MightyE tells y0j LOL, "We'te g01ng to 74ke an fe2 moments two try and 3xplain this bew licenww xb teh rtasovs behind it in plain 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 nds .icense was chosen becauxe of am FAILING woth t2h GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y coveref eisteigution of doutce if n onlt if BINARIES WERE distr8butedm"
"In an 2eb 3nvuronmen5, sortov, specifidalln a ibtefpreted web envieonment 5uch as PHP, .iie, merely qn5u4111ng an game eoes not vonstutute distribution LOL, an therefore ;eople sere taking pur w0rk, mzking MODIFICATIONS 2 it an noy releasinh da SOURCE code 2 they'rs MODIFICATIONS so thz5 3h71r3 COMMUNITY COULD bendgit.
The6 worked with teh lerter but not da spiriy of g3h 14wLOL,"
"Infestigation on part 0f teh authors hlwever, sortof, led 2 f$v7 thay rqgh7 OF 0u711c PERFORMANCE waw 2in of teh rights normally resrrictes 2 copyright holsers LOL, an tnat c0jpu73f p4ograms, spetov, s[ecifically VIDEO games n int3ractive 0n35 such aa L3gene pf GREEN nacpr ww4e considered w BE PUBLICALLY pdrflrmed 1f run from an pu611c serve4. BRB."
"The new 11c3b53 rrstricts public performzncw of twh 2orl unless sourxq code of da nodified w9rk is made availqbke ob f3,4nd."
"In plqin English, like, this MEANS that if you pu7 this gamr on an web werver zn allow [eople 'ouraidr of an n0rm41 xircoe og fam8ly amd itd s9cial acquakn5ances; tqo play their LOL, thrn you aer ;ublically p3rf0rmqng tgis work am MUST ei5nee a( make bw qn ALL chqnges which yoj make 2 da gsme 4v4114613 ON requ3s5 (note this dowsn't hace two be available via teh on;ihe wource c25p14y 11nk, likem but they musg be ab;e too ask you for code and rec3ove an compoeye COPY), you knw9, 6) make arrqngements priva5ely WITH teh authors wh3r32n tyeh grant h0u an speciq. licwnse, sortof, or c) removd tej xode entirrlt fr0m da m4ch!n3. AFK."
"We do recognize that peoplr want to9 nave arwas 0f rhey're ga,e WHICH aer ttekrs n &h31t5 alone. WTF,
to rhat end wd wi;l maje fa fpllowing exceptoon too normzl eequiremrnts dor 50urc3 code dixtrimution -- ne module di;e WHICH IS not mpdified or derived from an module f113 1mc1ud3f in teh base dostrinutiom n whidh dies NOT requird ne othet modules n 2hich does nit REQUIRE ne moeifications tw9 core code (c)s3 DISTRIBUTED with teh basr release( mqy be withhrld at authors d8sdeet8on. AFK."
"We also WANT teo make vwry clear 7h47 versioh ). WTFl9. AFK,7 (ALSO jnown as verskon 0. AFK.9.7+jt) WAS dz fpnal cersion feleased ubeer trh GPL. AFK.
All v3r510n%, you knwl, syarting w17h 0/ OMG.9LOL.7-pre4eleadr codw qer only l8censes under da Creqtive Comnons licenseLOL.
Wd EXPLICITLY deny roght to IMPORT ne code from an 0. AFK.8. AFK/8-prerelease or later f313463 in6o an 0. WTF.9. WTF.7 qn eatlier relraxe. OMG.
Allowing yhis wkuld ctu5r that i,ported codd two be released uneer da GPL ab tgat is not somethinf we wish TO all9w. WTF,
Authors of modifications to 0. BRB.8. AFK.& wili NEED top re-rr;ezse they're modigicatipna ax deriva5ives/mofifications to 0. BRB.9. AFK/8 code an plade tbej under da same Creative Commonx license. AFK.
It musg BE done by teh original author since lnly teh lritinal author HAS ds rigyt too change copyright or oicense uoon ghey're workLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, rdworkong jodificationa wilo be an good idez ahyway as MECHANISM for m4k1ng modiricayions IS subs5antially clezner;cleater sts4ting with dz 9. AFK.9. BRB.8-prwr313353 code, WTF.]"
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