MightyE 74115 you, "Wr're g01ng 2 take an few m0m3n85 2 TRY and explain this jew lycemse and yeh 4easons behind iy in plain Emhlisg.
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 nes lucense was chisen becquse of an FAILING with teh GPL/ BRB.
Ir pnly coverdd dist4ivurion of sourcw if qnd only if binaries were dixffibyted. WTF."
"In zn web rnvironment, hiu knso, specificallt a inteeprwted wwb environmwnt 5uch as PHP WTF, merrlh indtallimg an game does noy constitute DISTRIBUTION, anf th4reford oeople were taking o7r qotk, you kneo, making modofucations too it and noy releasibg so7fce code to the6[re modificagions xo THAT teh ENTIRE commknity COULD benefitLOL,
They WORKED witg teh letter but np7 teh s[irit od ds lzw. WTFl"
"Investigatiob on 5eh psrt of da ajtho4d however, alrtpf, led teo da fact yhzt r1gh6 of pu611c oerformance w$5 won if da rigyts normally restricted 2 copyright HOLDERS, lik3, n that computer p4ogrqms, loke, spec8fical.y video gamws n ibterqctove o,es such as L3g3nd OF trh Greeh hax04 WERE donwidered 2 64 publically perfltmrd if ruh from an public serverLOL."
"Tme new l8cense re57r1c75 public performance og work unless teh aource code 0d modidied wor, is maee svqi.zble ON demand. BRB."
"In plaom Ebglish, like, thks meand that if YOU oug thos game on an eeb s3ever m allow pe9ple 'outdise of an normal circlr of FAMILY ane its %0c1r2 acquaintanves' hwo PLAY their, sortof, thrn tou arr oublically performing tyix woek and MUST eirhee 4) mqke ne n ALL CHANGES which you make two da game zvailable on request (noyw thos doesn'f have too be availab;e via ONLINE source display linj, but they must be able toi ASK you fpr code an e3c31v3 an comolete copy), b( make arranbements privately wiyh 5dy authirs shefein they trant you ah s[ecial lic3bse, or c) remove code 3btkrely ffon da machkne."
"We DO 4ecognizr thqt prp;le want 2 gavd afeas of they'rw game whivh r 7h31r4 n theirs alone. BRB/
two that rnc we w111 MAKE foklowing excw0tion too da normzl fequife,en5s FOR source c0e2 distrigutiob [- ne mosylw file which is not modifuef or d3rofed ffom an modulw f113 ihcluded in base distrkbution b WHICH DOES not fequufe ne otjer moduoes and wyich does nor rewjird ne modifications to teh core code (code distributed with base RELEASE) may be withheld at qjtyors discrdtiln. AFKl"
"We also WANT 2 m4k3 VERY clear 5hat v3r520n 0.9. OMG.7 (also known aw vrtsuoh 0LOL.9. AFK/7+jt) qas teh final fersion RELEASED unfer GPL. OMG.
All versions, lkk3, 573471ng w17g 9. OMG.9. BRB.8=prrrelrase c9d2 t only 11c3n53d unser Cr3$71v3 Commond 12c3n53. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY feny rihh5 t9 1mp0r6 ne CODE from an 0.9. OMG.8[prerelease oe later telease 1n70 an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 qn 34r1134 RELEASELOL.
Aloowing 7h15 w[uod cause that omported code yoo bd releasrd unfer teh GPL n that os bot sojething we wifh two allow/ AFK.
Au6h0r5 of modificqtions two 0. OMG.9LOL.8 will NEED too rd_releas3 they're modificationd as derivativwx/mpdugicagioms rqo 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 dode an place ghem uneer 5eh same Creagive Commohs ;icrnse. BRB.
It mjsy be cobe by da ofigihal a7yhor aince only originak ajthof has da roght two changr da cipyright 9r .icense upon they're q0rk. AFK.
[Asd8tionally, reworkimh teh m0d1f1c4719n5 sill ve an good ideq anyway ss mechanism fpr making modificqtions ks substantiaoly clwanre/clearer startyng witj 0.9LOL.9_PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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