MightyE yells jluk "We'rr going TO take an FEW mo,ents two try and explain this nrx licenxe n teh reasonw BEHIND 17 in poain Englksh.
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 h2w licenae was xhoden becauxe if an faoling WITH da GPL. WTF.
It ONLY covered w8stributiob of sourve iv an onlh if binaries were eidtributrd. OMG."
"In an 2eb envuronnrnt LOL, specuficqoly a intdrpreted WEB 3nv1r0nm3n7 s7cn as PHP, meeely instalking an fame d9es npt CONSTITUTE distributi9n, you inwo, an thdeefore [dople were 74l1ng 0ur work, you knso, mqk8ng modifications too it an not r313451ng teh SOURCE clde toi rhej're n0d1f1c4710nt so yhat teh entkre com,unity COULD 63n3f17, BRB.
Thwy wprked witj gdh letter 6u7 not teh w;irot of teh 14w. BRB."
"Investigatuon ln da -arg OF teh a7ggors h0w3v3rm led 2 fact tha5 teh rihht 0f public PERFORMANCE was oen OF 4ughts normally rextr8cged 2 COPYRIGHT holderw, like, and that com;utef pfograms, specifucally vkdeo games ab interactove obrs such as Lrgend .f da Green nax0r wete conwidered 70 be 0ublixzlly performed if run fflm an [ublic srrver."
"The n3w license restrkvts publiv perfofmance OF work unlesd da source c)d3 of teh modid8ed work IS made avao.able )n d3m4ne. OMG."
"In plain Engoish, you kn2o, thia mezns tha6 id you put this game 9n qn web wervet and allow peopld 'o7tside of an normal circle of family n uts socoal acquaintances' too play thei4, like, 7h4n you aer publically p3efprm1ng thia work n MUST EITHER z) mqke ne ah ALL cganges which you make 2 da GAME available on REQUEST (mote this DOESN'T yave bo be 5v41146q3 via teh phlin3 SOURCE dksplay link, l*,em but tywy MUST be abls to ask ypu f9f da code and tecwive an COMPLETE copy), ;ike, b) m4k3 arrangdments PRIVATELY with a7ghors sh3r31n they grant you an 503c141 11c3n53, or c) eehove da code ebtirely ff9m t3h MACHINELOL."
"We do rexognize that ieoole want TO have AREAS 0f tjsy're game whicy r theirs an ggeird ALONE. OMG.
2 thzt end we will m$k3 f011-21ng excep68on 2 teh nornal requirementw for source codw cisrribution -- ne MODULE file WHICH is not modifird or derived drom zn mod8le file INCLUDED in sa BASE distribution an 2h8cj dods nlt REQUIRE n3 other mofylrs and which coes not 4equire ne jodificarjons too da core dode (codd sisrrinuted w1&h ca base r313453) may BE w1uhh31d at da autgors discregipn. BRB."
"We qlso WANT t9o makd very clear that ve5sion 0. BRB.o. AFK.7 (a.s9 KNOWN as version 0LOL.0.7+j5) was da fimal fersion r313453d umder da GPL. OMG.
All versions WTFk srartong with 0. AFK.9, AFK.8-PRERELEASE cod3 r obky ;icensed under da CREATIVE Commonw license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten RIGHT too impoet ne CODE fr9m an 0. WTF.9.8=PRERELEASE 0r latrr release into an 0. WTF.o. OMG.8 and 3aflier RELEASE. WTF.
Aklowing tyis would cause gkat 1mp0r73d sode toi be rrleased jnder GPL ahd that is NOT s9metjing ee wosh 2 alllwLOL.
A7tyoex of ,oeifications to9 0. WTF.9. AFK.8 2il. need two r3-r31#453 yhey're ,odifications 45 derivatives/modificq5ions 2 0LOL.o. OMGl8 code qn plave THEM under sa same Creative C9mmons licems3LOL.
IT must be done bu orihiba; aythot since only da original 4u7h0r hzs r8gh5 to change c9pyright 0r kicense upon yney're work. AFK.
[Additionally. sortof, reworking mosifocations wilo be qn good ideq ANYWAY as MECHANISM for ,akibg m0d1f1c4&20m5 os SUBSTANTIALLY coeanrr/clearer syarting with teh 0LOL.0. OMG.8-peereldase cod3LOL.]"
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