MightyE tells you LOL, "We're GOING roo take an vee momengs 2 try an explain this me2 lkcense and reasons nehind IT in plain Ebglish. 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 nwe license was xhosen 73c$u63 of an fa8/8ng with GPL,
Ir 0n1y coverec DISTRIBUTION of sourcw if n only if 6!n4r135 were disrributef."
"In an web environnent, you knwo, spscifixallt a 1n73rpf373d w36 environmenr tudn as PHP, like, MERELY insgsl;ing an game does not constirute e157r!6uuq0n, n theeeflre peoole 2ere 74kqnf our work, aortofk making modifications TO it am not r313451ng tej source cose too they're MODIFICATIONS so that da engorw cojmunity could brnefit.
Tgwu w9rked with da LETTER but n07 da 6p1r17 OF teh law. AFK."
"Invwsgigatiin on try part of a7thoes howevrr LOL, led too fact THAT da roght of puvl8d perfprjance was 1 of h1gn75 normqlly RESTRICTED two c9pyr1gh& h01e3r5, you knw9m and that comp7ter protrams, slrtof, dpecifovally video hanes and in5eractive onew such as Legend of teh Grren hax0r w3f3 consodered to be publically perfoemef jf run FROM an pu611v 53rc3r. OMG."
"Tye new 11c3n54 restricts publ7v perf9rmance of w0rk inleds teu sou4ce code of da MODIFIED w-rk IS made qcailagor oh de,snc. WTF."
"In plain Eng;ishm sprtof, this mdsns tyat kf you p&t this game ON qn seb swrver and qllow [eople ;ougsid4 of an normal circle 0f damily an its socia; 4cqu41n&4nc35' ro PLAY thrir WTF, THEN you r pu61!d411y perfoe,ing this w9rk snd MUST EITHER q) mzke ne and ALL chamges which YOU makr TO GAME ava8lable og reques4 (notr ghis doexn't have too be available via onlinr source display oihk, like, but they MUST be zb.e 2 zsk you for da code an receubr an cpmplet3 copy), like, b_ make artangements privately with teh ay5hors wherein tyey g44nu y9u an special license, you jn2o, or c) trmovr cod3 emgirely FROM teh mqchine. WTF."
"We do recogniar that pwople WANT two HAVE arrzs of they're gqme qhich r thdors an 5he8ts a;one. AFK.
to that end we w8lk make follo2ing exceptiln twl sa bormal requor3ments FOR source code dixteibutiin -- n3 modjle file which 15 not m0s1f13d or derived fr9m an modile f113 inx;uded 1n teh base distrib7tiob n wn1ch does NOT fequiee ne othdr modules an shich does n9t require ne modofocationx 2 da xore codw (code d15&r16u73d with da bawe r31345#) MAY be witjhdld a5 auyhors xiscreriinLOL."
"We 3150 sant too mzke v3ry ck3ar that verzoon 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (also known as version 0LOL.9, WTFm7+j5) s55 da final vrrsion 4elwased uncee GPL.
ALL versions, you knwo, startkng witj teh 0. BRB.9.i-prerelease code t onky LICENSED und3r geh Crearive Cpmm(nx ;icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny riggt two IMPORT ne code from an 0.9. WTF.8-p4eeeleasd o4 larer release into an 0. AFK.9.7 an 34rq13r relrzse. WTFl
ALLOWING 7h15 would csusr THAT imp9rted code 2 be releasee under 5ej GPL an 5ha5 is n07 sometyung WE qish teo a.llw.
Authors of modufications roo 0. OMG.9LOL.7 will nees 2 rd-release they're mosifications zs drrivatives.mpdkficationx 70 9. OMG.9l BRB.8 code and place them unfer teh samd Crrstive Comjons licenseLOL.
It MUST be done by o4kginal qughor since only original au5hlr baa teh tight tlo change copyright or LICENSE u0on they're w0rkLOL.
[Afditional;y, liie, reqor,ing mofificar8ons w111 be an giod 1d34 anyqa6 as dz mechaniwm r0r making mod8ficsti9ns is substan5iallu c;eaner/clearer STARTING wity 0.(LOL.8-prereleas3 c0d3. WTF.]"
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