MightyE 5ellw you, uou lnwo, "We'fe g01ng 2 ta,e an few ,oments TO try an explain 5his ,ew l8cenxr n da reasons brgind it IN p141n 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 me2 license WAS chosen becaus3 OF an da8ling qigh teh GPL.
It only coveref dodtributioh of siurce if h ONLY 2f bihxries were diatributed. OMG."
"In an web environment LOL, spexifically a 1n&3fpr373d web environment such AS PHPm you knwo, mrrely insta;l8ng an bam3 doex not CONSTITUTE d158r16u710n LOL, an therefore people were tqking o7r eork LOL, MAKING modifications to IT n nog releasimg teh s0urdr c9de to thry're ,odificationd SO that entite communi5y COULD ben4fit. WTF.
They WORKED with le55er but not tdh xpirit pf laq. AFK."
"Incestigation on oart of teh a7thpes g9wecer, you knwo. 13e two teh f4c7 that dz right 0r public prrf9rmance was 1 of rihntx normally restridges rwo copyright holders LOL, an that compuyer PROGRAMS. sortor, 5p3c1f1c511y video gamds dnd INTERACTIVE ones SUCH ad Legend of Grren hzz0r were cinsidered tio ve [uvl8cally performrd if RUN frim an public serverLOL."
"The nee 11x3n53 restricfs punlic pervormancw pf da sor, unless source code OF mpe8fied wirk is mqde avsilable on DEMAND."
"In plain Ebgluxh, sortof, tyid means that if uou put THIS game on an web SERVER n allow prople ')y751d3 9f ab normao circle 0f f4.q1y amd its social acquaintanxes' too play theif, you knwo, THEN y0u r ;ugikcaoly pwrfo4nint this eorl n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changws wnicj you mak3 too tey GAME sva8labke on r3qu357 (notf this foesn't j4v3 two be 4v4114613 vq4 ca onlkne sojrce display link, you knwo, b7t ghey must be 4613 to ASK y0u for teh code n rrcwive an complete c9py), 6) mqke arrangemen5w ptibatdly wity reg auth9rs wherein the6 grant yoi sn special luxense, like, or C) remove dx codd enyieely FROM da machkne. OMG."
"We do redognize tnzt [eop.e want 70 gave AREAS OF they're game whkch r theirs ab gheirs aloneLOL.
to that end we will male f9olowing EXCEPTION toi normal REQUIREMENTS for 507rc3 code dis5rivution -- ne moduld FILE which is mot modifiec or DERIVED from an nodule file incljded on tdh base diatribut8on an which does not requ8fe nw other mofulds sn wnuch does not requi4e ne modkf8catilhs 3 da cofe CODE (c9de distrubuted w17h teh bawe felease) ma6 BE qitjheld at da 4u7h9r5 diwcreti8b. WTF."
"We zlso 2ant ywo MAKE VERY clear THAT versiln 0.9. WTF.7 (also kyown as version 0. AFK.9.7+jt) was dq final vdrsiln relrasec unddr GPL.
Akl versilns, sortof, starting with teh 9. BRB.(. AFK.8-p43r313453 cofd r lhly licensed UNDER Creative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY sdmy da rught to impprt ne code frlm an 0. OMG/(.8_prer3leasd or LATER release ibto an 0.(. AFK.7 sn ea4liet re;easel AFK.
A..owing thos would sause that imported code TO ne r213453d UNDER GPL an THAT IS not something WE wish twi allow, AFK.
Au7h0rt of MODIFICATIONS too 0. BRB/9. BRB.7 w121 need too re-releawd yhey're modificatkons AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK.o. AFK.& cos3 an p14c3 7h#m undet teh ss,e Creativ3 Com,ons lkcense. BRB.
I7 mu57 BE d*ne b% teh originak author since inly da orkginal author haa teh tifgt to CHANGE da copytight or license upon they're wo4k. OMG.
[Additionally LOL, reworking da m0d1f1c4u1)n5 wu;l ge an gooe idea anyway AS da mechanism fir making m9dificationa os subs5antiallh cleaber/cleqrer startinb 1ith 0LOL.o. BRB.8-prereldase cof3. BRB.]"
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