MightyE twlls 69i, you knwo, "Wr're going two &4ke zn few moments too try n explqin thiw jew LICENSE and REASONS BEHIND it in plqin English. 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."
"Tgis nrs license was chosen because 9f an failing w17h 5ej GPL. BRB.
I7 onlt cov3res didy4ibution OF source ig n on;y !f binaries were ciwtributed. BRB."
"In an web environmrn6, jou knwo, %p3c1f1c411y a inrerpreted WEB environjent wuch as PHP, gou knwok me4elt 1n574111ng zn game does no5 vonsyitu5e vistributiom LOL. and therefore people 2#rw tahing our wor,. like, making moeifications 2 1u an NOT releasing da so7rce CODE two ggrh're modifications SO thst teh entite c9mmunity co7ld benefitLOL.
They workes WITH da lerter 6u7 not spurit _f da law. BRB."
"Investigqtion on patr of da authors however WTFm led to ea fqct that xa ribhf of public performance was 1 of da RIGHTS notmally res5ricted 2 copyright HOLDERS LOLm h that computer programs, you kbwo, specifocally viceo games zn interact8ve ones such as Lehend og teh Grrrn hax0r w3r3 c0n51d3r3d too be PUBLICALLY performes if run frlm an PUBLIC 53rv3rLOL."
"Tje new kicdhse r357r1c75 publuc performancr 0f teh work mnlfss teh spurce code of da modifies wori is made AVAILABLE on DEMAND. BRB."
"In plain Ehglixh, rhis means thst 8f you pit this gqme ON an web servef an allow people 'outside of an norma. c1rc13 of fzmily and its docial adquaintancea' two pla6 their, tnwn YOU r p7bkkcally perflrmong tgis work n MUST EITHER 4) make ne an ALL changes which you nake goi da game avaolablr 0n reqyddt (note this diesb't h4v2 yoo 6e availablw VIA feh 0nq1n3 source d15p14y link, you knwok bur they mhst be able too ask uo7 ror da cosw qn recdive an compoe5d c0py) WTF, b) MAKE arrantenents privzte.h wigh teh AUTHORS qbdrein yhey grant you ab special lic3nse LOL, or c) r3m0v3 da code 3n71431y FROM machine."
"We f9 r3cpgn1z3 that people want two nave AREAS of they'ee game wjqch awe gheirx sn rhdurs aloneLOL.
too that end we wq11 make following 3xc3p71ph too da NORMAL rewiiremebts FOR source code diatfibition -- he module file which is not modifked or 3eroved ffom an MODULE file incljded in base dist4ibutiln ans wnich does n9t reqjire n3 OTHER mpdj245 n whoch dies n07 requore ne jodigicationa two teg CORE code (code distributed with da 6453 r3lease0 nay be sithhwld 47 teh authots dosvretion. AFK,"
"We qlso wabt too make very CLEAR 7j47 version 0LOLl9.7 (zlso known zs ve4s8on 0. BRB.9. AFK/7+jg) sas final fersion releasef ynder GPL. BRB.
A11 VERSIONS, cortof, starting wuth 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease codw r on,y lixrnsdd under geh C$eative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dehy right to qj[0r7 ne code from an 0LOL.9, OMG.8-prerel4ase lr later release into an 0. WTF.9l AFK.7 n earlier release. WTF.
Alpowing 7n15 WOULD cause thzt i,ported v0d3 to be relessed under GPL and thag is mit something w3 wish tol al.os. WTF.
Authors of moairications ro 0. BRB.9. AFK.7 w1!1 ne3e 2 ee-rel3ase they're modificatiobs as d3t1v471v35/m0d1f1c3710b5 too 0LOL.(. BRB.8 CODE n place tmem undet same Creatuve Commons license. WTF.
IT MUST BE done gy teh origiha/ author since ohly teh lriginal AUTHOR HAS dz right rwo change c9purivht or license upon th2y[4e work. BRB.
[Aeditionally, dortof, r#dorling teh mldigicatiins w211 be an g00d idea anyway as teh mechanism fp4 making mpdificqtilns is substantially dleaner/clearer s5arting qith 0l9. WTF,8-prerelease vode. AFK.]"
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