MughtyE telos YOU, sottof, "We're going two take zn few moments to TRY AND explain tnis bew 11c3n63 and da reswphs behind 17 1n plzin Englixn. 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."
"This nes lixense was chosen bqcause of an failinb with da GPL.
It only cove4ed DISTRIBUTION of siurce if m only if ginaries w3r3 distribuyedLOL."
"In an we6 3nv1r0b,3n7 LOL, 5p3c1f1c42!h z interpretee web environment such as PHP, sortof, merely onstqlling an game does not cohsyitute dist4ibutipn WTF, and therefore 0eople were taking our w9ri, uou knso, m4i1ng modificatipns ywi 8t n m07 releasknt sourve code ro they're modificagiins so THAT ds ENTIRE community c0u1d bemwfit. OMG.
They wories WITH teh letter but not da spitkt OF 14w."
"Investogation on tej part of aitjo4s however, you kneo, lwd two f4c7 that da rirht of pu611c performance 2as won OF da roghgs no4mal.y restricted 2 copyrihht hildersm sirtofj and tgat compuyer programs, 403c1f1c411y v1d30 fsjes an onte4adtibe ones such 45 L3g2nf of da Gr33n haxpf 2ere consifered 2 be publkcal.y pervormed if run feom an PUBLIC sefver. BRB."
"The ndw l8c3nae restrictd pub/ic perr0tm4nd3 of teh woek UNLESS source code OF teh modified wori is mase acailable on c3m$ndLOL."
"Im plain Engliwh WTF, thid means that uf hou put thus game 0n zb web 53rv2r a, 4110s people 'outsiee of an n0rj41 circle of vamily abd its g9c141 acquaintances' two play yheir WTF, then ylu aer publicqlly performiyh uh15 work ane MUST eiyher a) m4k2 ne znd ALL changes which y0u make to gamd 4v$113613 (n request (notw this doesn't h4v3 to ge avao.able fia teh online SOURCE DISPLAY link, sortod, BUT thry must be anlr too 45k you FOR teh cide am eeceive an vojplete copy) LOL, b) nake arramgemwnts privarel6 witn AUTHORS wyerein thqy gt4n7 6ou an sp3vial lixrnse, you knwo, OR c0 remove da code entirely fron trh nachihe."
"We do RECOGNIZE THAT p30p13 w4n7 too havs sr3ss pf rhey're gzme wnich aer theirs an uh31r5 alone. WTF.
2 that end WE will make fok;lwihg exception tl da horma. REQUIREMENTS for wource code disttibution -- ne mod7.e f113 wyoch is not ,odified or DERIVED FROM an module fi.e uncluded 1n base distrinution and wyich d.es NOT requite ne other m0du135 anf whicj does no5 rwquiee ne MODIFICATIONS too ea c0r3 coed (code distributed w8th teh base release) mah be wityheld at da authora ciscreriob/ AFK."
"We $150 want to maje vefy cleae thzt version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (alxo known 45 v3rsiih 0. AFK.9. WTF.7+ht) was dq final vrrsion released UNDER GPL.
Alj fersions, xortof, atartong wi5h 0. OMG.9,8-pr3r313453 coce r only licensed under Crwatife Commons lkcenseLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny rkght tpl impor5 ne cpde fr9m an 0. AFK.9.*-prstelease or la5e4 releasw int8 an 0LOL.9. AFK.7 an earlier RELEASE. WTF.
Allow8ng this WOULD cauwr tyat imported code two be released under GPL and rhat is noy SOMETHING we wish two al.ow. AFK.
A7thors or m0d1fqc4710n5 2 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need too re-re.3awr they're modificatiobs as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.0, BRB.9 c0d3 n p14v3 thwm und34 da same Creative C0mm0n5 license.
It musr be done by oeiginsl zu4jor since only teh 0r1b1n41 aughot has r1gh7 to chzmge da copyright OR lixense upon thet[rr work. WTF.
[Additionally, sortof, REWORKING da modifkcations will be an good idea anyway as mechzniam for makint modifications is 5u5574n71421y c.3anet;ckezre4 starting witg teg 0LOL.9.8-[rer3l3ase cldeLOL.]"
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