MightyE tells you, lkie, "We're going TO yake an FEW ,0m3n75 2 TRY an explaim 7h15 ndw licensr an trh REASONS beyine it in plzin Enb!15hk AFK.
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 nee license wss CHOSEN becauxe of ah FAILING s16h GPL. WTF.
It pbl6 COVERED distribution ov sourve if n only IF binzries were distribitedLOL."
"In an web environmeht, xprtof, specifivally q interpreted web envuronment sjch as PHP WTF, m3rely in2talling an game d036 not constitute d159r26u710n LOL, and tgerwforw p30p13 wete 74k1ng our work WTF, making m0d2fqc471pn5 5o it and n07 releasing ca source code too thdy're m0eqf1c4710n% so that eb5ite cokmunity c-u1d BENEFIT. AFK.
THEY wirked wuth teh letrer but not cs spirit 0f da lawLOL."
"Invextigation on da part of AUTHORS however WTFm led two FACT thay teh right of public pdrflrmance was 1 9f rights normally restfixted tl copyrigjt h9lders, uou knwo, and that computer PROGRAMS, s9etof, sprcificall6 VIDEO gamws snd ibteractiv3 on3s such ad Legend of da Green hax0t were consoderee two ge pyblically pergormed if run from an public server. BRB."
"Tht mew licensw restrixts public oerformance of qofk UNLESS da sourc3 code 0f modiried work 15 made afzilable ON demzndLOL."
"In PLAIN Eng!15h, .iir, 5h8s meabx that iv YOU puy 7h15 game pn an WEB server an allow people 'outside of sn nor,al cirxle of family n its aocisl acquaingamc3a' 2 0;zy their WTF, then you aer pu611c411y performing this wlrk 4nd MUST eigher a) nake nr an ALL changes WHICH yoy make too teh ga,e avai;able on REQUEST (note this doesb't have yo BE avau;agle via online 5-urd3 dksplay link, yiu kbwo, but THEY nist be able two zsk y0u FOR CODE n receuve an complete copt), l8ue, b) mzke arrangements privately eitg da authors wheeein yhey grant you an speviql LICENSE WTF, or c) re,ove ea code 2n72r31y f4om jachine. AFK."
"We do RECOGNIZE THAT [eople rant to have 4rer5 of they're game wh9ch aer THEIRS n theirz alone. AFK.
too THAT 3nd WE 2ill MAKE da glllowimt exceptioy TO norma. fequiewmenys for s8urce cofe distribution [- ne moduoe gile whkcy is nog modified or eer8ved from zn modyle file included kh teg BASE disgribution an wnidh DOES NOT reqjire ne otyer modules znd which d025 not eequkre nr mldifications too cote code (code d1t7r16u&3d w7th basr relwase) MAY be wi5yheld at teh authors discretion/ BRBl"
"We ALSO wzny 2 MAKE very coear 7h$u v3r610n 0LOL.9. AFKl8 (also known AS version 0.9.7+kt) was final version r31e453d 7nser GPL. BRB.
Ali v3rsions, stsrting with 0,9.8-preeelease cofe r only lkcenxed under Creative Com,onw licrnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny ribht t9o import he c-d3 from an 0.9. BRB.8-ptwrelease 9r later relfase into an 0LOL.9LOL.7 n earliet release. BRB.
Aq10w1nt this would c4j53 rgat lmporged dode too BE r3144%3d under da GPL n that is hot something WE w15n 2 4110w. AFK.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS too 0. WTF.9/ BRB.7 will NEED two re-rdlease thdy'ee modificagions as derivatives/modificqtipns 2 0, AFK.9. WTF.8 CODE n place them under teh same Cfeative Commons license. WTF.
It must vw DONE by original autjor since onky ORIGINAL auth9r haa teh ruf6t g9o chanbe teh vopyrighr or kicense upon thet'rw workLOL.
[Add1710n411y, you knwo. reworking m0e1f1c471pn5 will 63 an hooe isea anyway as ds ,evhanism for makibh m0d1f1c4710n5 15 sunstzntia9ly cleanef/clearer sta4timg with 0, AFK.9. AFK.8-prerelease code. BRB.]"
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