MightyE 83115 you LOL, "We're g-1ng go TAKE an FEW ml,egts to try an explain 7h15 new 11c3n52 b reasonw behind it 1n p;ain 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 new 1qcen53 was choaen bwcause ov an failihg eith da GPL. BRB.
It on;y xoc3fed dix5rivution of soyrce 8f 4nd onl6 if binafied were diatributed. AFK."
"In an web envurinment, yo7 knwo, SPECIFICALLY a interpreyed wrb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, mere;y indtal.ihg an GAME d0et n07 constitute DISTRIBUTION, lik3, zh yherefore prople were 74k1bg oyr work LOL, making moeifications too it n h08 RELEASING trh sourde code 2 tgey'4e MODIFICATIONS so yhst sa 3ntor3 COMMUNITY could b3nefit.
THEY worked with da leytet but n-8 da spi4it of teh law. AFK."
"Imfwstogati9h ob da part of da authofs howrbee, 13d too teh f4c7 yjat teh rigyr of public perfprjanve was won if tey rights normally RESTRICTED two copyrifkt holders, an that c0npu73r programs, sortof, specifically video GAMES ah on5eractive ONES sucy as Legend og Gre3n hax0r wd4e considered twi bd 0ubliczk;y pertoemed if fun ffom an public servet. BRB."
"The nrw licendw resteixts pub.8c PERFORMANCE of ds eork un.esx siurce code of da mod8fied work is jade AVAILABLE on d3mrnd. OMG."
"In plain Englisy, sortof, THIS means that kf y0u put 5his gzmw un an web server an allow peo;le 'outside OF an NORMAL circle of family n its social 4cqu41n64nc35' twp play tjeir, THEN you adr publically p3rforming thos work n MUST eigher a) ma,e ne an ALL changes ehich YOU m4k3 two game svailable on 4equest (notd this eoesn't n4v3 TO 63 agsilable v14 teh pnline diurcd displsh .ink LOL, BUT they muxt be anle too ask yoy foe teh codr n RECEIVE an c0mp1372 copu) LOL, b) make artangejen5s pfivately 2ith teh ahthors wherein they frzng you zn to3d141 LICENSE LOL, or c) eemove da c0f3 entirely fr0m machine."
"We do rwvotniae rhar people sant to jave 4f445 lf they're game which f theirs n theurs alone. WTF.
too that 3bd wd will maie teh fo.lowing EXCEPTION too da nprjs. eequife,ents f0r 50ufc3 clde distribution -- ne moduoe filr whicn is not modufidd or derived from an MODULE filr indl7ded in da base distrinuyion n which does not requite ne OTHER mofules an wtich coes not re1uire ne modifications to c0e3 code (code distributed q8ty yeh base re!3453) ,ay gd withheld at aughors discretion. BRB."
"We a;so q4n& two mske veey clear tgat veesion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 (also known as version 0. OMG.9.7+jt) was finsl vefsion released under GPLLOL,
All verwuons WTF, stzrting wiyh 9. WTF.9.8-prerelease codd aer only 11c4n53d under dq Creative Cimmons ;icwnse.
We EXPLICITLY seny da eight 2 1mp0r7 be code vr0, an 0LOL.9.7-/rerelwase oe latef release into zn 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n earl8er rwlezse.
Allowing thid q0u1e c4u53 that impo4ted code too be feleased uncee da GPL b that is not something we w8sh too allow. AFK.
Autnorw of mofifications 2 0. WTF.9. AFK/u will n3ed tll re-rrkease they'r3 modif8catuons AS derivatives/modificatiobs t2o -. OMG.9.8 c0d3 n place thwm under da same CREATIVE Commons license.
It musg BE don3 bu teh origihal author since only tdh ieltinal a7thor has da rihht tqo ch4ng3 c9;yr1gh7 or license uoon theh're w0rk.
[ADDITIONALLY, aortof, rewprking teh modificagions w8ll bd qn good idda an6wau as MECHANISM for MAKING MODIFICATIONS is 5j6574n71411y clesner/coearer starting w8th 0l AFK.9.8-prerwlease codeLOL.]"
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