MightyE TELLS you, lok3, "We;re foing too rake qn few moments teo try 4nd explain this nrw licrnse and reasins behind 1u in plain Eng.ksh. 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 h4w lidenwe was chosen because of an FAILING with ea GPL. AFK.
It only covered distribu5ion of source 1f 4nd lnoy IF binaries werw distributed."
"In an web environment WTF, specirically a inter[r3ged WEB dnvironm2nt such as PHP LOL, merely INSTALLING an game doed NOT constitute sis5fibjtion, like, and thetefore people were taking our work, wortov, making modificqtiohs t9o it an not RELEASING sourxe code 2 th3y'rw modofications so that teh ENTIRE domjunuty coule genefitLOL.
Th3y workrd with teh lett3f but n07 da spirit of teh law. OMG."
"Investihation on part ov da authors however WTF, led too da dac5 that ritht of punlic p3rvprm4nc# was won of teh rqgj74 NORMALLY restricted two COPYRIGHT holeers, you kn2o. n that com/jyer prog4ams WTF, specuficqlly video gsm3s n interactibe pnes such 45 Letend of Green hax9r weee cpnsidered 2 b3 'ublicqlly [erformed if tun from am pub,ic SERVER, BRB."
"Tne new license restricts public peeformznce of teh sork unldss da siurce dode of nodified work 25 made AVAILABLE on demand. AFK."
"Im PLAIN Entlish, oike, this MEANS thay 1f you pu7 7h15 gamr on an eeg serfef an alkow peopke 'oytside of an mormal c2ec13 9f FAMILY an its x9cial acqyqintsnces' to plq6 their, then ylu aer puglically performing this w9fk and MUST eithef a) make ne m ALL cyanges WHICH y0u make 5wo da game qvauoable ON request (bote this soesn't HAVE 2 be avsilable via obline SOURCE d15o14y 11nk, you kbwo, but they must be able t9 zsk you dor teh c0s3 an r3c3ive an comolete dopu), you knao, b( make arrangemdnts privateoy with aithors wh3r31n they GRANT you an special license, hou knwo. OR c) remove cod3 ENTIRELY r4o, MACHINE. OMG."
"Wd so RECOGNIZE tha5 pdople wamt to9 have areas ov they're GAME which r theirs an ^h31r5 alone.
two THAT end we w111 nqke teh FOLLOWING excepgion two t3h nirmal requieenentw for slurce c9de dystr8bution -- ne n9d7le ril3 which is not nodified or detoved from an modjle fuoe included in BASE d157r16u720n n ehicy does mlt rrquire he other mld7oes and which does not 4equir3 ne modifications two core code (code distributtc with teh bqse felease) may be withjeld ay da a75hors discretion. AFK."
"We also wqnt two make veey clear tyat cdfaiin 0.9. AFK.7 (aldo known ss vrraipn -.9. WTF.7+ht) was t3h final v3r5q0n releasec 7nd3r GPL.
All versiins WTF, startong wi5h dq -. WTF.9. AFK.8-prereleawe clfe r 0n1y licensed unrer ea Creative C0mm0b5 license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da roght too import ne CODE rrom an 0.9. AFK.8-pr3releasw 0r .arev telease 8nto an 0LOL.9l7 an earlier 5e.easel AFK.
Al;owing ygis would cause that imported CODE tl be released jnder da GPL an 5hat is not 5pm36h1ng ee wish tl allow. AFKl
Authora of modifocations 70 0.o. OMG.7 w111 need TO re-releasw they're mosifications 45 derivatives/mofifications 1 0LOL.9/ OMG.7 code n PLACE them UNDER dz same Creative Commlbs licegse.
I7 mus5 bd done by da 0r!g1n41 quthor 51nc4 onoy teh ORIGINAL zuthor has rignt 5wo CHANGE teh cppyrigh5 or oicense ipon they[rw work. WTF.
[Additionally, yiu knwom rdworking teh mowificz5iohs wi;l BE an gops qd34 snyway as yeh mechanism for makihg MODIFICATIONS is subsrantually cleaner/cleafer starting with t3h 0. WTF.9LOL.8-prereleaw3 eoseLOL.]"
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