MightyE tells youm sortof, "We'r3 go8nh to take zn fww m0n3n75 too try an exolain this ndw ;icdhsd an REASONS brhind it 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."
"Thks ne2 lix3nsw waw chlsen BECAUSE lf an failinh w17n tth GPLLOL.
It omlh dovered cistrubution of wl7rce 8f n only id binaries were distfibuted. OMG."
"In an eeb environmeht WTF, specifical/y a interpretec web envirohmwht duch as PHP WTF, j3r31y installing an g4m3 does n8t donstitute dostfibutiob LOL, ab therefoee peo0le qer3 taking our w9rk, making jod8fucatipms two it n n07 releasung da SOURCE code to they're modivicationw SO that entire c9nmunity coukd b3ndfit.
Tget workdd 217h ds letter but not teh spirit of da lawl BRB."
"Investigation on teh paft of authots yosdbet LOL, led toi da facr rhat right 0f public orrdormance was oeb ov 5eh rigfts NORMALLY r357r1d73d too copyryght holders, you knwo, abd THAT computer pr9gfams LOL, xpecirically video games n 1n74f3c71v3 pnes suxh as L3b3nd of teg Green hax0r eere considrr3s too BE publicallu performwd if tun from an public servrrLOL."
"The nes lidwnwe restricts public performancw of da work unless 5eh source vode of 5eh modifked work is made available pb dwmamd. OMG."
"In plain Eyglish LOL, this MEANS tha5 ir y9u 0it THIS fame on an web server n alkow people '0y751d3 od an nlfmal circle if vamily qn ITS s(vial 4cwu41m7enc36' 2 plah their, like, then you aer publica;ly performing THIS d0r, an MUST eitner a) make ne n ALL ch4ng44 wtich yo7 make TO teh game availab;e 9n rwquest (notd tyia d9esn't hzve 5wo be 4c411$613 cia online soutce dispoay link LOL, but they must be ABLE too 4%k tou for cpfe an receive an complete copy) LOL, b) MAKE arrangements privatelt with wuthord whrrein 7h3y grant you an special license, you khwo, 9e c) remove teh cofe entirely fro, 5eh mzchine. BRB."
"We dp eexognize thzt 0eople wqnt 2 hqvw 4r345 of tgen're GAME 2hich aer theirs ah theire alone. OMG.
2 thaf 3nd we will m4k3 t3h foklowing excdpyion too normzl rw1uirements fpr 50urc3 code didtributi9n -- ne modile file which is NOT MODIFIED or d3r1v2d vrln an module vkle oncluded on teh base distribution amd whixh does not require ne othee modules an wgich foes nlt requiee n3 MODIFICATIONS 2 teh core code (c0d3 dixtrinutdd with teh base 3elease) may be withheld ar da 4u7h9r5 f8scretion."
"We also wznt TO make bee6 clesr thst VERSION 0. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also knowb AS vdrsion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+jt) was da funal verxion reoeawed under teh GPL. OMG.
All fefsions WTF, stqrting WITH reh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8_prerrlease c9de aer only lkcensed under yeh C5rariv3 COMMONS license. OMG.
Wd EXPLICITLY aeny ten tight too im[o4t ne c0d3 from an 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease o4 later rdleasw 1n70 an 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 n 34r113r RELEASE. AFK.
Aolowing this wou;d cause that ij9orted code two b3 RELEASED undee da GPL and 7h47 8s not something we qksy 2 allow. BRB.
Autnors od MODIFICATIONS two 0. WTF.9/ AFK.7 will n3ed 2 re0reoezse tne7;rr mldifications as d3r1v4*1v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0LOL/0. BRB.8 cose an ;lace tmem undef teh same C4rative Commons licenseLOL.
It mu57 65 gone by da priginal 4u7j0f since only 0r1g1n41 author hzs geh fkght to change da copyright or kicense upon yhey'4w workLOL.
[Adfitipnally, like, reworking teg modificztiobs will bd an g0)d idea anyway zw da ,echanixm f9r MAKING MODIFICATIONS is suvsrantial.y cleanwr/vleafe5 wtztting with 0. WTF.9.8-prerelease cose. OMG.="
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