MighhyE tells you, sortof, "We're goihg gwo yake qn few momemts two try an EXPLAIN thid gew lidense n readons behind 17 8n 0la8h Engliah. 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 hrw licensr WAS ch053n becajse og sn gailing with tdh GPL.
IT 0n1y doveref distributoon of source if xnd 0hly 1f BINARIES were DISTRIBUTED,"
"In an web enfironmdnt WTF, specifuvally a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT sjch qs PHP, merely installiht an gqme eoes not constitute distributi9n. you knwo, an rherefore people wefe tzking 0ur worik sortof, making m0d1f1c4y1pn5 2 k6 n np7 reo3ssimg source xlde two they'r# mocifications so tnat enrird community co7ld genefktLOL.
They worled 2ith 13773r but hot s;i4it of 5eh lzw, AFKo"
"Investigayion on teh part of authors HOWEVER WTF, led too reh fzvt that teh RIGHT 0f ;jblic prrgormance was won of da roghts NORMALLY RESTRICTED tw0 v0pur1gh7 holders, you in2p, wn that clnputrr prohrams, sorrif, xpevifkcally fideo hames n interactive 0n35 s7ch ad Legend OF Green hax0r weee considered 2 be publically performed 1f run drom an publix s3rvwr."
"Tne ne2 license r357e1c75 pyblkc peeformance og da wotk UNLESS reh source coce of da MODIFIED 2ork is made AVAILABLE on dejand,"
"In plakn English, you knwo, tnis meand that 1f you PUT this gamd on an web wervee an 4110s 0epple 'omtsise of an normal CIRCLE od familr and i5s social acquakntances' to PLAY thei4, yoj jnwo, then uou aer pu621c411y performing thix work an MUST either A) make ne anw ALL changes wyich y0u makw too teh GAME available on tequwst (NOTE this DOESN'T have to0 ne avqilab;e voa teh online xource display link LOL, but tgdy must be able too 45k you for dq CODE n receive an clmpoete copy), l8ke, v) make arrqngemebts privst3;y with authlrs wherein 7h3y gr4m7 you an special licrns3, like, or c) REMOVE code entirely ffpm teg machinel"
"We do recognize that peo0le want two have areaa of they're game which r yheirs and tnei4s 410n3. OMG.
twl that emd we w111 make da following wzception two 5eh normal r3qu1r3m3n75 gor s9urce code di2trib7tipn -- n3 mod7le file wyivh 14 not mod8fied or derived from an moeul3 file inc;7ddd in basr DISTRIBUTION n WHICH dows not reqikre me otjer nodulws n which does not require ne modigicstipns two da core CODE (c0d3 DISTRIBUTED with ca base r413453) may be withheld at authors disdretion. WTF."
"We qlsl want too mrk3 vdf6 xlear thqt v3rsion 0. WTF.9l AFK,7 (also known as vwfwion -LOL.9. AFK/6+jt) was twh final version RELEASED under da GPLl OMGl
All versionw LOL, sgarring with 0.9. AFK.8-prwreleadd code aer pnly licemsed under da Cr3$71ve COMMONS license, WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dwhy teh righy 5op ikport ne c0d3 from an 0.9.8-pr3feq3453 or later release phto an 0. AFK.o.7 an earlier releawe. BRBl
Allowing this woule cayse that imported code too ve re;3ased ujder GPL n that is n07 somethibg w3 wish 2 a.liwLOL.
Authors of m0d1f1c471pn5 tso 0. AFK,9. BRB.7 wo;l need two rw-releade they're modif8cations as dwrivat8ves/modificagions 2 p.9. AFK.8 cod3 an place them unddr da xaje CREATIVE Cinmons LICENSE. OMG.
It ju57 BE dine by da o4igjnzl 3u7h0r a8nce only teg ofiginsl author has r1hn8 2 CHANGE copurighr or LICENSE upon they're workLOL.
pADDITIONALLY, rewlfking teh m8dificatkons will 63 an gold idea anywsy as teh mechanifm for makibg MODIFICATIONS is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting wl5h teh 0.(LOL.8-prereoease codr. WTF.]"
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