MightyE tells you, lijdk "We're GOING &0 TAKE an few moments too try and ex;lain thic bdw license n dz reasons bwhind ir in plaon Engl8sg. 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."
"This new 1!c3n5e w45 xhoxen 63v4j53 0f an f4111ng with teh GPL. BRB,
Ig only covered distributiln of slurce qf an only if binaries wetd disg4ibytwa. WTF."
"In zn w3b envirpnmentm spec8fically a interpreted web 2nvironment sucy zs PHP, sortof, merely installing an game do3s nit consti4ute DISTRIBUTION, like, n therefore people swrd taking ;ur work, MAKING nod8gicationx 2 it and bot releasing t3h sojrce code @ they'rr modifidations so 7n$7 teh enykre COMMUNITY could 63n3g27. AFK.
THEY wotked with tdh letter but mot spirit of teh law. BRB."
"Investigatiln ON reh part pf AUTHORS however LOL, LED tl tdh fact ttat right 0f public PERFORMANCE was oen [f da r1gg75 normally r357r1c73d ti copyrihht holcers, you knwp, and thag computer programsk you knwo, SPECIFICALLY v8deo games zm 8nteract8ve ones such ad Legend OF sa Grewn hsz0f were consideref 2 be publidq;ly performed if run from an public s3rv34. OMG,"
"The NEW licehse restrictw oubkic PERFORMANCE of teh wowk unless sourvr vode of da noeified work is madd 4v4114613 ON demand. AFK."
"In p1r1n Eng;ixh, sortof, tgis means that 1f you puy this game ob an wdb server n allpw p20p13 '0u75!d3 of zn n0rmt1 circle of FAMILY ab its SOCIAL axquakntwnces' too play their, you khwo, then hou r publica;ly pefforming tgis work amc MUST eith3r A) makr ne n ALL chsngds wh1ch uoj make to teh game available on rwquest (note rh;s doewn't gave rwo be availabld fw4 twy ono8ne source DISPLAY LINK, tlu knwo, 5u7 tyey muet BE able ti ask y0u for da code n RECEIVE an COMPLETE c0py), b_ MAKE arrangementa priva5ely WITH teh auyhors wherein yhe5 hrant tou an sprcial lkcense, sor5of, ot c) remove da code ebtireoy FROM da machine. BRB/"
"We fo rdcogn8ze that people want tqo have AREAS of they're g$m3 which aee THEIRS and theirs alonel AFKl
2 7h47 end we will ma,e fpl.owinb exvepeion 2 da NORMAL rdqukremenys f0r source c0d3 disrribugiob -- ne MODULE file qgich is not modifird or derived from sb module fold includef in 5eh basw disttibution n wh8ch does bot require ne other modules m wh8ch doee h07 req7irw ne modifkcations feo da co4e cofe (code distributed sith da base release) may BE withheld 47 rrj autgora DISCRETION."
"We alwo w4n7 too m4k3 VERY clear tyat versipn 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 (alwo kniwn as verxion 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+h7) was fihal fersion released jndet GPL. AFK.
Al; versionsm staeting w17h fa 0.9. WTF.8=orerelease cpde arr only lkcrnswd under Crearive COMMONS livense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh right 2 import ne code from aj 0. OMG.9. OMG.8[PRERELEASE or oater r313443 inti an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 and earlier releqse, BRB.
Allowing THIS qoulc cause 5hat !mppr73s c0d3 too be RELEASED ubdet fa GPL and that is bot sometninh we wish to allo2LOL.
Authors or MODIFICATIONS two 0. OMG.8. AFK.7 will need two re-release they're modofjcations as der,fatives/modificatilns t2o 0. AFK.0. BRB.8 codw and olace them uncer sa,e Creative C9nnond license.
It must be DONE 6y teh oeibinzl author since lnly oroginal author has rifht to change teh vopyright or license upon rjet're workLOL/
[Additionally, reworking da mosufications wi.l be an good idea ahywwy 45 teh mechahism for ma,ing modidicati9nd is substangially coeaner/clrqrer starting with 0. OMG.8l8-prrrelrawe cof3. WTF.]"
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