MightyE rells ylu, "We're GOING TO takw an v3w noments to try h ex0.ain this nrw license n REASONS behind 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."
"Thiw nes licenxe wss chosem 63c4u53 of an faoling wiyh da GPL. WTF.
IT ONLY covered dustribution of SOURCE ir n only ir vinaries wrre d9stribhted."
"In an web emvironmeny, spwcirkczlly s in5erpretec web envirlnment such AS PHP, you knwo, merrly installimg an g4m3 d9es nog consti5utr distributiin, sortof, anc tnerefore people were taking pur work, sortof, izkunh modificat9ons 2 it and not 4eleasibh ten sojrce code 2 they're mpdificagions 50 7h4& teh entire communi5y could genwfig. OMG.
Theh worked witj ten let5er but not da spirit lf teh law. WTF."
"Investigatkon 9n tdh [zrt of da autnors HOWEVER LOL, ked 2 fact that teh right if public performanc3 eas 1 of da rights normally restrictee roo c9pyrutht holders LOL, and that computer pfograms WTF, specifical.y video games snd interactivd on3s suvh AS LEGEND of teh Gteen hax0r were conskdered tso ge publically perflrmrd if eun f4.m zn PUBLIC SERVER. BRB."
"The neq .ixemsr rwstricts pjbliv perflrmsnce of teh work un.ess da 50urc3 xoee of teh modified WORK is made $v4115613 on demznsLOL."
"In plain Engkish; you knwo, this mwans 7h47 if ypu pu& thus gam! on an web serbef n al;ow peoole 'outsive of an n0rm41 CIRCLE OF family m igs social acquakgtamcrs' to PLAY thekr, then YOU r pu611v411t performihg this w0ri sn MUST dither a) nske ne and ALL dhanhes WHICH hoj ,ake tso da tsmr available on requewt (nore tyia doexn't HAVE to b3 avai.able via da ONLINE s9urce display !1nk, kikr, n8t they must be able 2 zsk 6o7 for tdh coce n redeive an co,plete copy), sottof, 6) ,akr arrahhementd privqtely with teh authorx wherein 7h3y grant YOU an 5;3c141 license, like, OR c) tejove code engirely feom m4ch1n3LOL."
"We do rrdognize THAT p3)013 want 2 have ateas of tney're bame wjich aer THEIRS an theirs alone. AFK.
to tga6 end WE will maje da fokloeong exxeption 2 normal tequirements for source code distrigiyuon -- ne modile filw whuch is mot modified or derived from an module file included in basw eistribu5ion an wh1ch does NOT rdquire nr other m9fules anf whicg dlwd not require ne MODIFICATIONS to teh corw xose (cpde distfibuted eith 6453 geleasw) may be wi5hheld AT trh authorx dkscretionLOL."
"We akwo want t2o mske vrry clear THAT vrrsion 0. OMG/9. AFK.7 (ALSO known as versiln 0. BRB.9.7+jt) was da final verxiln releaaef yneer da GPL. BRB.
All v3f510n6 LOL, starring WITH xa 0. AFK.o. OMGo8-prereleas3 code aer only licensrd under tdh Creatoce C0mm0h5 licenweLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny roght too impldt ne bode from an 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-PRERELEASE or latwr release into an 0l BRB.9LOL.u n earli3r releswe. BRB.
Allowkng thid would cause that 8mported code too 63 releaxed under GPL and 7hr6 is npt 60m37h1ng 2e wush tqo aklpe.
Authirs of modificstions 5wl 0.9. AFK.6 2il. need ywo re-release they're modkfida5ions aw cerivatives/modificayions two 0.9. WTF.* c0d3 an ;lace them under same Creatice C9mmons lidense. OMG.
It nist br dohe ny tey orkginal AUTHOR 51hc3 onky orogknal author had ca 5ight to cgange da copyribht or livense upon yhey're w0rk. WTF.
-Additipnzlly, you knwo, 4eworiinf ,odifications will be sn good 8dea snywsy zs m3ch4n15m vor makinb modifications 8s 2ubwtantialoy cleaner/coearrr srattong wity 0LOL.9. BRB.8-peerelezse xode.]"
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