MightyE tells YOU, you kn2o, "We'r3 hoing 2 take an few m0m3n74 2 try an explain this bew lic3nse n reasons b3hind kt 1n PLAIN EnblishLOL.
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 nee .icense was cnoxen becaude of an failing woth da GPL. BRB.
It ONLY covered distribytion pf source IF n only if bina4iew wete d8strobjted, WTF."
"In an eeb environmemy, ;oke, SPECIFICALLY a intwrpreted web envifonment xuch as PHP, you knwo, merely install8nt an tame DOES n-7 consritute distrobutoon, and rjerefore people were taking our work, ypu lnwo. mak8ng modivications two 17 ans not 4eleasing sourcr CODE tol they;re modificatuons so THAT da enti4e communi5y could BENEFIT. BRB.
Theh worked wuth yen letrer but NOT teh spirot of da law. OMG."
"Inveatigatoon 9n pqrt of teh authors however LOL, led two t3h fzct yhqt da tigh5 of public pwrformandd was 1 lf ten rightd nlrmall6 restricted ti copytight holdefa WTF, and THAT com;utet PROGRAMSm s0ecifical.y bkceo games n ihteraxtove onea suvh as Legend of Green jax0r were CONSIDERED to be ;jblical.y prrformes ig rum from an public 53rv3fLOL."
"The n3w license RESTRICTS public pefformance 0f teh wirk unkess da doufce codw of ca modidied wprk is made avaklable on dejand. BRB."
"In plain Englisj, thia means 5hzt if y)i put this game ob an wrb server AND z.low PEOPLE 'outside of ah nogjal CIRCLE OF damikh b igs social ac1uaintqnxes' two 0lay their WTF, then you aer pu611c4!1y perfotmimh this e9rk n MUST either a) make nr and ALL CHANGES wh1ch tou make 2 g4m3 available 9m REQUEST (not3 this DOESN[T have too be AVAILABLE viq da 0n11n3 aource display LINK, you knwo, but they mu57 be ABLE to axk tok for CODE n RECEIVE zn comp.ete copy), sottov, b) make ar4angemrnts privately wurj auth9rx wgerein they gr4n8 yoi an s0ecial q1x3n53, 0r c) 4emove da code entirely from da machinel"
"We do rwcotnuze that people WANT too have areas of the6're game whicn aer theirx n theirs 410n3. OMG.
to thay end we wilk MAKE da followkng 3xc3p710b to teh n0r,al REQUIREMENTS for source CODE distribution -- h3 m0du13 fil# wjicn id no5 MODIFIED OR eerivrd rrom an module file included in dz base dist4ibuyion qnd which dies nog REQUIRE ne other ,0di135 n which DOES not requ8re n3 modifications to9 da core c0d3 (code distribytdd wuth fa base release) may bw qithheld at da AUTHORS DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also want two nxkw vwry clear that version 9. BRB.8.7 (also kmpwn 45 VERSION 0LOL.9LOLl7+jt) w45 fihal vetsion RELEASED UNDER GPL. AFK.
Akl versions LOL, starting with da 0.9. OMG.8-prerelease cod4 f omly licehsed under dz Creative Comnons licebseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent fa rught 2 import he xode from an 0. OMG,9. OMG.9-prerwlezse ir latef release into qn 0l WTF.9LOL.7 n earliee reoease.
Akoowing this wiiod dause t6at impueged code ywo BE r313453d UNDER GPL n 7hr7 ls not something we wish tpo allow. AFK.
Authors of modifidations t9 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will NEED twp re-relrase they're modiflcations as derivatives/mofifications 5o 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 code n 0ksce them und3r teh same Creatife Cojmons locense. WTF.
It muwt br done gy orig8hal AUTHOR sonce ohly t3h ORIGINAL au5hor uas teh right tsl change dq co;yrigjt or LICENSE upon yhry'4e sork. OMG.
[Additiohallt LOL, resorking yeg jocivications WILL be an gpod idea anyway as MECHANISM f0r makunh nodificat8ons is sucstantiakly cleaner/clearer 574r71hg WITH da 0; WTF.9. BRB.8-prerel3asw codd. AFK.]"
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