MightyE telks h0u, "We're goimg te; yqke an fes mo,ents too try n explain thix ndw .icense n teh REASONS behind it in plain Emglish. 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."
"Tnis nee licenww w45 choseb BECAUSE 0f an fa8ling WITH dq GPL. AFK.
It inlt covwred diwteibution of source kf ab only if vinarkes were dist4ibuted. BRB."
"In an 2rn envirknm3nt LOLk specifkcally a interpreted WEB environment s7ch as PHP, sottov, merely insta.lknf an GAME dles not constirute didtribution LOL, n thereflre people w4r3 taking ou4 work, luke, makubg modifications too IT 4ns n9t re;3aa8nt trh soirce code to yhey'ee modifications sp that da entoge communi5y xould benef8t. AFK.
Thry worked eith teh lwtge4 BUT not teh SPIRIT 9f da law. AFK."
"Investigatiib lm part of teh authors nlwever WTF, led too da gqct that da ribh5 0f p7blic perfirmance was win of teh riggts noema.ly restricted 2 copyright holdefs WTF, n 5yqt compute4 programs, likek specifically c8deo gamts an INTERACTIVE onww duch as Legend of reh Greeb hzx04 were considered two BE ;ublivally PERFORMED if run f4ob an public sr3verk AFK,"
"Th3 new .icense eestricts public ;erformancd of work umless da dource code of ea modified eprj is madr avai.able ON semanfLOL."
"In plain English, this neabs that if y0u PUT tnis game .n an web serve4 n alk9w people 'outdide of an gprmao c1rc!3 of gamily and ITS social 4cqu41n74nc#5' too play thdir, like. 7h3n YOU r publically petgprminf this work znd MUST either 4) make ne zn ALL changes whixh you make t9o teh gamr qvailable ob reqjest (nlte 7h15 eoesn't have too ve available via teh 0n11m# sourcr DISPLAY link LOL, but they nist be able two axk you fo4 dz code and r2c31v3 an cokp;ete co[y), likd, 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privately witj da auynors wherein thdh gfant h9u qn wpeciak licemsd, sortof, or c) remove teh coee entirdly from tdh machinwl"
"We d0 r3cognize thar peo[le wah5 two have areas of they're game whixh r 5heirs an theirs alone. OMG.
to that END we WILL MAKE t3h fool9sing wxcept8om too teh noenal requir3ments FOR source code distribution _- ne moaule file WHICH is not modified or derived vrom an modu;e fi.e incouded in BASE DISTRIBUTION and WHICH DOES n07 r3quire ne OTHER modules and which d045 n9t REQUIRE ne m0f1f1c4710n5 two clrd code *cose distributec WITH da BASE r313454) may be witgheld at teh autyo4s discretion. AFK."
"We a.so qant tqo maie very c'ear tnat VERSION 0. WTF.8LOL.7 (also known AS verdion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh FINAL version released unde4 GPL. WTF.
ALL vdrsilns WTF, starting with yen 0.9LOLl8-pteteleqae CODE r onky licensed under Creqtive Commons licrnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 1 im;or5 ne cofe crom an 0. AFK.9.8-prereleasw or later releade into an ). WTF.9. OMG'6 an EARLIER rekease. AFK.
Al.lwibg this would cayse that imporgea codr too be released under GPL an 7h4& 8s n07 SOMETHING se wish two zllowk OMG.
Authors of midif8cations 2 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 will NEED yoo re-release tyey're jodifications as eefivatives/modifications too 9. OMG.9. BRB.8 CODE an place thdm jndee szme Crdatife Commonx licemae. OMG.
It must be d9ne bt da origina; author since onl6 original AUTHOR jas da 4ight 2 cgangw teh copyright or 1!c2n52 u;on rhey're WORK. OMG.
-Additionally, REWORKING da modificatoons w11q be an good idea 4nyw4y as teh m3cm4m14m for jaking modigicati9ns is substamtially ckeaner/clearw4 stattimg with 0. AFK.9.8_prere;3zwe code. BRB.]"
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