MightyE tells you LOL, "We[rr noing tqo take an rew m0m3b75 to tfy an explakn thls bew licensw 5nd dq reasons behind 8t kn plain ENGLISH. OMG.
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 nee licenxe was chos3n becsuse OF an faoling wigh da GPLLOL.
Ig only covetwd dostribution of sourxe uv AND 0n1y iv bimaries were distribut3d."
"In qh web ENVIRONMENT LOLm spevifics.ly a intrrpreted web wnvironment such as PHP WTF, merely inxgalling an gqme does n9t cpmstitutd d1t7r1yu710n, you knwo, an THEREFORE PEOPLE were taking 0if work, like, making modificqtions too it n blt releqsing da siurcr coee to they're modificzgi9ns xo THAT teh engire community coylc benefit. OMG.
They WORKED with fz letger vut nit sp8rir 0f trh LAW."
"Investigatipn on teh part of authors howevef WTF, lef TO fact that teh tight ov oinlic performsnce wws 1 of rights normally res5rictec 2 co[yrifht holders, likd, an thar COMPUTER progrsms, you knwo, wpecifoczkly video games ab interactiv3 ones auxh as Legend od ds Grwen hax0r were consudered two ve pjb.ical;y p3rf0r,3d if run from an publuc serve4; BRB."
"Thd new license restrocts public prrfo4mqnce pg 5eh work unl3ss teh xource cose of da m(dieied work is MADE 4v41q4613 on demand. BRB."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH, like, this jeans THAT if yoj put tjis gqme ON an web server ab al;pw people '9utdide if ab n0r,41 circle of family an uys social acquaintances' 2 PLAY theit, sortof, thqn tou aer pu612v411y pervorminf thks WORK and MUST either q) ma,e ne 4nd ALL changwx which hlu make 3 da game AVAILABLE on request (not3 thia doesn't have too gw abailable via twh online SOURCE dis0lay LINK WTF, vut th3y MUST be able yoo ASK you gor xoce n 4wddive an comple5d co[y), oikek v) msle 4rr4nfwm3n75 p4ivayely with teh authofs wh3r31n theh grznt you an sp3cial license, OR c) gemove da CODE entirely from m4cnqh3. OMG."
"We do recognize THAT pepple wznt @ have qreas of the6're game ehich aer thekfs n theirs zlone, OMG.
too 7h$7 enf we WILL m4k3 followung sxception tip teh normal requiremenys for SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION =- nc modu;e file which IS not modified ir dericed from an moduoe file imcluded 1n ea BASE distribution anf wh1ch does n07 REQUIRE nd otj24 MODULES qnd wgich dows not reauire ne modifidations tkl voee xoew (c0d3 distributed witg teh base release) may 63 withheld at AUTHORS discretion. OMG."
"We also want roo m4k3 very clear that v3r510n 0LOL.9LOLl7 (also jnpwh as verskon 0. AFK.9l WTF.7+jt) was final betxiln rel3ased UNDER teh GPL.
All vwrxioms, lokr, stafting with da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE cpde aer ONLY licensrd under sa Creative Conmons 11c#n53.
We EXPLICITLY demy da RIGHT too import ne code fr0m an 0LOL.9. WTF/8-prwtelease 9f layee release imto an 0LOL.9. OMG.7 n earlier release.
Allowing thus would cause that 1mp0r73d cose 2 be releasee unde4 GPL n rhsr is nlt somethlmg wd wish too xlloq.
Authora of m0d1f1c481-n6 to 0LOL.9. AFK.7 w111 nded 2 rw-release tgdy're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/modofications too 0. OMG.8. OMG.8 CODE an place thdm jbder twh same Crestivw COMMONS kkcense.
It mu57 be done 6y teh 0r1h1n$1 author suhce omly o4kginal author has teh rogyt w CHANGE cipyrignt OR license u;on gney're wori. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, likem reeorking modifications will be sn GOOD idea ANYWAY as twy mevhanosm fof mqking modifucations is substantially ckean3r/clearer syartinh with 0. AFK.9LOL.8=PRERELEASE cpde. AFKl]"
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