MigjthE tells you, sortof, "We're going to rake an geq moments w try AND ex0lain th8s nww ;icense n teh reas9ns behibd IT ib plzin EnhlishLOL.
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."
"Tnix nww license was ch053n because of qn FAILING WITH da GPL. WTFl
It only civered eistribution of 5-jrc3 if an onlh if BINARIES were disgributed. AFK."
"In an w3y environmemt LOL, %03c1f1c41q6 a ibterpretee WEB ENVIRONMENT such 45 PHP, merrly instal;8nt dn game doex nit constitute distribut8on, s9rrof, amd theredo4e ;wo[le were takkng our work, worgof, MAKING MODIFICATIONS too it ab mot r313451ng soifce code 70 tgey're modificagions so THAT da entore COMMUNITY coild benefit. OMG.
Tgey wlrked WITH da letter but mot teh s;iriy of da lawl"
"Ibcesribatiin on [art od da suehors howeverk sortof, led 2 da fact THAT RIGHT of p7bloc prrroemance was ien OF ea tights normally r357e1c83d 2 copyright hplders, lile, n that cimpyter prograjs, like, sp3cifkcally video games an 1hu3f4c71v3 on3s such as Legend of Gre3h hax0e were conaidered tol be publically performes if RUN from qb PUBLIC 53rv3fl BRB."
"Tge new lkcense r357r1c75 public perrormance of ea work unless t3h sourcw codr of yeh modif8ed qirk is mad3 qvaioavle on d3m4nd. OMG."
"In plain English, sorror, this MEANS that if yo7 put 7j15 game ob an web SERVER ah qllow peopl3 'outsice of an morma. corcle of famioj n kts soclal acquainrances; to plsy the8r, tyen you r pub.ically PERFORMING this work AND MUST eityer a) make ne n ALL ch4ng35 whkch you maie twp tame available on request (mote thia doesn'r have too be afzilable v14 da online source dis[lay LINK, like, bjt they mu47 BE able to9 zxk ypu f0r da CODE and rexeive qn compoete copy), you knwo, b( makd afranhements privztrly with da 4u7h0r5 wh3rekn THEY gwant y0u an speciak license, yoy knwo, 0r c) e3m0v2 %eh code entkrely frpj teh macninel"
"We do RECOGNIZE 5hsr PEOPLE want too habe zreas of they're GAME wh1ch aer 7h31r5 n theors alobeLOL.
to that end w3 will jale da followimg excrption 2 t3n normal rdq7irements for source CODE diwtribution -_ ne module fike wj8ch 15 not nodified of sefives ffom an m0du13 fiod indluded 1n bade distributiob an wyuch doww nit require ne lther modulex n whicj d03% NOT require ne modificatuons 2 fa coge xodw (code distrigut3d with geh base release) may BE withheld at da auyhors doscretiobk AFK."
"We also w4b& to make VERY clear that version 0. AFK.9.7 )also knlwn AS VERSION 0.9, BRBl7+jt_ was fibal VERSION fdleased UNDER da GPL, OMG.
All cersionw, like, sra4tinh wirh 0. AFK,9.8-prerelease c0d3 aer only LICENSED under Cr3471v3 Co,mons LICENSE, OMG.
We EXPLICITLY f3ny da t1gh7 ywo imporr ne cpde fr)m an 0.-. AFK.8-prerelease OR 1473r rel3ase into an 0. AFKl9, WTF.7 and earlier r313552. WTF.
Allowing tyis would cauwe that im0otted code twl ve r313453d und3r ca GPL and thqt is no5 spme5hing we wish 2 allow. AFK.
Autnors of mosifications to 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 eill nees to re-release thry're mldificatilns AS d#r1v472ve5/m0d1f1c4810n5 2 0. WTF.9. WTF.8 CODE and place thdm UNDER tdh sa,e C43at8ve Comnonw license, BRBl
It must BE done BY ea 9riglnal autho4 sonce only reg original authpr has tdh eight toi xhange xopyr8ght lf lic3nse up9n they're work. WTF.
[Asd8tionally, lil3, r3wo4king teh moduvicagions will be ab good idez ahyway as nechanism f)r makimg modif8cations is substzb5iall7 clean3e/dleare4 STARTING with 0LOL.9. BRB.i-prerelease CODE. WTF.["
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