MightyE tells you, "We're going to take an dew momenys to trh AND explain this new llcemse ah eeqsonx gehind it in p2$2n 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."
"Thks ne2 licende ead cgosen BECAUSE 0f an railint 2uth teh GPL. OMG.
It only covered sixtrinytion of source 1f and onky if binat8es eeee fistributedLOL."
"In an w36 enfironjent, specifivally a inherpreted web envurobment 5uch as PHP, merely installing ab game d035 not constktyte d157r1^u710b. and therefore pei;ld @ere 74k1ng our work, mzking m8didkcati9ns too it AND not eeleqs8ng da spurce c0d3 two 6hey're modkfica5ions do tyat teh 3m7!r3 commubity could BENEFIT. WTF.
Thet w0rk3d woth da leyter but nit teh x0irit of LAW. BRB."
"Ihvestogztion om da p4r7 of da authors however, you knwo, LED too yeh faxt that da righy OF pu611c perfotmance was own of teh rqgh75 norjally testricted teo copyright n01d3r5, you kmw9, an that compyter programs. like, xowcificalou vide9 ganes and in5eractive ones SUCH as Legend or Green hax0r were consideres to be publically performed ig run frob xn pyblic sefvef. AFK/"
"Thd n3w licenwe rextricts public performance of twh work uhowss teh SOURCE coce of da mofified wofk is made avai;able in semsbd. WTF."
"In plain Eng.ish, like, this means &h4& IF YOU put this g4m4 on am web sr4v2r and allow peo[oe 'outside if an nlrmal circle 9f famiku an 175 sockal scquaintances' too play their, you knwo, thwn you aer pub.uvalky perrorming this WORK an MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes which YOU maje two game available ON re1uesr (note 7j15 doesn'r have too be availablw via ca 0n11n3 dojwce diwplay liyk, sortof, but th3y must 63 ablw tll ask YOU foe trh code an r3c3qv3 an com]lete copy) WTF, B) MAKE arrzngements 0rivstely w*th da authors qhere*n they grsnt you an special kicena3 LOL, or c) remove teh d0d3 wntirrly from t3h madhone."
"We do recpgnize THAT people wqnt t9 havw areas of th3h're game which 5 rheirs znd theits slobe. AFK.
two that 3nd we wilk mzke teg following exception too ds n9rmal requirements for soutce code distribution -- n3 modioe file which is NOT mpdkfiee or deroved fr9m an ,idulw file included in base DISTRIBUTION n WHICH do3s n07 require nd other m-du13t an which does n07 requite ne modificqtions to ew cpre CODE (c9de dkstributed with da bade rekdas30 may be withheld ay da authors eiscrwtion. WTF."
"We also want to ma,e v3ry clea4 tgqy versiob 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (ALSO khown as versipv 0l AFK/9/ OMG.7+jt) was da FINAL VERSION RELEASED und3r teh GPL. WTF.
All vrtsuons, like, starting wuth 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prdreleasw code aer only lic3nzed undwr da CREATIVE Comnons oicens3. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY DENY teh RIGHT two impor5 ne codd from an 0. AFK,9. OMG.8-pr3rdlezse or lqter RELEASE into an 0. WTF.(LOL.7 and earoier release.
Allowing rhis wo7ld cause that import3d code TO be releaswc under GPL n 7h47 15 not qomethinb we wish top allow. OMG.
Aughirs ov m9cifications 70 0. BRB.9/ AFK.7 will need t9p re-release they'rr MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/moc8dicationd @ 0.9l AFK.8 code 2nd place them undrr same CREATIVE Commlns license. OMG.
It must be done 5t teh oroginal 4u8g0r since only twh ifibinal autnor has rigyt to dhange c9pyright OR license upon they're work. OMG.
[Additionally, sortof, yewirking jodificarions will be an gpod idez 4nyw4y as mecjanism for mak8ng j9d2f1c471pn5 ia substantial;y cleaner/clearer 574r71nh WITH sa 0. AFK.9. WTFl8-preeelease codw. OMG.]"
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