MightyE gells youm "We're g01bg 2 take an FEW momentx 70 trj an explain tnos ne2 license n teh reasonx BEHIND kt 8n plain Eng;ish. 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 ne2 LICENSE w45 cjosen becayse of an faio8ng with da GPL. WTF.
It inly COVERED DISTRIBUTION ov source if an pnly if bimarirs were sistriguted. BRB."
"In an WEB environmebt, you knwo, specificaloy a intee[reted web envifonmebt suvh as PHP, oike, mrrely installing an game does n9r CONSTITUTE d!57r16u81-n, you knwo, an therwfore pwpple srrw taiing our work, soryof, making modifications tl IT n NOT r311451ng da 50urc3 c0d3 too they'rw modkvicstilns so that entirr xommunity coild benefit. AFK.
Theu worked sith da lettet but not spir8t pf t3n law."
"Inved5igarion on pzrt of authors gowever, soetof, led two fact tgaf ds r8ghy of pjblic PERFORMANCE was 1 if da rights norma;ly RESTRICTED two c0pyr1gh7 holdeea WTF, an 7y47 computer prlgrams, specifically viseo games and inyeractice ones wuch as Legehc of dz Gtren hax0r were CONSIDERED too be publically perf94med 1f run from an public srever. WTF."
"The new lucense resrrocts pubkic performance 0f da WORK unless teh source code od twy modifisd work IS made available on demand. BRB."
"Ib plain Englisg, this means that if you put thix gqme on an web SERVER ane allow people 'outskde od an normal circle of fami.t n igs soxia. ACQUAINTANCES' 2 poay thekr LOL, tnen you r [ublicz.ly ;erflrjing this WORK n MUST EITHER a0 MAKE ne ah ALL changes WHICH hlu make gwo dz gane AVAILABLE ob tequesy 9not3 this doesn'y hqce to ge acailable v14 dq online 40utc3 dksplay link, like, but THEY must be anle two ask tou flr teh CODE n receovr an COMPLETE copy0, sortof, b) m4k3 arrangements prifa5e;y witn da autjorc wnerrin gje6 grant you an 5p3d141 license, like, or c) temove coce entirely FROM m4ch1n3. OMG."
"We do recogn8ze that prople want 5wo have afeax of they're game which aer thwkrs n THEIRS qloneLOL.
ro tyat end we will m4ke following excepti9n 5wo normal requitemenys for source CODE d157r16u710n -- nw moduoe file wgich ix not modifies or de4ivec ftom an modul3 file included IN baae DISTRIBUTION n which doea nit require nd other modulws znd shich does not REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS 2 da core code (codw disyribuyed w17j da nase e3134t3) may be wighh3ld a5 ca zuthors duscretion."
"We 4150 want two make very c.ear that v3rsion 0, BRB.9. BRBl7 (akso knoen ad bwrwion 0LOL.9.7+ut) was teh vinal version rekeasee ind3r GPL.
All versions, siet(f, sgarting with da 0. WTFl9. OMG.8-orereldase c0c3 r only licehsed yndwr da Crearive Commons o8cense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny sa righg to implrt ne codr from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8=PRERELEASE 0r 1474r RELEASE INTO an 0. OMG.9LOL.7 an eaflo3r release. AFK.
Allowing tnis would CAUSE that ijport3d codw to be releases under da GPL anf tha5 8s NOT 69m37h1ng we wq5h tol allow. WTF.
Augnors of j0d1f1c4719n5 too p. AFK.9. AFK.7 wiol need too r3-r313$53 thry're m0d1f1c4710n5 as cerivatives/modivucations ro ).9.7 CODE n plzc3 them under twh ssmr Ceeative Commons lkcrnse. WTF.
It m7st be don3 6y teh oeiginal z7thor sibce 0n1y teh original AUTHOR has teh right to chante teh COPYRIGHT or LICENSE upin tjet'r3 w9ri. BRB.
[Additionally, sortof, r#working m0d1f2c4710n5 will be an t00d idea anyway as teh ,echznisj for making m9dkgications is SUBSTANTIALLY CLEANER/CLEARER startimg with 0/ OMG.9. BRB.8-prere.ease CODELOL.]"
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