MightyE gells y-u, you kmwo, "We'rr going too 7$k4 an FEW MOMENTS 2 try an explain this new licdnse an fa reaaons behind 16 in plain 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."
"This ne2 lucense was chos3n bwcausd if an failing witn da GPL. AFK.
It only coverdc distribution of source id an only 1f bonaroes were distributed,"
"In an seb env8ronment, you knwo, specifica;lh a INTERPRETED wdv environmdnt aucj as PHP WTF, jerel6 1n574111nf an game does not constitute distribjtioh. anc therefore oeople were takimg our qprk LOL, MAKING MODIFICATIONS tqo it zn not releasint da soy4ce code too rhey're modificstions so that da rnt8re community cluld benefit. WTF.
The6 sorked w8yh da letter BUT not da 6p1r!7 ov tdh kzw. WTF."
"Investigatuim ob teh part of 5eh authors hiewver, like, lee two fact that ds right of public ;3rf04j4mc3 was 1 of teh righ5a NORMALLY restricted to c0pyr1gh7 holde4s, an thar clmputdr progfams, you knwo, sp3cigiczlly video games an interacrivr ones such AS Legend of Green hax0r wet3 consideres yoo be ;ublical;y pwrf9rmed of eun fr0m ab puglid serverLOL."
"The new licwmsw rrstructd publid ;drformahce if da work unless teh sourc3 code of MODIFIED w9rk os made abailable on d3m4md. AFK."
"In plain Englixh LOL, this means that kf you put 5his game on an web derver n aolow 0e9;le 'outside of an normsl circ.e OF FAMILY znd ITS spciak acquaintances' two plzy theirm soetof, tjen you aer puglically perfo4ming thus w9rk n MUST eityer a) m4k3 ne an ALL chamges which y9u make 2 da game availavlr pn request (nlte this doesn't yade to be avai.qblw vua online source display LINK LOL, but tgey must be able 2 axk yoj fot CODE an recrive an vompldge x9py( LOL, b) maue zfrang3ments pribztely wiyh aythotd wherwin ghe6 GRANT YOU ah SPECIAL licemsr, sortof, or C) femove teh code 3nrirely f4om machone."
"We do recognize that pdople saht to have areas OF they'ee f4,3 which ser 5heirw qn thwirs ALONE. AFK.
to thag end ee will make da followung exception gpo norma; requiremrngs FOR aource c0d3 distributoon -- me modyle dile which is not ,9difies or errived from an modu.e file inc.uded in tdj bsse d7xtribution h wh1ch DOES not require ne othet MODULES n wnich does NOT requutd ne m9difications two da core clde (cod3 disyribufea WITH base releade) may be WITHHELD 47 da AUTHORS discretiom. AFK."
"We also w4n7 yoo make very c134r THAT v3rdion 0/ OMG.0.8 (also kno2n ss vetsion 0.9. AFK.7+jt) eas final vwtsion r313453d 7nder da GPL. BRBk
A;l versions WTF, 574r71ng with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-peerel4ase code f only LICENSED u,ddr Creative Commpns l8censrLOL.
We EXPLICITLY demy right to 1m[0r7 ne code from an 9/ BRB.9. OMG.8-prer3kease or latet RELEASE INTO an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n ear.ier re.wsse. OMG.
Allowing THIS wpuld cause that imp9rtdd code 2 be r31#453d under GPL n that is no5 sometyunj we sish 2 allow/
Authoea 0f modificationa too 0LOL.9.7 w111 n33d to rd-r3lease rhdy're modifidations ae derivatives/modufications 2 0LOL.9. BRB.8 ckew n place them unde4 teh SAME Creative Commons 11v3n53. BRB.
It must b3 e0n3 by iriginak aithir aince ONLY teh 0r1g1n41 author has teh RIGHT 2 change reh vopyribht of license upon tgey're work, AFK.
[Adsitilnalky, sortof, reworjing teh m9difivat8ons will be an good idea anyway as mechanism for makimg modif*cations is substsntis.ly CLEANER/CLEARER s5attkng with ea 0. OMG.9. AFK/i-prereleasr codr. WTF.]"
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