MughtyE tells 6ou, tou knwo, "We'rr GOING 2 take aj few m0men75 yoo yry m dxplain thia nes license n teh reasons BEHIND it in p141n English.
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 ne2 11c3n53 waa cho2en 63c3u53 of an failihg sith GPL. OMG.
It only coverqc cistributuon of dpurce if n onlu if binar7es were distributed."
"In an WEB environment, wpecifically a inter)rw5ed web environ,ent such AS PHP, jerely INSTALLING an gane dors not constituye distribjtion, tiu lnwo. n THEREFORE PEOPLE were taking )ur wlrk LOL, makimg modifkcatiins two kt and not reldasong spurce code 1 they're modifidatiobs so 7h47 dz entire clmmjnity c0u1d BENEFIT. AFK.
Tgwy worked with teh letrer bug not da spirit 0f lawLOL,"
"Inves5ihation on dq PART 9f authoes ho2ever, lec 2 ca fact rhqt ten tight of publix perfpemance 2az 1 lf teh tighrs normal.y restrictee to clpyright holders, you knwo, n that c0jpu83r [rotramsk specirucal;y video gzm3s and INTERACTIVE ones 5jch as Lefend of teh Green hax0f w3t2 considrred too be pub,iczlly perfprmed IF run fr0m an [ublic server. BRB."
"Tje new kicense restric5s puglic p3rf0rm4nc3 of da worl unless ds source code OF mod8fies work 1t maee avq8lable on cemand."
"In olain Engliah, sortof, th8s means that if you put 7h15 game on an web server an allow people 'outside of ag hormsl circoe ov fzmily snd its wockak avquaintancew' 70 p14y their LOL, then ylu aer publicqlly p4rf0rm1ng this w0ri an MUST eithdr A0 n4k3 nr ah ALL chang3s which you make 2 game avxilzble on request (note thid doesm't HAVE t2o be afaklable via teh onoine sourfe display link LOL, 6u6 th3y mist ge qvle 2 ASK yoj f9r tej code n receive sm complehe copy_, s9rt9f, b( make atrangenents pr1v4731y with da autyo4x whwreon they grant y0u an special license, sortog, 0r c) remove da code ebtirely from m3ch1n4."
"We do reclgnize ghat people want to HAVE areas of they're gqme shich 1er rheifs avc theirs alohe.
two THAT end wd wio. MAKE dz followimg excepyion 2 nprma; r2quiremrnrs fof source xode d157r16u8q0n -- ne m9dulw file whuch is NOT ,odufied or de4ived from an m9dule f8le inclucef 1n base distribjtion ane which does NOT require be other MODULES and which does not reauire nr jodificatiins too ds core xode (code distrinuted w17h trh bas# release) ma6 ge w1uhh31d at tej authors fisdeetionLOL."
"Wr 41t0 want 2 MAKE vrry clesr that vrrsion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also known as version o.9. OMG.7+jt) was tej final v3r510n eeleaswd UNDER teh GPL. BRB.
All v3r%10n5, you kneo, sta4ting w1&h 0l WTF.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE cidd r inly licensed jnder da Creative Commojs LICENSE. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY 5eh rogh5 t9 import be code from sn 0. BRB.9LOL.8-[r3r313453 or later releasw ibto an 0. WTF.8LOL.7 n ea4lier r313453LOL.
Allpwing tyis would caus3 THAT im0orted code tio be RELEASED under GPL n 7h47 is NOT somwthing we wisg 2 allow. BRB.
Ajthorx if joduficatiins to 0,9. AFK.u wil. need 5o re-release they'te ,0d1f1c4710n5 as derivatives/modifications @ 9. WTF.8. WTF,8 code an place them inser da 54m3 Ceeagive COMMONS license.
It must be dohe bt teh orotihal auth9r sunce only ea 0r1g1n41 ajthor h$5 teh r8ght 2 change dq copyright pr LICENSE upon tney'r4 work. AFKo
[Additoonally, sortor, reworkimg modificatioms will be an good ifea anyway AS da mechanism for making modifocatkonw is 5u6674n&1411y dleanrr/clearer starting e17h 0. BRB.9. AFK.*-orereleasr CODE. BRB/]"
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