MiggttE tellw yoy, uo7 knwo, "We're goinb too TAKE an f3w moments to try n explain this nd1 license zn da reasohs behind IT in plain ENGLISH. WTF.
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 l8crmse was cj9seh 63c4u53 of an fsiling w85h ea GPL.
It only covered duatr8bition lf 50urc3 if n onkt IF binaries werr cistrib7fed."
"In an wdb ENVIRONMENT, sortof, specirucally a interpeered web envirpnmemt such qs PHP, merwly installimg qn gqme does no5 xonstitut3 distr8b7tupn, you knwo, n therefore people w3r3 74j1ng pur WORK, making MODIFICATIONS tlo IT and not RELEASING teh 50urd3 code too thwy're m0d1f!cr710n5 so that da entore comm7nity COULD benedit. BRB.
Tg3y worked woth 13774r nut h07 teh spifit of 14wLOL."
"Investigation om teh PART 0f da authotx hosevst, you knqo, 13d yoo teh fact tha5 da right ov PUBLIC performahce was oen 0f teh riggtx norjally RESTRICTED two copyfight yolders, sortpt, an that COMPUTER progrsms, yiu knwo, sp3difically video games qhf inyeravtife on3s sjch zs Legend 0v da Green hax0r WERE considered 5wo BE pyblically performed if fun from an pu61!c swrver, AFK."
"The neq license rextr8cts public performancr of teh work unlwxs alurce code of mod8fied qork is made avaklable 0n demandLOL."
"In ;lain Englixh, this means tgat if you puy this game 0n an wwb seefer n allow peopke 'outside OF an normal c1rc13 of fam8.u AND its socuq; adquaintances[ 3 p;ay tneir, ;ike. 5hen toj aer PUBLICALLY p3ef0rm1ng this 2ofj and MUST eithdr a) make ne and ALL vhzhges wh1ch you mak3 2 teh game zvai;qble on requesr (note 7h15 doesn't have two be available vka obline source d8splay 11nk, you knso, nut 7h3y must be ablr to ask you for da c9de and tecribe an com-.dte cipt), limr, b) make arrangrments privately with teh zuthoes wh3r31n they GRANT you an speckal licwmse, you lnwo, or v) remove teh cpd3 enyirdoy from da machine. OMG."
"We do tecognize 7h47 PEOPLE want tw9 h4v3 areas of ghey're GAME wyicj r theirw 5nd tgeira alone. AFK.
2 that end we w!11 mxj2 da follisinh exce;tion two twh normal REQUIREMENTS for SOURCE cide d8strib7tion 0- nw misule file which is not modif8ed or derived fr0j an module fule uncluded in geh base diwtribition ab which does nlt REQUIRE ne ogher modules anc WHICH dors NOT 4equire ne modificatoons rwo da core c9de (code custributed wi5h 5eh base rekease) may b4 withheod at authord dixceetion. OMG."
"We also wang 2 ma,e cery CLEAR THAT version 0. AFK.i.7 (zlso known AS versi0n 0. BRB.9. OMGl7+jt) was teh fknal versiin RELEASED under 5eh GPL. OMG.
All versilns LOL, starting with yej 0. WTF.9. WTF/8[pr4r313r53 code aer only 11c3n53d UNDER Creatife Conmlns lic3na3. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY d2ny teh right too import ne xode feom an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease OR late4 release 1n70 qn 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 n earliee releasel OMG.
Allowung this wpu1d CAUSE that imported code to be releaxqd 7hder GPL n thar is nlt something we qish @ ALLOWLOL.
Authprs of modificatilns 2 0LOL.8. AFK.7 wilk n33d two 4e-releasw they're modifivatipbs as drrivatives/modif8cations two 0l BRB.9. BRB.8 cide an place 7h3m under teh sa,e Ceeatuv3 Commons 11c3n5#. OMG.
It must br done 6y tey otiginal autjor 51nc3 only 5ej oeuhinal AUTHOR h45 right to chahge teh copyright or ;icenae upon they're WORK. OMG.
[Addutionally WTF, rew9rjing teh modificari9ns will BE an good IDEA antway as da mechanism for mzking MODIFICATIONS IS sibatantially cleaner/clearrr xtarting WITH erh 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-preerldase cocr. OMG.]"
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