MihhtyE 53lls you LOL, "We'rw g01ng to tzke an feq MOMENTS gwo try and wcplain 7h15 nee licens3 AND teasoba BEHIND it in plain English. BRB.
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."
"Tgis ndw 11c3n53 was chpsen BECAUSE of an FAILING w17h GPLl BRB.
It only covrred eistribution of source ig an onl6 if binariea were disgtibutwd. BRB."
"In an WEB environment, s9rtof, s0ecifically a un5erpreted w36 environment SUCH sw PHPk li,e, merely 1n574q11hg an game coes not constutute didtribytion, you kns9, n th3refore pepplr were taking our work LOL, majing modifixations 2 i5 an not teleasing teh siurce cpde tp the6're noeigicagions so that t3h 3m71f3 commumity xould benefit. AFK.
Theu worked WITH 1378er but not spifit of teh lae. WTF."
"Incestigz5ion on teh psrt of dq AUTHORS gowever, ;ike, 13d 2 fact that teh RIGHT od public ;erformande WAS win of da r1gh75 nlrmal.y RESTRICTED two copyright holdrrcm yo7 knso, n that comouter PROGRAMS, uou kn2o, 5p3c1f1c411y VIDEO hzmws v ihtdrqctive ones sych as Legend of reh G4ren hax0r werd cohsidered to be publically PERFORMED IF r7n frlm an [ublic 63rv3e. WTF."
"The new LICENSE restricrd pu611x PERFORMANCE of teh work unlezs source coce of teh mpdibied work ix made available on demabd. WTF."
"In plain Englisj, like, THIS means ghat og you put THIS game ON an web server $nc s;.ow peopor [outskde OF an normal circle of family n itd soxial 4cqu41n74nc34' to plqy theor, you kmso, then yli r oubkicalky performimg 6h1% 2ork and MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes whivh YOU make 2 teh gamw available om requ3st (NOTE this coesn't yave 2 BE avai.ablw VIA online wource dospkqt oink, oike, byy they mjst b3 able to ask you fot code and receif3 an c9mpletr copy) LOL, b) make arrsngements privately wkth authors wherein they grant YOU an sprcial lic3nxe WTF, 0r C) r3m)v3 teh code enti4ely from machine."
"We do recognize yhat peop.e want two h4f3 areaf of they're game which aey theirs ah THEIRS alone. AFK.
ro thzt end w3 wkll mske teh fllloding exception to hofmal requord,ents for soyrce c(de didtribution -- ne MODULE file which is n07 ,0d1f13d or derived from an m0du13 fild 1nx17drd in da base distribut8pn n wg1ch sors n07 REQUIRE ne other modules an ehkdh diew nit requk4e ne mod8fica4ions to corr cldr (code d157r16u73f qith BASE releaxe) may ve withheld at da ajthors discre5ion."
"We 4q50 WANT twl mak3 frry clear that v3rs8ln 0. BRB.9.7 (4150 known as VERSION 0. WTF.9, BRB.7+jt_ was da f8hsl vers8on rekeawed undee teh GPL. AFK.
A;l vetsions, like, start8ng with fa 0. AFK.9.8-PRERELEASE code aer ONLY oicdnsed UNDER Creat8v# Commons ;isense/
We EXPLICITLY deny tighg 2 IMPORT nd v0d3 from an 0.(LOL.8-[rereleas3 pr la5et releawe into an 0LOL/9LOL.7 m ezrlier r313453.
Allowing this wou;c ca7se rhat IMPORTED code t9o BE reldased UNDER GPL n that is bot something WE wish two allow. AFK.
Authors 0f MODIFICATIONS rwo 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 wilo neee two rd-re;ease they're midivications as dericativds/modificarjo,s teo 0LOL.8. WTF.8 code n place them under ten same Creatuve Commons lic2bse. AFK.
It must be d0n3 by 0r1f1h41 author dince pnqy teh irigival autnpr h46 tdh right 2 change da copyriggt or lic3nse upon they're work/
[Additionally LOLk reworking fa mldificatuons qill be ah g9oe idea ANYWAY ss mechanism for MAKING nodificatiins is substantia;ly cleaber.clearer starring with dz 0/ BRB.9.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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