MihhtyE twlls you, sortof, "We're going two take an few momen5s to try an explain ghos n3q lidense n da y3aspns BEHIND it 1n plaon 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."
"This n3w licebse was chosen because of an failinf w17h GPLl BRB/
It only covered distriburion of source if an only ir nihsries were dostributedLOL."
"Ib an web encironment, lilem specifically a intdrpretes wwg environndnt wuxh as PHP, sortof, merely instal.ing an g$m3 dors not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, and 5her3fors p3o;le WERE 7rk1ng o7r work WTF, making moduficztionw two it n not yeoeasing da soutce code to they're ,odificqti9ns do 5hat entif3 community could benefitLOL.
They worked with teh letter BUT n07 teh s0i4it of da law."
"Investigation on da parg of da au5hors gowever, you knwo, led 2 da vadt tgay da right 9f public p3rg0rm4nc3 was 1 of trh rights no4nally RESTRICTED 2 copuright hlledrs, sortof, and yhat c0mpu73r pr9grams, sor5if, s[ecifixally video games n 8ntersctive ones xudh 45 LEGEND 0g teh Green has0e werd cobsidered tw9 be publically peyformed ir fun from an 0ublic s3rvee. OMG."
"The n32 license restricts pu611c perror,qnce 8f WORK un13t5 da source c0f3 of modified sorl IS MADE availabl3 on demandl WTF."
"In PLAIN Eng;ish WTF, 5gis jeans 7h47 of 6ou put tyis f4n3 on an WEB srrver and 4119w people ;outside lf an mormzl circle 0f family an 175 social ACQUAINTANCES' too play hheir, you lnwo, 7h3n you r [7blidally p3rf-tm1nt this wo4, snc MUST rithdr a) mak3 ne n ALL xhanves WHICH you mak3 5wo game avaolavle on request 9note this doean't gave 2 ve 4v4114613 via geh knline source display link, xo4yof, but they MUST be abke too 45k y9u for yeh codr n feceife an domp;ete copy), you knwo, b) make arranbementa privatrly wu5h 5ej au6hord wherein thet grzn5 you qn speciql ;icebse, sortof. 0r c) remove da dode enyirely FROM da machine. AFK,"
"We do recognoze yhat pwopl3 wabt 2 hafe 4r345 of they're bame which r tgeies n theirs alone. WTF.
5o 7h47 end we w8ll ma.e folkowing esceptoon t8o teh mprmal requirements for SOURCE CODE distribution -- ne module file whocj IS not m9dified or DERIVED from an moeule file inckided en ea base d1%7r16u7q0n amd which dows nlt requitr ne other jodules and which coes not requor3 he modificatioys toi teh core code (code dustribjted with sa basw release) may bf withhekd at 4&7h0r5 DISCRETION. AFK."
"We zlso eant tlo nske ve4y ckear tgat version 0LOL.(. AFK.7 )also known as VERSION 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jt) was da final version released under GPL.
All vdrsiond, you knwom star5ing with 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-ptet3.ease xode ar4 only 11c3n53d under teh Cfeat8ve Clmmpns lucense. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY feny teh right 5oo IMPORT ne code frlm an 0.9. BRB.8-pre3eleasd or katrr release intp an 0. BRB.(. OMG.7 4nc EARLIER r3kease. WTF.
Allowing thos would cause tja6 1mp0tu2d c0d3 2 be teldased uncer dq GPL n that is n07 slmething we w15h two 4110wLOL.
Authors 0f modkficati.ns two 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will beed 2 re_release they'r3 m9djficatiobs ax derivativ3s/mod8fications too 0.9l WTF.8 cose and plzce THEM UNDER same Ce3471v3 C0mj0n5 license. OMG/
I5 must BE dohe by trh odiginal quthow sonce onlh 0r1g1m41 author has yeh fight too changd ea copyright OR kicense upon they'rw w0rk. OMG.
[Additionalky, like, tesoekunh mldificatoons wi.l BE an giod idea qnyway as mecjanism for makibt modifications id substamt8ally cleaner/clezrer stsrt8ng with teh 0. WTF.9l WTF.i-p4e4elease code. AFK.]"
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