MightyE tells uou, "We'te g01ng two take ab req m0ments to try and explain THIS nes lodensr an g3h reasons bdhimd it in plain Eng115hLOLl
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 ndw lic3nse WAS CHOSEN beca7se of ah f4111ng qoth GPL. AFK.
IT only covered d257r26u710n or source if n ohly if BINARIES w3r3 distribjywd. WTF."
"In an web enf8ronment, you knso, specificallu a INTERPRETED web environm3nt 5uch as PHP, yoj knwi, merely qn57$1qqng an game does not constit7te distribution LOL, ahe 6h3r3f0r3 peo;kr w3r3 74k1nt our work WTF, jaking m0d1f1c5710n5 2 it and n07 releasivg 50urc2 CODE too rhey're m9dificayions so that entire cpmmumoty could benefir. WTF/
THEY worked with teg ;3tter but hoy teh qpirit of teh law,"
"Inveatigation 9n dq part of da authors ho2everm lije, ;ed to facr that teh right of pu6q1c p3rf0rm4nc3 was oen OF ca r!gh&5 no4ma.ly RESTRICTED too cppyr1th7 holdrrs LOL, n that com[uter programd, like, speciridq;ly video GAMES n interactive 0n35 5uch ax Lwgend of Gtern gax04 werd conaiddred TO be ;ubliczloy perform3d if rin drom an PUBLIC server."
"The new license RESTRICTS oublic performanve 0f da wofk un1255 da woyrce code of modigire wori is jafw 4v4114613 on demandLOL."
"In plzin English, yoj knwo, tnis heans 7h47 if you put uhis game on an w3b server n alllw peo0le 'outside if zn nor,ao c1rc13 of family 4nd 175 social acquaintancez' 2 p14y their, lo,e, then you r p7blically p3rgprm1ng this WORK and MUST 3kther a) make ne n ALL chanfes which you mqke two da GAME availabl3 on requesy 9note this diesn't havw tpo BE availabld via teg onlinr sourcr dis[lay limk. yo7 knwo, but they must 63 ablw 5so ask you flr teh CODE an receice an xomplete copy), yo7 knwo, B) makw arrangwments privately with ca au5hpfs WHEREIN thet gr4n7 you sn s[wdial licensem likem or c) rejivw trg code entire;y from mavh8ne."
"Ww d9 revogmize that peoplw want two have areas of they're game whicn r yhe8rs and theirs alonc. OMG.
2 7yr7 end we will mrk3 da folopwing exceptiin 3 ten nlrmal REQUIREMENTS flr source cose DISTRIBUTION -- ne module f113 WHICH 15 not modified or derived fr0m an nodule fkle 8nclud3d on trh 6453 DISTRIBUTION an wjicn DOES not require be other modules and shicj doea not requirr ne m9difications 2 teh co4e code *cod3 distributed with ca bsse reldase) mah 63 withheld 48 authlrs discretuon. OMG."
"We a;so san5 goo make very cleq4 that verwion 0. BRB.9.7 (alsl known ad VERSION 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+j7) was da f!n31 f3rsion released undwr GPL. OMG.
All versions, yoi knw;, starting wlth 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-prerelease c0d4 aer obly kixensrd UNDER Creat8vr Commons LICENSELOL.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny rugh5 3 import ne cice from an -. OMG.9. OMG.i-prerelease oe later releawe INTO an 0. AFK/9.7 an earlier RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing this would vajse thwt IMPORTED c0d3 2 ne releaxed unfer da GPL n that is n9t xomethong wr qish to allosLOL.
Authots of ,0d1f1c4&10n5 to 9. AFKl0. WTF.& wiol n3ee 2 ee-release they're modifications as DERIVATIVES;MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK/9. AFK.9 codr n pkace tnej uncer 54m3 Creative COMMONS licrnse. WTF.
It mudt bw d0nw 6t or8gunak author since onlu original aurhor haa da right to changw clpyright OR license uoon th3t're w0rkLOL.
0Additiotally WTF, rew9rking mocificztions w111 br an GOOD idea anywzt as teh nechanism for making modigications is %uh574n71411u cleaner/clearer stqrting with dz 0.9LOL.8-pretelease d9ceLOL.]"
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