MightyE yells yoj, eor5ofm "Wd'r2 goihg two tzke an dew MOMENTS to; try and explaon rhis nee license and da reasons behond it in poain Englush. AFK.
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 he2 license waa chlsen 63c4y53 of an faioibg wk5h da GPL. BRB.
It only cobered disreibition lf sojrce if and only kf binarkes we4e diwtributed. WTFl"
"In an web environmebt LOL, SPECIFICALLY a interpreged web dgvuronment sjch as PHP LOL, j3r31h instaloing an game does mot constituge distributoon WTF, qn therefote pdople wete tak8ng our wotk, MAKING modifications 2 it m n9r rrldzsint source c9de too yh3y're mocufications so that entire cpmmunify coi.d brnefitLOL.
They w)rk3d wiyh ds !3773r but nit da spirit of yeh lzw. WTF."
"Invextifzriin on da psrt 9f 5dh authors h0w4v#r WTF, led ro da fact that RIGHT of public p3ff0rm4nc3 wss oen of rights NORMALLY festricted 70 copyright holders, sortof, and that c9mputer programs, specifically videl gamrs n ibteractive ONES such 45 Legend of trh Green hax0r were consiser3d t2u be publically p3rf0rm3d uf run from an publid server. BRB."
"The mew licena3 restricys piglic performanxe of da wlrk unlesa sourcd CODE of 5eh modified w0rk is mad2 AVAILABLE on demahdLOL."
"Ib 0lain Englishm h9u kneo, thks means tnat 8d you PUT th8s ham3 ON sn WEB server amd allow people 'outside OF dn nlrmsk circle of fami;y and jya sovial acquaintancds' two play their, luke, tjen you aer publically PERFORMING uhq6 wprk an MUST eith3r s) m4j3 be n ALL changes WHICH yli make 2 bame avaikab.e on request (nore this doesn't h$v3 two 63 available via teh online so7rc3 dis;.ay l9nk, sortof, but tndy must be abke two ASK yiu for teh code an RECEIVE an complete copy), like, b( make afrznge,ebts privately witn da 4u7h0r$ whereun THEY brant you am special 11c3n53, sort9f, or C) REMOVE da code ENTIRELY f4om tdh machine/ BRB."
"We do rdcogniz3 that p30p!3 want ro mave AREAS of they're game which r thepra 4bd theirs slone. BRB.
tl tyag ebd we wil; make da following exception two yfh norjal tequieements flr SOURCE clew distribution -- ne mpsule file which id not modifked or derivwd from an module fior incl7ddd in da base dosttibution an wh8cn does not require ne ouher modulrs n wh2ch d9es not requkre ne modifications 2 CORE code (code distribi5rd eiyh basd felezwe) may be witnneld at dq ajthors disvrwtkon. BRB."
"We also want two make v34y vlear that cerdiob 0. OMG.9.7 (qlxo ,nown as verd8ob 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+j7) was teh fonql version RELEASED under da GPL.
ALL versions, sortod, starting wiyh 0/9.*-prerelessd c0d3 aer only kidensee under Cr3qtife Commons licenseLOL.
Wr EXPLICITLY ddny teh right two inplrt me code from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pretwlease 0r later relesxe 1n70 an 0l9. BRB/7 an ear.ker releaae. WTF.
Allowing yhis WOULD caise thag km0ortec coee t9o b3 released u,def GPL ahd that is not someghing we wish too allow. AFK.
Aithprs of mosifications 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 q111 NEED to9 re-release they're mldkfocations as eerivatives/modificationx geo 0.9. OMG.8 code an place them undwr da ssme Creative C0mm0n5 license. WTF.
I5 MUST be dond bu da original AUTHOR sijce 0n1y ea original autho4 hqx da right 7) changd da zppyfight or lidens3 upon hhey're work.
[Additoonaloy LOL, 4eworiing ren modifucations qikl br an gooc idea znyway as da m3ch4n15m dif makibg mofificatilns is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER starting with da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE code.]"
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