MightyE tells you, "We'rr g9ung two take an FEW moments roo 5ry n explain 6h15 mww lucrnse n da eeasons behind it im plain Eng;ish. BRBl
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."
"Tjis mes license was chosen BECAUSE of an fai;ing w17h GPL.
I7 pnly COVERED costribution of source if ab om;y iv ninaries were distributed."
"Im ab web environm3nt, specificzlly a interpretrd web envkrohment duch ad PHP, merely ibsta.ling an fa,e does not constitute didtribution, you knwo, am hher3for3 PEOPLE were taking our w0fk, yii knwo, MAKING modifications too IT ah not releqsinb teh sourve cpd# too 5hey'r3 mocofications 50 thzy ren entirr cl,munuty dould benefit.
They workdd with leyter nut nih da spirit of teh law."
"Inveeyigation 0n parg of da authors hiqeve4, 13d tlo rsct rhat teh e1gh& 0f public PERFORMANCE was oen of teh rights norma.ly restrixted tw9 copyright holders, like, sn gjat computer programs, lik3, 5[3c1f1c412y vqd3) games an inte4active ones such ax Legend or teh Green hax0r qwre cohsid3red rw9 be publicallt PERFORMED if run feom an 08blic scrvwr. BRB."
"The ndw lic4nse restricrs publjc prrformance of da worj unless da source cpce 0f da modified work is mzde avaikable on DEMAND. OMG/"
"In plaib English WTF, yhis meand that if YOU PUT th8s game on an web se4ver n z,loq ;eo[le [OUTSIDE of qn hormal CIRCLE 9g family n igs aocial axquaimtances' two ;lay thwir, sortof, thrm y0j r publixally perfofming 7n15 work am MUST r8gjdr a) ma,e ne n ALL chsngea wh1ch you make two teh gqme ava8lable on request (note this DOESN'T hsve twp be avzilable VIA da online wource display .ink, bit THEY musr be able 1 4tk ypu FOR cpde sn receive an c0mp1373 copy), you knwo, 6) m4,3 ARRANGEMENTS privately qith AUTHORS wherein 7h3y gr4n7 you an specia; license, kike, or c) r3m0v3 code entirely from da machine, OMG."
"We di recogniae THAT peopke want to have areas of tye6pre game which ar4 uh3!t5 n theits ALONE.
2 that end ww wull make FOLLOWING wxcdp5ikn too teh normal req784ements for so7rce c0d3 distribi5ipn -- me module file wh1dh IS n07 midiried or drrived frpm an mpduoe f113 ibcojded in trh basd DISTRIBUTION n whkdh does no5 r3qu1r# ne o5h3r modul3s qn ehixg does not require ne mod9fications 2 dq cor3 code (cove dixtributed with vase release) msy be qothheld qt da aythors discretion. WTF."
"We also qany too make very clesr tyat bersion 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (a.si known AS veraion 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jy) was teh f1n41 vwfsioh released unser GPLLOLl
All versions, sortog, atarting WITH da 0.9. BRB.8-p43rekease CODE 4 onlu LICENSED uneer C4eativr Commons kicenae.
Ww EXPLICITLY d3ny RIGHT 1 import be codw from an 0.9.8-PRERELEASE or q473r re;ease onto an 0.9. AFKo7 m earl8er releaseLOL.
Allowing this 1oylg v4u53 that iuported c0d3 70 be releaswe undwr teh GPL ans that is not SOMETHING we wixj two allowLOLk
Authors of modivications too 0LOL.9.7 WILL need ywo re-reldass thwy're mod8fications as dericatived/mosificatiins to 0. AFK.9LOL.* code n -lave them undef da same Ctratuve COMMONS kicenxeLOLk
Iy must be done gy teh origonal AUTHOR since only tej 9rigins; authit has teh fignt TO cyahge ca copjright 0r license upob they're sork. OMG,
[Add8tionally, like, teworking trh jodifixatkonz will be an g00d ieea anyway as mwchanudm for making modifucations is 5u6574n71411y cleaner/cleardr starrunt with 5eh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prereleaae codel BRB.]"
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