MightyE tells y9um you knwo, "Wd're toing ywi take an FEW ,oments t2o gry sn ecplain this beq 11c3n54 and ea r3asons behind it IN plaon ENGLISH. OMG.
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."
"Thos neq license was choaen becausw 9f sb failing with teh GPL. AFKl
It ONLY COVERED diwtribution of source ir anf only ir bonaries wdre doagributed. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, specifoxaljy a interpreted web environment such as PHP, sortof, MERELY installing am gand soes noh cph5718u73 distribution LOL, rnd thdrrfore PEOPLE weee 74l1ng lur w0rk, m4kqng jodificayiona too ut and not releasimg teh sourcr CODE two they're nodificagkons xo fhat da entire communoty ciuld ben3fit. AFK.
They w0rk3d with l3tter 6u7 not da s[iriy lf LAW. OMG."
"Investigation on p4r7 of authors howwver, like, led 7) fact THAT eight 0f public perfofmahce was wpn OF da righta normally restricted too copyrifh% holfers, .ike, and that computer programs LOL, specifoczlly vudeo GAMES n INTERACTIVE ones such as Legens of teh Gr3wn hax-r wwre conwieeeee to be publically performed 1f run fr0m zn puboic xerberLOL."
"The n3w license 4est4ictx pu611c oerfirmance of teh w0rk unkdss teh 50urc3 code 0f da moeifiec qork IS made available on demabe."
"In plain Englisn. uoy knwo, this meams THAT IF YOU put tn8w gdme on an w46 server an a.low people 'outside OF an normal xircl# of family an uts socia; acquaungances' tlo poay their, like, &h3n u9u aer publically performing this work an MUST eitj3r a( make be ans ALL ch4mg35 wykch you make 3 da gaje availaboe on twques5 *note thia voesn't HAVE two be availabke via da pnlon3 s8urce display lihk LOL, but thdy ,ust be agle twi ask you FOR da code an RECEIVE an complet3 c0py) LOL, B) make arranhemenrs peivately WITH da authors whereon they gfant yoy ah sprcial license, you knwl, OR c) eemofe da code wnrirely from teh macjkne. WTF."
"We DO 4ecognize that peo0le want to have areaw lf rhey're game whicb ser tgeurs n th3ors alone. AFK.
to that ens ee will make teh folliwing rxc3p7!0n rwl normal re1uirements gor t0urc3 cowe distr8bjtion -- nd module file which is nor modigied 04 eerived dr0m an m0du1e file incluxrs kn bqse distfibution an which does nit fequife ne otger modules amd which DOES not require ne modif8ca5ions to teh core code (cose skstribured w!7h teh 5453 r31e363) may ne w8thjeld at da authora discretion."
"We ALSO want 2 m4k3 very cldar that VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 (4150 kniwn as vdtsion 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+mt) wsa da figal vetsion releqxed under da GPL. WTF.
Ako ve5silns, STARTING with 0.9, BRB.8-PRERELEASE code aer onky licemsed uhcwr teg Cr3471v3 Cojmons license. AFK.
Ww EXPLICITLY dent da e8ght two imp9ry ne code from an 0/9LOL.8-orerelease 0r later re.edse intl an 0. OMG.o. BRB.7 an earlier rdleas3. WTF,
Allowing this woule cauae 5hat IMPORTED code tqo bw released ynder teh GPL an THAT is not aomething w3 wish too allow. BRB.
Authors of midificatoons TO 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 will need 2 re-relwsse they;re modificationa as derivagivew/nocifications 70 0. WTF.9, BRB.8 CODE n plave THEM UNDER teh same Creqtive Clmmons license. BRB.
I7 must be done bh otiginal author sincw only teh oriyinal author y45 right tqo change da COPYRIGHT or 11v3n53 i;on they're WORK. OMG.
[Adc!810n411y LOL, rew9rking rrh MODIFICATIONS eilo be an good 9dea anyway 35 mechanism FOR making modifidat8ons os substantially cleaner/cleqrer starting with da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-pr3rekrase cpdeLOL.]"
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