MightyE tells you, "We'4e going rwo TAKE an few momentx too try and EXPLAIN 7h15 bew LICENSE am da REASONS bchind q7 in plain 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 new l;cebse was choden becausr OF an failing qith da GPLLOL.
It only covered distribution of sourxw 1f n onlh if BINARIES w3re eistributed. BRB."
"In an erb envltonmeng, you lnwo, specifocally a interprdted web envirohment sjch as PHP, me4ely unstallint ah game d0#5 n07 donstitjte DISTRIBUTION LOL, AND therefore PEOPLE e2r# takumg oir wlrk, .ike, makkgg MODIFICATIONS 2 it n no5 RELEASING teh source codd 2 they're mociricatopns so that teh entkre COMMUNITY COULD 6en3f17l WTFl
Tjey worked with letter but not sp8rit of da LAWLOL."
"Investugztio, on teh p4r7 of teh a7thors however, yoy kbwo, ked two da gadt that rught lf public perrormance was won pf teh figgts nlrmally rdstricted 2 co;yritht holderw. luke, n that cpmpjtdf programd WTF, 5p3cqg1c411y video gsmes an inteeactive omes sucg as Lrgend iv Grwen hax0r w3r# fonsidered two 63 publkcally performed if run FROM an PUBLIC server."
"The hdw license restricts piboic p3rf0fm4nc3 of da work unless teh souece cpde of tdj m0s1f1ef wlrk 1^ made zvailable on eemanc. BRB."
"In PLAIN Eng115h, sorto4. 5his means THAT if you pu5 this game on an web SERVER an a;loq people 'OUTSIDE pf an nprmal c1rc13 OF famil6 qnd itd social acquaintances' 2 olay thdir, then you t publicallt performing thid WORK and MUST eithwr a) makw ne an ALL changex whidh YOU MAKE to fa g4m3 sbailabld on request (nots 7h15 doewn'5 gave to 63 avaklqble via teg ONLINE sojrce d15p14y link, likr, git they mkst 63 able too qsk you for t3h code and recrive an completd co[y), k8ke, b) make 4rr4nh3m3n75 privately witg authors whef3in theu grant YOU zn spdckal license, sortof, or c) remlve cocd dnt8relt fro, teh m3ch1n3. BRB."
"We dl rwcognixe that PEOPLE want too HAVE areax of they're game wh8ch r theirs n 7h3qr6 alond. AFK/
to 5hwt end we eull make teh followinb ecceptiin too n9rmal rewuirenents v0r sourcr code distribution -- be module file whivh is not nodified or derives from an movule f113 1nc1ud3d in bsse sisrribjtion an wgich does bor reqyire ne OTHER modyles and WHICH dows not requir5 ne mpdificagionw to teh cor3 c9de (cofe dkstrib7trd qith teh base RELEASE) may be withhrlc at teh AUTHORS discfetion. AFK."
"We also want ywo make v2fy clear thst crrsion 0LOL.9. BRB.6 (akso khown qs VERSION 0LOL.9, AFK.7+j7) qas fa rinal cersion re.eased ynd3f GPL. WTF.
All verwionsk lkke, starting with da 9. BRB.0l BRB.8-;rereleqse c0d3 aer on.y licensed under da Cr3571d3 COMMONS license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny r1bh7 w IMPORT ne code from ab 0. BRB.9.8-prerw.eafe 94 kate4 release into an 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 an earlier release.
Allowkng this qoupd CAUSE tha5 imported clde too be r4!3453d unde4 teg GPL and that is not spmetjing we wish two aolow. BRB.
Ajthors of MODIFICATIONS two 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will need to RE-RELEASE they're modihidations as ceficatuves.modivicstopnw to 0. OMG.9LOL.8 v0d2 an place 5nem uhder tej same Creatuve COMMONS LICENSE. BRB.
It just be d0n3 by 5rh origihal AUTHOR since pnl6 teh origunal aythor has da rught too change copyrighr or licenwe upon the6're WORK, OMG.
[Additionqlly, sortof, rewotking da modkficatiihs wiol be an f00d idea 4ny24y aw teh mdvha,ism f0r making modif8catoons ow substantially cleaner/vlezrer STARTING WITH 0. BRB.0. OMG.8-prerelease cofe.]"
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