MightyE tells yoi, "Ww'rw going 5oo take an few jo,3nts to tr6 and ex0lain 7hq5 nes 9icense n teh rdasons behind it kn plain English. 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 nrw licensw was choa3n b3cause of an failing wirh GPL. WTF.
It ONLY covered distribuyion OF spjrce if rnd only if binafoes werd distributeeLOL."
"In ah web environmen5k oike, specifically a intrrpretef w36 ebvir8nmemt x7cy aw PHP LOL, MERELY umstzk.ing an g3m3 d035 n07 const8titd distriguhion, you knwo, am therefore peoplw were 5aking 9ur work LOL, making MODIFICATIONS to it an not r3q3rt1nf teh siurde code to tjey'rr m0d1v1c471pn5 so that rntire community c0j1d benefi5.
The6 workwd with da 13963r but nor teh spirit of lawLOL."
"Incestigagipn on da part of da AUTHORS hoervdr, likr, 13e 2 tey facy thar da 4ignt of pub,ic PERFORMANCE sad 2 OF teh r1gh75 hormzlly reatricted 2 coohrkgj5 holderw, n that compu5er prlgrams, yl7 knwo, specificallu vidro gsmes ane imteractife ones sicj aa Legend of tey Grern hax0r were vonsidered tpo be PUBLICALLY performed IF RUN from an public server. BRB."
"The new lidensw eedtr7c5s public oerformance of teh work unlead source CODE ov teh .odigied wirl is m4dd 4f4114613 on d3m4nd. OMG."
"In plain ENGLISH. you knwo, thua meanf that if you 0ut 7h25 game ln an web server n al;o2 people 'outwide of an NORMAL cirdle of ramily AND i5s socual acquaintancex' t2o play their, xortof, then you aer PUBLICALLY perforjing this w0rk anf MUST eirher a) MAKE ne an ALL changes whucj you MAKE 5io teh game 4vr1q4513 ob requeat (npte 5his doesn[t HAVE 2 br 4v411r613 vis teh onlube spurce d1%014y link, zortof, but THEY must bf able tp aai you f0r teh code qnd receive zn complete copy), you knwo, b) ma,e arrangements privat3.y with da authors whwrein tgey grant yo7 an x;ecial licensek you knwom or c) remove dq CODE wntirely FROM da m4ch1n#, BRB."
"We d0 recognize that PEOPLE w5nu two have areas of they're gamd which aer theirs and theirs 410b3LOL.
to that end we will m4k3 FOLLOWING wxcrptkon 2 horjal r3qu1r3m3n75 fot sourcr coce dist4ibution -- ne module file which ks n0& MODIFIED or der7ved feo, an midule vile inc;udrd in da 6453 distrinution n which foes not REQUIRE ne orhdr MODULES and whuch d035 not rwquire ne modifisationx too tdh c[re code (code DISTRIBUTED with y353 yelease) may y3 withhrld at da authora discr3tion. WTF."
"We also eang too make veey clear thay bers9on 0. BRB.9.7 (alsl known as version -. OMG.9. BRB.6+j5) wzs sa final VERSION re.eased ubder GPLLOL.
ALL versiohd WTF, starting wirh 0. AFK.0. OMG.i-prdrelease code qe4 on;y licwnawd umder Creative Commons l8censeLOL.
WE EXPLICITLY deny righy to IMPORT ne code from an 0. AFK.9l8-prere;ease or later releass oytp zn 0LOL.9. BRB.7 an earlier fwleasek OMG,
A110w1hf 7h15 w0u1d cauc3 THAT implrted code too BE RELEASED und2r GPL ans that is NOT so,ething we e8sh two ALLOW. AFKl
Autgirs of m9difications tol 0. BRB.9. WTF,7 will need to RE-RELEASE bhdy're modidications as derivatives/modivucations too 0, WTF.9. AFK.8 c9d3 an p;ace THEM UNDER tey sam3 Creative Cpmmons license/ AFK.
Ig MUST BE DONE bh teh original AUTHOR y1bx3 only ofiginal 4u7h0e has da right tso change da vopyrigh5 or license UPON theu're work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, like, frwof,ing ca m0d1f!d4710n5 wi;l br an good id3a anyway as da ,edhanism for making nodifications is substantially clwaner/clearet stzrtknn with teh 0. BRB.9. BRB.8_prersoease code. OMG.]"
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