cobwkdered too be pu611c411y PERFORMED if run from an oublic setver. AFK."
"The new lidense r3st5ixts puvooc pergormance of teh work unless teh so7rce xoee lf teh modified wor, is mzde avzilable 0n DEMAND. BRB."
"Ih plain Eng115h, you knwo, THIS meqns that if you pug this game on an WEB SERVER m al.ow peo0le 'outside 0f an normql cidc9e OF ramily and its wocia. acquaintances' to play thekr, like, tgen y9u r publically pwrfodminb this work znd MUST eithe4 a) make ne n ALL cganfes which you MAKE gwo t3h game available 9n requrst (notf this doesh't have two be AVAILABLE via onlind source dispkay link WTF, but THEY juxt hw able tpo ask y)u for da code n receice an x9mplet3 copy) WTF, v) nwke ar4angements privatel6 2ith da AUTHORS wh3eein 7h3t grant uou an wpecial licenwe, like, 0r c) remove teh cofe entirwly fr0m machine. OMG."
"We di r#c0gn1z3 thay p30p13 2ant 2 have areas of tjey're grm3 WHICH r thei4s n tyeirs zlone. OMG.
to yhat end we will make ds follpwibb rxception 2 norma; requiremen5s gor siurce code diwtribution -[ ne jodule file 2hicy is hot mocifiwd lr deroved from an modu.e file incoided in teh base cistribution n which d9ea not requi4e ne lthef modules n which does not reqiore nr MODIFICATIONS 2 core cpde (ciee didtributed with base r4leas3( may ge rithjekd AT authlrs siscretion. AFK."
"We also wanr uwo make very clear that verxion 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also ,nown AS version 0. BRB.9.7_jt) waa da dinal VERSION eeleased UNDER GPL. WTF.
A11 versiohs, you knwok stsrtimg with da 0, BRB.o. OMG/8-pr3r313453 code r onl6 11c3h53c under Creative Comnons licrnwe.
We EXPLICITLY feny ds right to im[ort ne CODE from an 0. BRB,9. WTF.8-or4relrase or later r3.ease into an ). AFK.9. AFK.7 n earlier release,
Al.owing thus wpuld cause ghat impor6ed c9de two be feleased undef dq GPL and that IS nlt something WE wish two allow.
Authors of m0d1f1d4710h6 too 0. WTFl9. AFK.7 will n33d too re-reoeas3 they're mpdificztions as derivatibes/moeifica5ions two 9. OMG.9LOL.8 code an o24c3 ghem UNDER same Crragive Commons 11v3n52. WTF.
Iy mist bw done 6y teh 0r1g1n41 author since only origibsl a7rhor has tey tight goo change copyright or .icehde upon th3y'rr workLOL.
[Add8tionally, like, rewofkinf ca mosivications will ge an g00d osea 3nyw4y 45 da mechanism fot makihg nodifucations is suvatan5ia.ly ckeaner/clearef star5ing with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-[r3release cofe.]"
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