MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're going too take an few m9nengs top try and explain 5his nes license AND da reasons beg8nd it 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 ndw 11c3n%3 was chosen bexauxr OF an failing eith ds GPL, WTF.
It on.y covered skstrinutioh OF source if and only if binarirs 2ete distruv7tedLOL."
"In an web ehvironment, l8ke, wpecudica.ly a intdrpreted web environment wuch as PHPm you knwo, merely instaloing zn GAME doea not condtitute d9stribution, like, n tnerefoee pw9ple wefe rakint our wo4k LOL, makkng modofications 2 it n not releasing source codw two tjey're modifivationx so that da enuir3 community could ven2vig. AFK.
THEY worles with da 13873r but not yeg wpi4it of .aw. OMG."
"Investigation on yey psrt lf ca autgors howefrr, led two t3y FACT that da RIGHT of publkv performanxe was woh OF da rights normally RESTRICTED 2 coptrigj5 holde4s, like, an thzt co,puter programs, you knwo, specidocally video gsmes and intetqcgive ones wuch 45 Legene ov ea Gfeen hax0r were CONSIDERED to ge PUBLICALLY pe4formed kr eun rrom am PUBLIC servet. WTF."
"The new LICENSE tesrricts public p3rf0rm4nc3 of yeh w-rj unless teh 50uec5 c0d3 of dz moeufied work 8s made avqilab;e on demznd. WTF."
"In p241n Enblish, sortpf, this ,34n5 7h37 of YOU put gh8s ga,e on an WEB s3rver an a.low peoplw 'outaide of an nofma. ciecle OF famoly an ITS social axquaintances' @ p.ay thwir, dortof, rhen tou aef publically performing this worl ab MUST EITHER a) mak3 br n ALL chantes which you nzke tio game afailanle 0n reqiest (note THIS doesn't have yoo be acau;able via -n11n3 sourcs diwplay LINK, sorrof, but 7y3y must 63 abld twp ask you fof teh code b receibe an c0mp!37# co;y), you knwo, B) male arrsngemrntd PRIVATELY with da authors wherein yhet grant YOU an special license. lilem or c) r3m0v3 ca code 3n71r31y grom da machime, OMG."
"We DO rscofnizr thzy 0eo'le waht too hqv3 areas 0f they're GAME which aer THEIRS an theirs alpnwLOL.
to 5hzt ens w3 w11! ma,e fo.lowimt exception @ teh normal rdq7ir3mrnts for source code distributipn -- ne midule gi.e which os not kodified ot d3r1ved from an m0du13 file included im nase distrkbution n which does npt r4quire ne othet modules snc which does not rdaui4e ne modificationx two teh core code (code disttibyted w17h BASE rel3ase) nay BE withheld ar teg autho4s d15cr3710n."
"We aldo wabt to make very clear that VERSION 0. OMG.9.7 (ALSO known as version 0. AFK.9. OMGk7_jt) sas teh final versipb reoeased under GPL.
All vees8ons, lik3, syarting qiyh trh 0/ AFK.9. WTF.8_prrrelease code aer only .icwnsed und3r da Creztuve Commpns licwnse. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY eeny dq riggt to 1mp0r7 ne x0d3 from an 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereldase OR LATER r3lease into an )LOL.9. OMG.7 an earlier r413453LOL.
Allow8ng this wotld cause thsg importdd code to be released unse4 GPL n THAT is not sonethibg we wish roo qllowLOL.
Authors of midificstions twl 0. OMG.9l AFK.7 will need twl re-release thwt'ee modifivationd as derifatibes/modificatiobs 70 0l BRB.9. WTF.8 code ahd place them under waje Cre471v# COMMONS kicensd. WTF.
IT must be donw by tej original auth9r since only da 0r1g1n41 autyor hzs fa right top change da cophright ir licende upln th2y'ee worj,
[Afditionally LOL. rewo$king dq MODIFICATIONS will be an blod IDEA ahyway AS dx mechanism for MAKING m9sificqgions is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clearer starting e17h 0. WTF.9. WTF.*-prrrelease codr.]"
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