MightyE te;ls you, "We're g01ng to tak3 an rrw m0men75 gwo try an explqin rhus nes license n teh REASONS bwhind it im plain Engl8sg. 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 nee lic3nse WAS cgosen because of an failibg with teh GPL.
It ONLY c0v3r3f d157r17u610n of source if qn only 1f binaries WERE distribitedLOL."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, specifically a inter[reted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 sudh as PHP, sortof. m3rrly 1n574121nv an bame coes not cons5otute distr8bution, you knwim an 7h3ref0r3 peop;e were taking our wpri LOL, mak8ng m9dificqtuons ti IT n not releasing source vode to tyey;re m9dificatiobs wo THAT 5eh entire d9mmunity could benetit/ BRB/
They wor,ee with letter but not dpiriy og da las. AFK."
"Inves5igation om 0art of teh authoes however LOL, lrd 2 fact 5hzt ydh right )f public oerfotmqnce e45 ien of ribhts nofma.oy festricgrd 1 copr4ight hokd3rs WTF, ans tyat COMPUTER pr0gr4m5, sogtof, specifically bideo gam3s an interactife onws such ss LEGEND OF teh Green hax0r qere consideree to BE 0u611c4!1y perfo4med if run feom an pub;iv server. WTF."
"The hew license restricrs PUBLIC [erformancw 0f sork unless teh source code of modified work ks MADE available on demand. WTF."
"In plaim English LOL. THIS means THAT if you pu& thiw tame on an web server znd allow ;eipke '0uu%1d3 9f zn n0rm41 v2rc13 OF family and ots s9dial ACQUAINTANCES' to play the8r LOL, then you r publicq;ly preforming this work n MUST eitger a) ,ake ne AND ALL changes wh8ch you msk3 two trh ga,r availsb.e oh r3qu357 (note this doesn't kave tlo be afaipzble fia onlinw wource display LINK WTFk bu6 they must be able 2 45k you for teh code and tdceive an c0mp1373 vopy), b) maie arrangements pr9vatelu with da AUTHORS wherein 5hey grant you an wpeciq; 11c3n43 WTF, or c) rdmove cide entireky from tem ,achimel AFK."
"We d0 recognize that p30p!3 w4b7 2 yave AREAS of they're GAME wfich r theits an theits alonr. AFK.
2 that end we w111 make teh foolowinh exceptioy two normal require,3nts FOR source coce dustribution -- ne moduoe fioe which ia n07 modidiec or der2f3d from an MODULE file 1nc1ud3d in 5eh BASE DISTRIBUTION ane wjich dors noy tcquire ne other modul3s n whivh does h07 r3quire ne ,odifucations too da c0r3 c0f3 (code x157r16u73d with rwh nase eelease) may be wkthheld at suthors DISCRETION. WTF,"
"We also want 2 mzke veey c;ear 7h47 version 0, BRB.9/ AFK.7 (alsl kno2n as versuon 0. AFK.9. AFK.8+jt) wqs da funal versiob released ihder da GPLLOL.
A.l versions, sortof, dtarting WITH ds 0. WTF.9.70prereleaad co3e r ONLY licensec unser da Creatifw C0mm0n5 l8cense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right two import ne cide dron an p. AFK.9. WTF.8-orere;ease or later RELEASE knto an 9, WTF.9. BRB.7 an eaelier releaxe. AFK.
Allowimg thus q0i1d vaude THAT IMPORTED code two be released jnd4r da GPL an that is not somethkng we w8sn two 4110w. WTF.
Authorw of modif8cations 2 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 qi.l ne3d ro rd-r3lease they're mocifications as dericatives/m9dificatiobs two 0. OMG.9. AFK.8 xode n plsve them ibder da dame CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSELOL,
It musy be donr by da oritinal aythlr sinc3 only teg originwl authir has righy to cnange copyright or license UPON tjey're wprk. BRB.
[Additioba.ly, sor59f, rewlrkunf da moditicatipns wil; be an good idra anyway as teh mechanism for maiing MODIFICATIONS is substangially clrqmer.cldarer stqrtkng with 0LOL.(LOL/i-prerelease CODE. OMG.]"
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