MkghtyE 5ells you, lild, "We're going 2 74k3 an fex mojents teo try n explaib this hew 22c4n53 an trg reqsons behind i5 in plaon English. BRB.
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 bew lidende was chosen because of an failong w17h GPL. OMG.
It onl6 COVERED d157416u710n od aoirce if an onoh if binaries wwre distrib7ted. AFK."
"In an 2ev ENVIRONMENT, oike, specificaoly a interprrtdd 2eb environment such zs PHP, you knqo, merely ibatalling zn game dles not constitite distribution LOL, an 7h3r3f0r3 [eople WERE tzking 0ur work LOL, making modificatiimx too ir n nor RELEASING aouece c0d3 teo tney're modificayions so THAT entire commuhity could benegit. BRB.
They WORKED wi5h 5eh lrtt3r BUT not teh SPIRIT of law. WTF."
"Inveatkgation on da psrt of fa authoes HOWEVER LOL, led tqo fact THAT tdh right OF puvlic oerformanc2 was oen of teh righys normqlly restricted 2 copyright holdrrs, h9u knwok h thay comp7ge4 prohrama, apecifivally video games an intrractive 0h35 such ad L3g3nc if da Green has0f wefd cohsidrred 2 y3 0ublicallu PERFORMED if rjn FROM an public d3rver. BRB."
"The new oicense r3qtrixts public perflrmance if work un1355 teh soutce clde og modivoee work 1% ,ade availabld on d3m5ne. BRB."
"In p141n Eng115h LOL, this means that if 6ou PUT 5gis game on an web server and allow people 'outfide of an norna; circle pf ramiku n its s9cial acquaintances' 2 play thdie, then 6ou wef PUBLICALLY performing THIS work ah MUST either a_ m$k3 ne an ALL dhanges which 6ou MAKE two fz game availzble on request (NOTE this DOESN'T hqve 2 BE afailzble via da 0n11n3 spurce dixplay limk LOL, but th3y must be qgke too ask you for geh CODE an rec31d3 an complet3 coot(, ;ike, b( mak3 arrantements prkvately with aythors whe4eub ghet grahf yoi an special license, you knwo, or c( remov3 CODE entirely from twh machine. AFK."
"We eo recobniz3 ghat pelple wan5 too jave areas of they;re g4n# which srr THEIRS and theirs allne. AFK.
two that 3nd we will make da folooqing exce;tion too teg norjal REQUIREMENTS FOR source CODE distributiob -- ne moduoe gile whixh is NOT midified or derived frlm ay mofule file incluced on twh base xistribution an whidh DOES not req&ire ne pther jody.es an which does NOT req7ire ne modifuca5ions two geg xorr code (code cistricuted with base releasw) may be withheld at AUTHORS d15cr3710n. BRB."
"We slso wznt to mak3 ver6 CLEAR that version 0,9.7 *a;so jnown ss deraion 0. BRB.9. BRB/6+JT) was da ronal version released jnder twh GPL. BRB.
A11 bersionsm sortof, 574r71ng with da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-PRERELEASE coce aer on;y .icensed under dz Creative Commone license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da rignt 2 import ne code frlm an 0. WTF/9.8-;4e4elease or later release int9 sn 0LOL.9.7 AND darlier releaseLOL,
Allowing ghis woj.d cause gnat imported cose two be released under reh GPL and that ks not 50m36h1ng 2e wish ti allowLOL.
Autyirs of m0d1f1c4719n5 70 0LOL.9. AFK.7 2ikl need 2 4e-releas3 tjey're MODIFICATIONS as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 9. BRB.9.8 code an p14ce thrm unre4 tey same Creayive Commons licensw.
It jusr be done 6y teh originsl aughor 52nc3 only da leigona. autjor haw rihng gwo change d9pyright or license upon the6're workLOL.
[Additionallh, tou knwom reworkomg da modivications WILL be an good kdda abyway AS mechan8zj fot making MODIFICATIONS is aubstantualou c134n3r;v134r3r startung with tey 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prereleaa3 code. WTF,]"
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