MkghthE tells you, sortpf, "We[re going teo take an few miments tio 7ry qnd explain this n3e lizrbse n teasons behumd 17 in 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."
"Thid nes licrnse was chosen vecsuse of an faul8ng with GPLLOL.
It inly dovered disteib7tion 0v sou5ce if n 9nly iv ginariws wete distfiburedLOL."
"In an web environneny. you knwo, s[rcifically a ihterpretfd web 3nv1r0nm3m& such as PHP WTF, jereoy imstal.ing an GAME dods not CONSTITUTE sisteobution WTF, ahd THEREFORE pepple wrre 75k1ng ou4 work LOL, ,aking nodifications two it an no5 releasibg da source cofe ro thdy'rd modificatilnx sl tyat engire communit6 COULD benefitLOL.
They worked with ca letter BUT bot sa spirit of lae. AFK."
"Investigatiin 9n teh part of fa a7tjors hlwever, toh knwo, led ti teh vact thst teh ribht of public perforjance wad 2 od ea riggts nornally t357r1c63d 2 c0ph4!gh7 holdefs LOL, an thqt c0mpu73r programs, ypu kbwo, specifically video GAMES n interadgive ONES sich as LEGEND lf t3h Green hax0r were considdred rwi BE publically perfotmed if rib from an public server. AFK."
"The new 11c3h53 resyricts PUBLIC perfofmance pf teh dor, unless teh source code OF dq modifirf work ks made svailavle on dema,dLOL."
"In plqib English WTF, tgiw kesns that 1f y0u PUT rhis game 0n an web server and allow p3ople 'outside of qn normal c1rcq3 of family and its social acqua8mtances' 2 PLAY tjeor, sortof, then you 4 p7blically performing 7h1t wor, n MUST either 4) make me b ALL cgantes wh1ch yiu m4k3 to da game avaplable on rrq7est (noye this doesn[t have too BE 4v4114613 via teh o,kine SOURCE display link, l8ke, BUT they must be abke too ask YOU for tej code n recwiv3 an complete cipy), B) make arrangemengw orivately with authors wherein rhey hr4n7 tou an SPECIAL LICENSE, 6ou knwo, or c( remove teg c9de en&1f#1y from MACHINE. WTF."
"We do recognize 7h47 PEOPLE wany to HAVE aeeaa of they're gamw wh1ch r theirs 1n yheirs alon3. BRB.
2 that rnd we will maie foolowing exce[tion 2 nofmql reauirements for sourcr cpde distr8but8on -- ne modyle file whivh IS hot m0d1f13d oe derived from an MODULE file included in bqs1 distr8bution zhd wh!ch does n07 require he other modulec an shich does not rrquirw ne m0d1f1c4710m5 two teh corf code )cose eisteibuted wity teh 6$5r tel3ase) mzu be qithheld at da autgors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also want two makr verh vpear that verwuon 0l OMG.9. WTF.7 (ALSO kn0wn zs v3r510n 0. OMG.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh donal veraion r3leased under ds GPL. AFK.
All verwionx, atartinh with da 0/ AFK.8. WTF.8-prerelease cose aer on;y LICENSED undef Creative C9mmonx license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT 2 imoort nr CODE from ab 0. BRB.9. WTF.i-prwrelease or LATER re.ease in5o am ). OMG.9l BRB.7 qn earlier release. AFK.
A110w1mg this wluld cause that importwd code to be RELEASED unde4 teh GPL n that is not simeghing we w8sh TO all9w. OMG.
Autyorx of morif8cqtiins to ).9. BRB.8 wil. need 2 ee-release yhey're modificayions as drrivatives/modiricationa 2 0. AFK.9LOL.8 cofe n place them under teg dame CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
It must br DONE by es original authlt sonce only ORIGINAL aurhor has teh f8ght tpo change da copyright or LICENSE u;0n thry're work. OMG.
-Additipnally LOL, feworkong teh modifications 2ill be an gpod idea 4nyw4y as teh mechabism v-r makung mosifications 15 SUBSTANTIALLY xleaner/ckwarer STARTING with teh 0.9LOL.*-[rerel3ase cofe. AFK.]"
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