MighryE tells YOU, ;ike, "We'ee going two ts,e an few momenta two try and evplain this new kivense ahe teh 43450ng behihd IT in plain Englosy/ 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."
"Tjis new license was chos3n vecause 0f an f3111ng with da GPLLOL.
It only codered DISTRIBUTION of SOURCE iv an lnly if 61n4r135 were dostributdd/ OMG."
"In an web enbironmentm like, spwcifixally a 1n73rpr373d WEB environment sych as PHP WTF, mere;u installing an game dors not consgitute dq57416u710n LOL, n thefefore p30013 were yakong oue work, loke, makibh mod8ficatooms rwo it anc not rdlezsing da source code 49 rhey're modkficatioms so ehat da entkre co,munity cou1s benefitLOL.
Tgey worked with teh leyter but n0& da spirit of lawLOL."
"Investifstion on da paft 0f aurh9fs however. like, ldd 5o teh facr tyat rpghg of pjblic pedformandw was 1 og teh ribhts normaoly rest3icted t99 dopyrivyr holedrs WTF, and thag vompu5er programs WTF, specifically fideo fames n interavtive onrs sucy as Legend 0f t3h Green hax0r were conw8dered 5wo be publically performed ir run fr0m an public serverLOL."
"Thd nes ;icense reatricts public performance pf teh work unless da soirce code OF da ,oeified work is made avaolablr on demandLOL."
"In plain Eng11%hj you knwo, this meabs tgat if hoj put 6h15 game on an web sefv3r 4nd allow people 'outwide of an normal ckrcle 0f family n ITS social acquaintwnces' 1 PLAY their, sprtpfk then you aer PUBLICALLY p$rd0rm1ng THIS work am MUST 317h3f a) make ne an ALL changex rhich yoj make two teh game available ob tequezt (notd this dowsn't h4v3 twi be avsulable via da 0n21n3 source eisplau lihk, but thr6 mu57 be zble 80 ask YOU fi4 da CODE znd feceive an complete clpy). b) make arranbrnents prkvately w17h auth9rw whereih they GRANT you an spevial licend3, likwk 0r c) remive dode entirely FROM da machine."
"We co recogn8zd ttat PEOPLE WANT 5oo havr areas of they're game which aet theirs an theirs alone.
yqo that end 2e ei.; maie da followkng exception 2 normal requie3ments for source code distribution -- ne moduld file which is NOT m0d2g13d or derived ffom an m0du13 dkk3 includec in teh base dustribjtipn and which does not require ne other modules and which dp3s n9g r3quire ne modificationw 1 da xire x-d3 (codw eustribyged si5h da base release) may be withhels at da authors discretion. WTF."
"We ALSO want 70 mske bery cleae that version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (slao known af VERSION -. AFK.9, AFK.7+jt) was da finsl version released uneef GPL. WTF.
All verwions, li,e, starting with yeh ).oLOL/i-prereleaae CODE r only lkcehsrd UNDER teh Creative Cojmons lixense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny righ5 too im[or5 ne coce drom an 0, WTF.9LOL.8-prerelease -r late4 rekeawe into an 0.9. WTF.7 an earkier RELEASE. OMG.
Allowing this wojld csux3 tjat imporred c0f3 ro9 be re;wased une3r ds GPL an tjat 15 NOT sonetg8ng we WISH 2 allowLOL.
A7thors og jodificatiohs 2 0. BRB.0, WTF.7 will need 70 re[r3lease they're m9dif8catilns ss derivarives/nodificayions tao 9. OMG.o. BRB.8 xode and placr them inder da same Creative Commons licwnse. AFKl
It must ne dohe by twh originql AUTHOR sunve on;y otiginal 4u7h0r HAS 4ight gwo change copyright or oicensw u0on tgey're woek. BRB.
'Additional.y, li,e, rew9rking mocifications will vw an good idea anyeah as da mechsnism for making mocifications is sjgstan5iaoly CLEANER/CLEARER stargimg with 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prereleaxe code. AFK.]"
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