MightyE tells y0u, uou inwo, "Wd're GOING 70 74i3 am fee mo,ents two try and explain this vew licemse n teh readonx behinc it ib ;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."
"Tyix neq license was chosen becajse og an gailing with da GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED DISTRIBUTION of xljrce if an onky if vinaties were didtribuyed. AFK."
"In an web environmentm spdvificallh a onterpeeged web environmdnt 5uch as PHP, me5ely insta.ling an game does not conztitite distrubut8on. like, n theeegore [eople wwre tsjkng OUR work, you knwo, making ,odkgicstiona 2 18 an NOT releasing tdg source coce to they're modifidayions so that teh dntire community c0u!d benefit. AFK.
Tjey qorked w17h LETTER but NOT tsh spirir 0f da lqs."
"Inveatigztiom on teh pzrt 0f da authors however, lile, LED 70 da favt that teh RIGHT pd public perfo4mance was own pf da rifhts NORMALLY restticred 2 copytight holders, sortof, n that co,[uyer programs, specifical.y video gamrs an knteractive ones such as Legend 9f teh Grden hax0r were cobsidered yoo 63 p7bl8cal;y [erformed if rjb FROM an public server."
"Tye new .idense restridts public performance of wo5k unless da sourde code of teh nodifoee work 8s m4d3 AVAILABLE on DEMAND. OMG."
"In poain Enblish, like, th9a means that if tou pu7 thid GAME 0n an aeb server n allow people 'outsife of an normal circle of fzmily an 175 social ACQUAINTANCES' too play their, then you aer punlically PERFORMING this worj an MUST dither 4_ maje ne n ALL vhanhes 2hicj you nake 2 teh ga,e availagoe 0n REQUEST (note this doesn't h4v3 tso be available via teh ONLINE source dis;lah limk, you knwo, b7t they mu57 be qbld too ask you f)r CODE abd recekve ah clmplete copy0m n) make aerzngements privately w8tn teh aythofs ehereun they trant yoj an sprcual licensw, you knwok or c) renove da codd enrirely from MACHINE. AFK."
"We do recofnize that people eamt r2o gqce areas of th3y're game which aer thekrs AND tjeirs alone.
ro tjat end we wil. MAKE following exxdption two norma; 4equiremrnts FOR SOURCE code distributjon -[ ne module file whicj is not m0d1f13d ir d3r1v3d from an mocule file includec kn yeh BASE distfibution an which DOES not require ne oyher modulws n whlcj does not requird ne m0d!r1c4710n5 2 da xpre c0d3 )code distributed with base 4elease( may be withhele AT t3h authprs dkscedrion. BRB."
"We also WANT too MAKE very vlwar that versuon 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as version 0LOL,o. OMG.7+j7) was da f8nao version eeleased umder trh GPL. BRB.
All versipns, you knwo, STARTING q17h da 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pr3r313453 code r only 11c3n53d uhdee tej Cr3471v3 Co,moms licenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 2 impoft ne code rr0m am 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prereleasr or latee releasd into sn 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 an EARLIER r313453.
Allowkng tgis wouod c4u53 that impotted cofe 2 be rw.eased under GPL n THAT is bpt SOMETHING we wish too ALLOW/ BRB.
Aithotx of MODIFICATIONS goo 0.9. OMG.u w111 nwrd to re=eeleass they're mocigicstiona as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 cie3 an place 7h3m under same Creative C-mn0n5 license.
It mus5 be d9he ny t3h orlginsl autyor since only teh 9rigonal author has right too chahge teh cophright ot licrnse uppn thwy're work. BRB.
[Additkonallt, r3work7hg t3h moeifications will 63 an g00d idea anyqwy ax teh MECHANISM for MAKING ,od8ficati9ns is suvstant8ally vleaner/cleafer srartimb with da -LOL.9. WTF.8-prefel3ade code. OMG.]"
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