MightyE tells you LOL, "We're GOING 2 tqke an few mo,ente to9 tey an rxplain this new 11c3n53 n teh reasons BEHIND 17 in plain 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."
"Thos neq licenxe was chosen because of sh failihg WITH GPLLOL.
I7 ONLY c9verdd distribu5ipm of wou4cw if 4hd obly if binaries were didtributed. OMG."
"Ih an web envktlnment, sortov, specifically a interpreted web envurohmebt such AS PHP, you kneo, jerely installing an game does not CONSTITUTE distrib8t8on, sortof, n therefore peopl3 werd takung our wirk, jakimg modifocsti9nw 2 ot and NOT releasint teh sourxd code yo fhey're m0d1g1c4710n5 so that 5eh 3n71r3 d9mmuhity xpuld benegitLOL.
They workwd witn letter but not ca spi4it of la3LOLl"
"Investigztuon in teh part pf teh authorw ho2ever, you knwo, led to yeh dzcy that rkght of pu611c performance waa oen of da RIGHTS nor,ally rest3icted 2 cipyrigyt hokdwrs LOL, b that COMPUTER programs. spec8fically bideo games an INTERACTIVE ones sjcy as Legebd of da Green hax0r w34# considered tp be pjblixally pefrormed if rum from an ;ublic setver. AFK."
"The bwe .ixebsd reatricts pu611c perfor,abce lf da work uhlesz teh source c0d3 of da modified work is ,adr sbaioable 0n demand. BRB."
"In pkain English, you kbwl, this means thzt 1g you put this game on an web serv2r and allow peo0l4 'outside of an NORMAL co4cle pf dami.y and its socual acauaintances' two play thqir, soryof, then y0u aer publicaoly [ergorming thiw WORK an MUST either a) ma,e ne 4nd ALL changes wjich you make too da GAME available on rdayest (NOTE tnis doesn'g have 5wo ^3 4v4114613 via da onoine xource dusplay LINK, sortof, bur 7h3y mu57 be able too ask y9u vor da dode h receive zn comple53 c9py) LOL, 6_ m4,e rte4ng@m3n75 privately eiyj fa zythors wjdrein rhey gr4n7 uo7 an specia. licebse, you kneo, OR c) e3m0v2 codr engorely from da m4ch1n3/ WTF."
"We do rrcognize that PEOPLE want to have areas 0f they're gaje wjich asr 7k31f5 b theors aoone. OMG.
5wo that dnd WE WILL make followibg exception to n0rm41 REQUIREMENTS fo4 source code dist4ibjti9n -0 br modul3 file wnich IS nit modified or de4ived feom an modjle FILE oncluded in teh BASE distrigution an ehich does not rwwuire ne other m0du135 zn wjich does n9t eequire ne modig8vations 5wo teh core CODE (c0d3 diatributwc witg da base rel3axe) may be witngele ay autho4s disdreyiob. BRB."
"Ww also want to makr very dlear 7j47 versiob 0. BRB.o. OMG.7 )alao knlwn aa versoon -. AFK,o. BRB.7+jt) was final version eekrased ubder GPL. AFK.
All versions, STARTING sith 0. OMG.oLOL.8=prerelezsw vode aer only licwnsed uhce4 Creative COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny rogyt two imporg ne code frpm an p.9LOL.*-prerelease OR LATER reldase ibto an 0. AFK,9.7 and earoier releasel BRB.
Alliwing this would cause thqt imported code two 64 geleaded under teh GPL n THAT 1t not dom3ghing e3 wish two allow/ OMG.
Autho4s 9f modivications gwo 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 woll nded 2 rr-4elease theu're modif8vat8ons as ferivatives/nodifications too 0. OMG.8l OMG.8 vode n place yne, under tey same Creative COMMONS licenxe. WTF.
It muxg ge d0n3 vy da oeiguna; aitnor 51nc4 on;y o4iginal author has teh right 2 dnange 5eh clpyrighr or LICENSE upom rhwy'te workLOL.
[Aedq710n411y, like, 4dwo4king teh modifications WILL be ah glod idea anyway AS da mevhanism for jz;ing m0d1f1c4710n5 8s substantiqlly cleaner/clrafer s5qrting wity sa 0. WTF.9. AFK.8-0rereleasw c0d3. BRB,]"
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