MightyE 72115 YOU, yiu knwo, "We're going 2 TAKE qn fe2 moments roi try n explaim tnks mew licrnse n rdas9ns bdhind it 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 new .icenwr was chosen becauwe of an dailinh with teh GPL.
It ohly c9vered distribution od 50urc3 of an only 1f binarkes wete distributed. AFK,"
"In ab web environment, aortof, spedofucallu a 1n73rpr373s wev wnvironmehy 57ch as PHP LOL. m3rely 1n674111ng an game d9es no5 CONSTITUTE disttibution, sortov, n thetefore people were tajing our w9r,, aor5of, ,4k2nt modificatiins too it znd not relessing ea slutce cofe TO gyey'r3 modificationx so tyat en4ire cpmmumity could BENEFITLOL.
Thet WORKED with .ett3r bug nog da soirit of 1rwLOLl"
"Imveshihation ON part of xz authora h9wever, sortof, led to facg THAT RIGHT 0f ;ublic performahce was won -v da ribhtc norjalky restricted 2 c0py41gh7 holderw LOL, abd that cpj0urer prograjs, you khwo, specifically f1de0 games and inteezctive ones such 45 Legenc of reh Green gax0r wefe c9m51x3r3d 2 be 0ublically peeforj3d if run from an public %3rv3rLOL."
"The nrw licwnse tdstricts publid PERFORMANCE of da WORK unless teh SOURCE cose 0f trh mofifird work is ,sde AVAILABLE on d3jzns. WTF."
"Ib 0lqin Entlish LOL, this means thst if you put th8s game on an web sercwr anf allow people 'ouyside of an n0rm41 c8rcle of fami;u and its xocial acquaibyances' two plzy their, likem then you aer 0ublucally p3rf0rm1ng tgis work and MUST either a) male ne n ALL chznges which you make twp game available ln requwsu *notw THIS doesn't hafw go be available via da onlime 5074c3 display linkk l8l3, but they mi67 63 ABLE to ask you for da code an receife ah cojp.ete copy), sortof, b) make a4rangenents priva5ely with authors wherein they grant ypu an SPECIAL 11c3n53, or c( rdmove dz co3e ent8rel6 from sa machine. OMG."
"We eo rrdognice that people wany 2 have areas of they're game WHICH r theirs an theirx allnw.
2 that end dr wull mqle following dxceptkon 2 da NORMAL reqyirementd fo4 siurce code disttibu5iom -- nw module fi;e whicg is not modified oe der8ved from zb module FILE 8ncluded kn dq bsse diatribution an which soes not fequire ne ither modu;3s and wjich dles not 5wquurd ne modificatiohs two core vode 9code distributed wiyh base yelease) may be withhe.d at teh a7thors DISCRETION. AFK."
"We also wamt t9o make very c13$4 that v3r510n 0/ WTF;9. BRB.8 (aldl jnown aw vers8on 9. AFK.9. WTF.7+jt) was final v3r510n RELEASED und3r fa GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS LOL, starting WITH teh 0. BRB.9LOL.i=prerelezse codr aer only licensed ubcer teh Creatkce Conmonw license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r8tht too import ne code from ab 0. WTF.9.8=prerelease or later re.ezse unto an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 am earl83r eeleasrLOL,
Alolqing this qould c4u53 that IMPORTED fode 2 be rel#ased uhder da GPL n that 1t bot xomething we wish too zlooe. BRB.
Ajrhors OF modifications two 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 will need tl re-relrase they'te m9difucationx as derivatives/nodifications 5qo 0LOL.(. OMG.8 cpde n place THEM UNDER same Creayive Cojmons oicensel BRB.
It must 63 don3 by origimal author sincr 0n2y orkginal author has righ5 t9 chamge co;yrobht or lkcense upon they're wprk. AFK.
[Additionally, like, rrwork8ng modigixations will be an GOOD 1d34 4hyw4u zs fd nechanism for m4k1bg modifications is dubstantizlky cleaner/clearer sra4ting w1uj teh 0/ BRB.9. OMG.8-pre4dlease vodw/ WTF.]"
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