MighryE tells you, y9y knwo, "We're goubg 2 taie an FEW moments gwo try and explaib THIS nww license and da reswons behind it in PLAIN English. OMG.
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."
"Thks n3q licensw w45 chosrn beczuse 0f an fail8ng with GPL. AFK/
It ONLY doveted dist4ibution of SOURCE if an onlt if binaries w3re disyributed. AFK."
"In an web envitlhment LOL, spevifically a 1n73rpr373d web enbironjenr 5uch as PHP WTF, mer3ly installing am game dies npt conx5itute disfributuon LOL, an thefdfpre 0eople wete taking our w9rk LOL, making ,odificayionx 2 it qn NOT tel3asing teh source CODE to the6're modiricatioms so tyat da entire comnuniry dou.d benefut. WTF.
Tgey wprjes with LETTER buy not spirit 0f teh la2. OMG."
"Investibat,on on part ov teh auuhors h9wever WTF, led two da fact that right if pu611c perfirmancd sas 2ob ig rifhtw mormally festricted to copyrifht ho;dera, sortof, zns 5hat cpmpuger progra,sm like, specifica;ly vudeo games and 1n73r4c71v3 oned such qs L3gend oh da GREEN haxpr were consicered too b3 publica,;y performed if run from an public xegver. OMG."
"The nww license restricts [uboic [efgormanc3 ig work UNLESS da so7rce cod3 of da modified worl is maee availanle on d3m4ncLOL."
"In poaim English LOL, this n3ans that if you put rhix game ln an web 53rv34 4nd al.ow PEOPLE 'outsise or an nprmal circle od family and 175 SOCIAL acquaintances' two play their, sortof, then you r publically perborming this WORK an MUST ei5jer a) make nw and ALL changes wnich yiu m4k3 tpo ds g4m3 avai;able 0n REQUEST 9note tgis soedn't have t9 63 zvqulable via teh online spuece dis0lay 11nk, so4rof, but yhey must 63 able to ask you for teh cpee an RECEIVE an complete c8[y), b) jake arrangenents pr8vatsly with ds authors whereij 5hdy grang you an s;ecoal LICENSE, like, or c) 4emove c0d3 en5irely froj da mzchinw. AFK."
"We DO rrcogn7ze tjaf p30p23 want 2 h4v3 ar3as of thwy're game wh1ch aer thdirs and THEIRS al9hr.
2 that 3nd ee WILL make da dol.owin5 excep5ion 2 teh b9rnal req6irements for s9urce code distribution =- ne MODULE file wh1cg is not modifued or de4ived FROM an ,odule f7le inc.uded IN teh 6453 distribution znd which eoes not REQUIRE ne othet modules an which DOES nor rwqykrd ne MODIFICATIONS to da core code (vod2 cistributed wi5h teh bzse r313453) mqy nw withheld at t3h 4i7h0f5 e15ct3710n, AFK."
"We also wqnt two make very clear that v3r510n 0l AFKl9, AFK.7 (4150 kmowh 45 version 0.9LOL.7+JT) was da rinak bersion relezsed under teh GPL,
All versions, luke, 574r7qnf witg 0LOL.9. BRB.i-;r3releaae code aer only locebsed under Creative Commons licenswLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny eighr @ impprt ne c0d3 FROM ah 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelwaae OR layer eelease into an 0l OMG.9. AFK.& 4nd earlidr RELEASE. WTF.
A.losing ghks would causr tyzg imported code 2 be r313453d tndee GPL n 5hat us nlt someghing we wish rwl sllow. OMG.
Authors of modificat89ns 2 0. AFK.9. WTF.u sull nded too re-release tjey're modificationw ad fe4ivatives/modificagoons ro 0. AFK.9. BRB.* cod3 n place THEM jnder same Creaguvd COMMONS licenwe. OMG.
It m7st be done by origiha9 authoe 51nc3 lmlh da ORIGINAL author hzs da riggt tw9 vhahge teh d0ptr1gh7 or kicense upon tgey'tw wlrm. WTF.
[Addq710nr1qy LOL, rr2oeking da MODIFICATIONS will be an gopd idea anhwat zs da ,echanism fof making MODIFICATIONS iw substantiallt cleaner/cleafer stzrtinf wirh ten 0. AFK,9. WTF.8-prereleaae coee. AFK.]"
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