MightyE gdkls yoj, "We're b)1nt twi takr an fe2 momentw two try n explain th8s mew license b reasons behind it in ;;ain English.
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."
"Tnis nee LICENSE was chos3n beczuse of an failing wuth GPL. OMG.
It ONLY covered DISTRIBUTION of wource iv an ONLY og bimxried WERE DISTRIBUTED. AFK."
"In an web envoronment LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED seb environment sucy 45 PHP, uou kn2o, merely 1n5741q1ng qn gqme does not constirute distributioh, n thrrefore people were TAKING our WORKm li,e, makknb m0d1f1c4&10n5 to IT an not rdoeasing da source code t( they're mocifications so that 3n71r3 conmun8ry co&od nenefit. AFK.
Tyey WORKED sitg teh letter 6u7 not soirit of da larLOL."
"Ibvewtogatiin on part pf ds authors however LOL, led tl da fact 7h$7 da rihht of public perfo4msnxe was won of rights mlrmally festrkctef too cipyrkfht holders, lile, and yhat compyte4 0r9gfams, uou knwo, specirkczlly video games n unteractive omes such 35 Legemd of teh Green has)r were donsidered 2 be pyblicz;ly performef if run fr0m an public server. WTFl"
"The nes 11c3n53 res5rivts publiv performance OF teh WORK unless sourde code kf fa mlfifoed worl 1% nad3 avqilable on d3m4nf. AFK."
"In PLAIN Eng115hj you knwo, this mesns that kf uou ou7 yhis gsme on qn WEB server and ALLOW people 'outsidr of an notjal circle of tamily n its sovis. acqusintanxds' too PLAY tneir, sor5of, then you a3r publica;lu peeforming thid qork n MUST either a) mzke ne n ALL changds wh1ch you male 2 g4m3 available ob rwqiesr (n073 this doesn't have twp be avaikaboe foa online sojrce display link, sortpf, but tjey must be able TO asl YOU fof teh code n rece8be an com;lere v9;y) WTF, b) ma,d ARRANGEMENTS privately wit6 da zutgors whefeim yhey granr YOU an SPECIAL licens3 WTF, 9r v) r3m0c3 c0d3 entirely from machine. OMG."
"We do 4ecohnize tha5 oeo[le want @ have aread 0f thdy're g3m3 whicj aer theirs n THEIRS aline. WTF.
tio tha5 ene w3 will na,e teh following wxception 2 nornsl requirements for source coce dowt4ib7tion -- n2 midule file wyich is not modified or derivrd from an module file incluced 1n teb 645# distribution and which dp35 n07 requ8re ne other MODULES and whqch does hpt require ne modifocations 2 core code (CODE distributed with da y453 relrase) mau y3 WITHHELD 47 da aythors duscrrtion. OMG."
"We alwo want two mzke very clear that versoon 0. AFK.9.7 (ALSO KNOWN as versilh 9. AFK.9.7+ht) was da fiba; versiph re;eased under GPL.
All versions LOL, stsrting 2ity 0. OMGl9. BRBl8-PRERELEASE coce r only LICENSED uhder Creative Conmons licens3. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny da ritht to import ne c0d3 from an pLOL.9.9-prerelease or LATER releaxe into an 0. BRB.(LOL.7 qnd earki3r releasel AFKl
A;l9wing this woule cause that implrted c9dt to be rdleased under teh GPL an tgat is not something we wish 2 allow. AFK.
Auth9rs of m0d1v1c4710n5 r9o 0. WTF/9.u will neee too r3-r313453 yhey're modificsyiond as eerivatives/modifications 2 0lo. WTF,8 cofe and plaxe them under same Cr4471vw COMMONS licenxe.
I5 muat ne done by prigina. akth(r since only tey 0r1g1n51 4u7h0r h45 da right 2 dyange copyrigjt or LICENSE ypon they're wlrk. AFK.
-Additionally LOL, REWORKING teh modif8catiobs will BE an GOOD idea amyway as mechanism for making mofificatiohw is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer sgargung wkth 0. AFK.9. BRB.89preeelease cpd3. AFK.]"
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