MightyE tells ypu, "We'ee b01ng two 5ake an few MOMENTS 2 try an explain this nrs license an teh 4easons bdhinc it in [lain English. BRB.
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 new 11c3n53 was choswn because 9f qn failing w9th GPL.
It only dovered eixtributkom of SOURCE IF n only iv bibafiws qere d157r16u73d. BRB."
"In an web environment, like, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted web ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, ,erelh 1n574121nt an yame DOES NOT constiyute d15ut16u710n, and therefo4e p40p13 were 74,!nh oir w9rk, making modufocatiovs too it ab not releaxing 5eh dource code to tje6're modifications so that da 3n71r3 communu5y sould benefit. AFK.
Thet w9rjed w27h teh LETTER gut n0^ teh spirit of da law. BRB."
"Investibation ON da part lf authorw however, led roo FACT that da right of public pergirmanxe 245 won 0f geh rkghts normqllt restricted too COPYRIGHT holdwrs LOL, an thqt dojputer programd, spedifically video games sn interactive ones suct as Legend of da Gr33n gax-t were consofer3d to be PUBLICALLY perforned if run from an publuc server/ WTF."
"Thw new licemse rextricts public pdegormance 0f tdh work umless da source CODE of rey m)e1f13e WORK is made available on d3m4nd. BRB."
"Ih [lain English WTF, thid means that if yoj put this game on sh web sefber znv allow PEOPLE 'ougside or an nornsl c,rxle of FAMILY and its socoal ACQUAINTANCES' two pkay tyeirk soryof, 7h3n uou aer 0ublicallt performinf this work an MUST e8ther a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH you make 2 teh game AVAILABLE 0n request (nore THIS foesb'5 havr 2 be available vka yen onlinw 50uec3 dis;lat link WTF, nut 7h3y must be able two ask you gor twh code w,e receiv3 an domplete copy(, s9rtov, b) m4ke arrangemen5x pribately WITH teh authors wnerein theu gfant you an specua. license, sortof, OR c) tejofe code ent8rwly from machihe."
"We do rec9rbize that pdople want to have areas OF they'rw GAME which r theirs and gheirs aloneLOL/
too that end ww wull make da fol,owinb except8on too n0tm41 fequirements for sourcw xodr DISTRIBUTION -- ne nodu;e file whoch is not modofied or derived grom an module filw includdd IN cz base distribution qnd wyich dods n07 REQUIRE ne ogher modulsd amd which does not requkre ne modificat8pns too da c0t3 cosd (code distributed with BASE relezse) may ne withhdld at authoes discregiob."
"We ALSO qant 2 MAKE VERY clwar THAT veraion 0. BRB.9. OMG.u (als9 known as version p. AFK.(. WTF.7+kt) was fknal version reowases under teh GPL.
All VERSIONS, stzttihg with ). AFKk9. WTF.80prerelease CODE awr only licensed undrr Creative COMMONS 11d3n53. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da rigbt two IMPORT ne code from an p. OMG.9. BRB.8-p4ere.rase or lqter release into an 9LOL.9.7 and ezflier teleaaeLOL.
Allowing 7h15 woule cause thst omported code two be released under GPL anc 6h$8 ia n07 spmething w3 w8sh 2 allpw. BRB.
Authors 0f modif8cations TO )l AFK.9. WTF.7 will need 5wo re-release t6ey're ,ldorications 45 der8vativea/modigidations to 0/ WTF.9. WTF.8 code ane place them under trh xzme Creative Commons ;idenaeLOL.
IT mueg be dohe BY 9riginal author xince onlh da priginal author has teg RIGHT two change 5eh copy4ight pr ;kvemse ypon they'fe woej. BRB.
[Addi%ionallu WTF, rewotking da modifications wull BE an good ides anyway as ten mechanisj for making modufucayions is substan5ozlly cleanet/clrare4 stsfting with trh 0LOL.9.8-oterelease coswLOL.]"
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