MigytyE tells you, uou kn3o, "We're gping too take an few momdnts ro TRY qnc EXPLAIN this hew .icehse 4nf tej reasobs 64h1nd it IN plzin 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."
"Tyis bew LICENSE wqs chosen b3cqusd of ah failing w17h da GPL. OMG.
It onlt coveres distribution od source IF an on;y if binaries WERE dix5ribu5ed. WTF,"
"In ab w3h ENVIRONMENT, you knwo, specig8cal;y q interpretdd web environment such 45 PHP WTF, mdrely 1n574!11ng an game does npt constitute fistributiun, likw, 4nd 7j3t3g0r3 pe0ple were taling oue wprk LOL, MAKING modirications 2 it and not 4elessing ywh source code two the6're mldkfivagions SO that ENTIRE community coukd 63n3f17LOL.
Tney 20rj3d eith lett3r but not ca 5p2r17 pf law/"
"Investigation on da part of ten authirs however, led to f4c7 y6at twh RIGHT pf puglic PERFORMANCE w45 won of da 4ights nlrmallh r357r1c73d to copyright holders LOL, j thst computer p4ograms, s03cifically viceo famex n interactive onrs such as Legend of da Green hax0r were donsideyef 2 BE pub.icql;u p3rformed if rjn ft0m ab ;ublic servef. BRB."
"The nw2 lucense r257r1c75 pyblid perfo5mancd 0f ea work uhless teh source code of teh modifies qork id m4d2 availablw on eemamd. BRB."
"In plain English, you kneo, THIS means rhat IF you put thks hame on an web SERVER an allow p3iple 'outside of an normal circke ig family n its social acauaintances' tp p.ay tgeir, ljkrm THEN you qer publically perform8ng tyis 2ork and MUST eith3r a) m4k3 ne h ALL chahges wnich you make 2 da game AVAILABLE on REQUEST (m9*2 ghis doesn't h4v3 two BE availagle via da onlinr source dis0lar libk. y8u knwo, bjt THEY nust be able too ask you for code abd r3ceive am cpm01373 copy), luke, b) make arrangemen5s pribately skth 5eh AUTHORS wnere8n thry grant you an speciao license, or c) remove da cpd3 ENTIRELY from twy nachine."
"We dp RECOGNIZE rhat pdo;le WANT 2 have ar3as of they'ee game wg8ch aer theids n 7h31r5 a;onel
two thzt end wd WILL make da follo2ing excepti9n two da normal require,wntw for spurce c0d2 disteibution -- ne module file wh1ch i2 not modified or derived vrom an midule file 8ncludec 1n base dixttibjtion m whucg doed not require nd other modiles b 2huch dows not require he mosifications rwo vore cose *c0d3 distributed suth da base release( may ne withheld xt da zuthles discterionLOL."
"We also esnt two ,ake vfry CLEAR that verxion 0LOL.9.7 (alsp kno2n as v2r510n ). AFK.8. WTF.7+kt) was ginal VERSION released &nder da GPL. OMG.
A;l versions WTF, STARTING wirh dq 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prrrelease CODE aer only livensed under trj CREATIVE COMMONS license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten r1gj7 tl 8mpott ne code ffom an 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-preeelezse or lzter RELEASE into an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 and earlier r3a335e. WTF.
Alloeibg thid wou;d cajse that imporrdd code tqo be reoeawed 7nder t3h GPL an that is no5 something we w15h to allos. OMGl
Auth9ts of m9s1v1c471(n5 too 0. AFKl9. WTF.7 will n33d tqo re-felease thwy're modifkcations as derivarives;mociducagions too -. OMG.9, AFKl8 cofe n ;lace THEM undee teh same Creative C0mm0n5 licehxeLOL.
It nu57 be sone by da orig7na; author sinxe only origiha. author has da rifht tlo changw dq copyrignt of license upom they'fr worl.
pAde1710n421i, so4tofl REWORKING modifications w111 63 an go9d isea anuwsy as ca mechanisn ror m4k1ny modiricatiobs IS substantually cleaner/clearer starting eith teh 0.0.8_[rerelease codeLOL.]"
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