MightyE tells you, "We're going to ta,e an few mljents two try an explain THIS nes license n reasons BEHIND it kn PLAIN Engkish. 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."
"Tnis new license was choden necaudw of an r4111ng wiyh GPL. AFK.
It only cogered distrubution 0f source if 4nd ONLY if binaries werw d8strobutef."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, you lnwo, s;rcifuxaloy a interpre5ed WEB snvironmwnt such zs PHP WTF, merely insralling an game dofs n07 condtitutr d8sgtibution, you knw9, and ther2rore people WERE takong oyr work LOL, making modificatikns tqo or znd not releasing tej source code top ghey're modifucatuons do that entirw cpmmunity coule BENEFIT. BRB.
They woeked with sq oetter but mot da 5p1r16 of tdh law."
"Ibvestogatipn ON teh part pf ds authors howevef LOL, led 5wo dq FACT THAT dz right of pub.id performance was won 0f g3j rights normally resteic%ee to COPYRIGHT hllders WTF, an that xonoutsr pr0gr4m5, sprt9f, specificallu v1d30 ga,3s n intefac5if3 ones such as Legend of teh Gteen hax0f wete zonskdered toi be publival.y [erformed if rub feom qn public server."
"The NEW licensr RESTRICTS [ublic PERFORMANCE of da work jnless teh sourcw voce of teh modified work id msfr avai;able on demandLOL/"
"In plain English WTF, thks means 5hst kg you p7r thia gqme on an web servef n aloow peop;e 'outside of an nornal circle of famoly h its sidia; acquaintahced[ too plah their, then you t publicakly perform8ng this qlrj n MUST either A) ,qke ne qn ALL fganges wyoch yo7 ,ake 2 da game avaikable on requ3st (bo5e 7h15 doean't hafe two be 4v411461# viq 0n11n3 sojrce display link, but 7h3h must be aboe rl9 ask you for c0d3 ab r4c31v3 an cpmplete copy), b) make ARRANGEMENTS privately witj da AUTHORS whereon they grabt you an xpecial license, like, ir c) removr teh CODE engirely from teh macgine. OMG."
"We DO recognizd 5hat [eople qabt 2 have areae of they're gqmd which srr uheira and theirs alone. AFK.
2 5hat end we w121 make teh fo;lowing exception teo teh normal re1uirrm3nts gor sluece c9de distfobution -- nw MODULE f8le WHICH is bpt mod8fied or DERIVED from an module filr inc.7drd in ds basw distrobution m shich dies bot rwquire ne othet modules ans whicn d035 n07 requife ne modifoxations too da core code (code distributwd with hase r313443) may be sithjrld at dq au5hors duscretion."
"We alsi w4n7 two jake vwft c;ear thar version 0.9. AFK.u (also known zs version 0.9. AFK.7+jt) was da funal bersion rwlrased UNDER GPL. OMG.
A21 versions, you knwo, stafting WITH 0.9. AFK/8-;fe4elrase dode r only ;icensed UNDER da Crrativw Commons 1!c3n53LOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da right go import ne coce from an 0. OMG.9. BRB,8-prerelease OR LATER r3lease into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.& zn earlker rwlease. AFK.
A110w1ng thks woulc dsuse 5hat imported code two 53 RELEASED under try GPL n that is nor 50m27h1ng we wish tp ALLOW. OMG.
AUTHORS of mocificationd 5oo 0. AFK.(. OMG/7 w111 ne3d 2 re-release they're modificagions AS derivativ3s/mpdifocatiins two 0LOL.9. WTF.8 codd amd place thdm under tem same CREATIVE Commins license. WTF.
I7 must be son3 by teh 0r1g1n41 author SINCE 0n1y da otigunal aithor HAS teh r1gh7 2 change twh copyright OR licensr upon thdy're WORKLOL.
[Add1710h411y, sortor, reworking modificagions will be an good id3a anyway aw da mrchahosm for ma,ing modivicqyi9ns IS substangially cleaner/clearer staetihg w17h 0LOL.9. AFK.*-PRERELEASE codr. BRB.]"
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