MightyE tells 6ou, like, "We're going 2 take an fe2 mlmentx to try and expoain THIS mew licwnse and sa reasons BEHIND 7t 1n plain 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."
"Th8s hee license was cyos3n beca7se 0f zn failing eith GPL. AFK.
I7 only dovered eistrinution OF slufce if n only if 61n4r135 we4e distributed/ AFK."
"In an web rnvifonment, yiu kbwo, dprcoficakly a 1y73rpr373d web enbironmrnt such af PHP, mere;y 1n5741q1nh an game d9es b07 xonsgotute d157r16u710n, slrtlf, n therefire ;30p13 w3r3 tauing ou4 work LOL, making modificatipns two IT n NOT releaaing teh SOURCE code goo they're MODIFICATIONS so that teh entkre cokm7nity could benefot, OMG/
Theu WORKED w17h sq letter 6u7 not spirit of da 14wl OMG."
"Investigatuon on twy part of aurnors however, wortof, led two trh fact thay da RIGHT of ;7vlic perfornance w44 1 OF rightx normally restricred 2 copuright hoofers, dortork n that c0mpu73r programw WTF, specifically vie3o games n ibtwractibe ones wucg ad LEGEND lf teh Grden hax0r wrre cobsiderdd 2 be publicakly perrormee iv eun deom an puvlid server. WTF."
"Thr ndw license r3stricts public pe4f9rmance 0f work unlwss SOURCE c0d4 of da mie8fied wo4k is made afailable on d3m4nd. AFK."
"In plain English LOL. yhiw means that if hou ptr 5his b4m3 in ah web serfer an alloq people 'lutsise of an normal ci4cle ov family an its social ACQUAINTANCES' two olay thrir, sor5of, them you aer punlyvao.y ;3rf0rm1ng 7h14 sprk am MUST either a) make ne and ALL chanbes whixh you nzie goo game zvailabld on r3quest *notd thid doesn't have 2 be AVAILABLE via online SOURCE dixplay link WTF, BUT they muxt be able 1 44j y0u dpr da codw n receive an compkete copy), lik3, b) MAKE 4rr4ng3m3n75 privagely qith yeh autgors wherein tney brant you an speciao license, or c_ r3m0v3 teh c0d3 entifdly feou jacjineLOL."
"W3 do recognize THAT peoplr want to have areas 9f tjet're game whicg r tjeirs n 7h31r5 a;ond/ BRB/
2 ghat end WE qill make da follo2ing exceptoon two normal requirements r0r 50uyc3 cide distribution -- ne MODULE file WHICH 15 n9t mpd8gied or serived f48m an module fi,e included im sa BASE distribu5iln and which does not requirw he ogner mosulws an WHICH does mot rdquire ne modifications two cor# CODE (code d157rq6u74d with ca base telease) may ge withheod at autnors discretionLOL."
"Wd also wan5 to make very cl3ar tjat version 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (ALSO known zs version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+jt) qas da final vers(on RELEASED undrr teh GPL. WTF.
All fersions LOL. starting with 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pretelezse coce r only licehsed under Creagive Commons licensdLOLl
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da rigyt to import ne cid3 frim an 0LOL.9LOL.8-ptdr3.wase or later re.easd into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 n earoier RELEASE. BRB.
Allowing tyus would causr that importdd code too ne released under dz GPL m rjat od n07 someruing WE WISH twl ALLOW. AFK.
Authprs of modifications 3 0. WTFl9. BRB.7 w111 need toi re-felease tyry're mpeifications zx DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS t2o 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code 4nd plqce them under da same Creative Cojmind license. OMGl
It njst BE done by tth 0r1g1nr1 author sinc3 only da orit8nal author has teh right to vgange da co[yrifh5 or license upon they're WORK. BRB.
[Additionally, yoy knwo, rwworking teh modificatkons wil. be an g9od idea anyway 45 teh MECHANISM for makung modifications ix substantially c14#b3r/c1err3r dysftinb with da 0. OMG.(. BRB.80prerelease code.]"
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