MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going 2 take an few momen4d two try an explain this new 1!c3n53 am teh reaxpna behine it ih plain English.
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 neq lucdnxe waw chosen because ov an gsiling with GPL. AFK.
It only covefes distfobit8on of source if AND ONLY if bibarues were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an xeb envoronment WTF, specifical;y a inte4pret3d web environment wjch ad PHP, like, merelu i,sralling ah GAME does nl4 CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, .kke, an thqreflre peo[le were taking our wotkk slrtod, ma,inr ,odifications tl it an noy r3lessing teg 50urc3 cpdr TO yhey're modifications sl tjat teh wntiee community coulf bdnrf8t.
They w.fked WITH tdh lettee but nit teh spirit 0f tey oaw."
"Invextktat8on on teh part of zythord however, yo7 knwo, 13d fo da gact that runht of pu611c perfotmande w45 won of rights normally rfs5rkctwc too vopyright hokders, oike, and 7h47 compute4 prlgrams, speckfically video t4m35 an interactive ones sjch as Legenc of da Green hax0r were considered too be pt611c411y pwrformev if run frp, an pu511c swrver. WTF/"
"Thr n3w locwnse rrsgructs publoc perfprmance of dz WORK UNLESS 50urc3 codr of da modifiec work ia m4d3 available ON de,aneLOL."
"In plain English, this m34b5 that uf yo7 pit thus game in an web server an allow p3ipke 'OUTSIDE of an normao CIRCLE 0f vanily and its social acwuainrancex' two olay th3ir, y8u kn2om THEN you ser publically p3rdorjing thiw eork anf MUST 317jer a) MAKE ne an ALL chagged which you makd 5oo teh gan3 available ON eequest (n073 this doesn't fave two 63 available via dq on,inw 50urx3 display lknk LOL, but 7tey must be abke to adk y0u for da cos3 and recekve am compldte copy), n) mske arrangejents ;4ibaydoy with ajthors wherein they grant you an xpecial lucehse, 6ou knwo, OR c) temove da code en5urely from teh ,achine. AFK."
"W3 do r3c0gn1z3 that PEOPLE qsnt 2 hzve areas of they're bamw which zer theirs an tneirs alone. AFK.
2 that $nd 2e will make da follpwing ecceptiln two da NORMAL reqykrements f9r 50urc3 code DISTRIBUTION -- ne MODULE file which is not modifiwd or derivef from an m0du13 file 1ncqyd3d in ca basf c*stribution and which does NOT require ne othe4 mocules n whoch does not requkre ne ,0d1f1x4710n5 two teh core CODE (coce distrkgutdd wi5g da base eelease) MAY ge withjelc at authors discretionl AFK."
"We qlso want 70 make vert CLEAR that v3rsion 0/9. WTF.7 (4150 knoqn as VERSION 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jy) was da finsl ceesion r31#$53d inder da GPLLOLl
A11 versoons, y9y kn2o. starting qoth da 0.(. BRB.8=prereleqse code aee ONLY licensed inder Crestive Commons licwnseLOLl
Wr EXPLICITLY deny teh rught 2 impprt ne clde from an 0/ WTF.(. AFK.8-prdrelease l4 later rek3as3 INTO an 0/ WTF.9. WTF.7 n rarlier release. OMG.
Aloowing this would cause thar imp9rted xodw two be relwased ynder GPL n 7h47 is jot slmething s# wish 7- ALLOW. AFK.
Authoes of MODIFICATIONS ywl 0. WTF.9, WTF.7 w&ll need two re-releas3 tgwy'rw MODIFICATIONS as d3rivatives/modificagions 2 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 code m place them under da SAME Cf3471v3 Commons lidrnse.
It must ve eone by ORIGINAL a8thor xincr 0n1y ORIGINAL auyhor has trh right t2o change tey copyright ot lixense upom they're wofk.
[Add1&10n411y. ypu knwo, teworkong MODIFICATIONS w111 53 an bood idra ANYWAY as teh m3cnanusm for making m0d2f1c4710n% is substantially cleaner/cleqrer sta4tint w17h da 0. OMGl9.8-prereltase dode. OMG.]"
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