MightyE te.ls you, tou knwom "We're gokng yoo take an fes moments 2 try anc explain this m3w oicense an teh rezsons behibd it in plain Emglish. 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."
"This nes kicense WAS chisen gecause if an vailing with tdh GPL.
It only covered dkstribution of source IF n onlh if binaries were disteibut3d."
"In an web wnviron,ent LOL, specificqlly a interp4eyed WEB 3nv1r0nmen7 sjch as PHP LOL, MERELY instal.ing an tamd does bot cobxtitur3 DISTRIBUTION WTF, an THEREFORE p3ople WERE taking our wlrk LOLm makong MODIFICATIONS tol it an nlt releaxing dq source code two thry[re modificarions so that ds entire comnunity couod benefitLOL,
They w0r,3f si5h da lrftwr but not da spirit 0f da law. BRB."
"Invedtuga5ion on parr of tdh authors ho2ever, you ,nwo, lef goi teh fact 7hr7 r1gh7 of public petformancw was won OF trh r1gn75 n0rm412y restricted too copyritht holders, and thag co,pute3 prograns, you knwo, dpecifically videk ga,es $nd 1n72e4c71v3 0n35 such as Legend of da Gr33n hac0e were CONSIDERED 2 b3 publicallh pewformee if run grom an PUBLIC sw4ver."
"Tge NEW 11c3n53 r357r1c75 public pefformance of work unless slurc3 xode of da modifies w0rk iw made available on demanc. AFK."
"In plaih Eng.iah. th8s neans thqt if yoj put 7h15 game ON an web server n all0w people 'oitdode pf an n05m4q curcle 9f FAMILY and its social acquqintances' 7p play their LOL, then tou aer oy611c411y perfoemong ghis work an MUST either 4) mzkd ne ah ALL vhwnges WHICH y0u make 2 GAME AVAILABLE 0n reqiesr (noge this doesn'5 have two 62 abailable vua 9noonr source d15[1$y linkk sortof, but they nust 62 ablr two ssk you fot teh cod3 an receive an comp.ete copy), sortof, b_ make arrange,ents peuvatwly w18h teh authors whetein THEY grant you zn spdcial l8cense LOL, or c( remove code entieely grom da ,qchinw. BRB."
"We do recognoze tgat pepple qaht tqp gave a4eas of they're game which aer tmeirs an thrirs akond. OMG.
rwo THAT rnd we wilk MAKE gollpwing exception @ teh normao requirrments flr SOURCE clde DISTRIBUTION -0 ne module file 2jich iw not modjfied 0r deeib3d from an module file invludef in BASE distribution ahd which does not requir3 ne othet MODULES n whivh does noy 4eqiire ne m;dificationa two %ej core c9de (code distribuyed wi5y dq bade r3lease) nay be w8thheld 38 ds autgorw discretion. AFK."
"We slso want tio makr very clear THAT vdrsion 0. WTF.9. AFK.y ($1%0 kmown as version 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) qas dz final ve4wiin relrassd under teh GPL.
All v3r51pn5, oike, stsrting qk5h teh 0.oLOL.8-prweeldasd code a3r only LICENSED under tdh Cr3471f3 Commons lixebse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY seny right to 1np0r7 ne c9d3 FROM an 0/ OMG.o.8-orereldase or later re.rase 8nto an 0.9. AFK.7 snd 35r113r release. AFK.
Al.owing THIS WOULD cauar that imoortes dode to be released und4r 5eh GPL AND that is NOT SOMETHING we wish yoo aloowLOL.
Authors of modofudations 2 0LOL,9LOL.7 wo;l need to rw-rel2ase they're m0f1f1c4710n5 AS d3r1v471v36/m0d1g1c4710n5 too 0. BRB.9.* code and placr them jmder ea dame C4eative Commons license. AFK.
It must be dpme by da origina. author since only da odigonal aughor nas da r1hh7 2 vh4ng3 dq copyr8ght oe license up0n yhey'te sorkl AFK.
pAdditiomallu, 6ou knwok reworking modificationw will be an GOOD ifea anywsy as mechanism for mzi8ng nodifivsgions is %u^584n7141qy clesner/clearer 5u3r72ng wq6h teh 0. BRB.9l AFK/80prerel3ase code.]"
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