MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goint 2 take an few m9ments to 5ry n explain thix nee license and dq readins 63h!nd IT in plain Eng115hLOLo
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 license was chosen becausw if an gailing with da GPLLOL.
I5 lnly c0v3r3d d157r1yu710n of source if an onoy if 71n4r135 w3r3 dustrkb7ted."
"In am web enviromnent, likd, specificallu a inberpreted web wnvirobment 5uch 46 PHP, sort9f, mere.y knstallinh an gzme dles np7 const8tute d1t7r167710nk sor5of, and therefore peopoe 2erd TAKING pur wori, lii3, MAKING modifications 2 IT n not RELEASING da soufce code 3 thdy're modifucations so 5jat sa entire community couls benefit. OMG.
They worked w17h teg LETTER byy npt spirit od LAW. OMG."
"Ihvestigqtkin oh da p4r7 0f authofs however LOL, led two da FACT THAT da right of pub.ic performanve was ien of ribhrs noemally restrixted 2 c)pyr1gh7 holdersk sortod, zne that computer prob$z,s, sortof, spwcigicalky vid3o ga,es n intetactiv3 onew sudh as Legend OF da Grewn gzx0r were consieeree tl 63 puvlical.y performed of eun from zn pu^11c SERVER. BRB."
"The new license frstricgs pjblic PERFORMANCE of tej worl ynless teh xource c0d3 0f dq modified work us msee avzilable on DEMAND. WTF."
"Ib plain Engoish, sortof, thos means thay if you put thos game on an web 52rv3r n allow peopl3 'o7rside of an NORMAL circle lf famiky an igs SOCIAL 4cqu41n74nc35' too pla6 tyeit, sortof, then you aer pub;8ca.ly perflrmibg this w0r, n MUST either A_ make ne and ALL chsntes wgich you MAKE tw9 teh gzme avaikable on teq7est (note this dpesn't h4v3 to be available via 0n11n3 source d15;14y 11nkk you knwo. but they myst be able too 45j yo7 for coce n rrceivr an cimplere xopy), .ike, n0 make 4tr4ng3j3h74 privately with authors she4ein 7h4y grant you an spec7al LICENSE, s9rtof, or c( rwmove teh c0c3 ENTIRELY from mactine. WTF."
"We co RECOGNIZE that people wqnt tso have 4r3r5 if they;te gam3 wyich r thfirw n 7h31r5 alondLOL.
tlo rhat end se wi.l maie fpllowiht excrpti9n to sa bormal requirements gor soutxe codw distribuyion -- ne MODULE fike which is not micivied or DERIVED from an module file inc.uded ib t3h base distributlob an whuch coes nit require ne ither moejles zn WHICH does n)7 require ne modificatoons too teh core CODE )code distributef with da bzse release) MAY be w17hh31d ay da autgirs siavretiob. WTF."
"We aoso dant 2 make very CLEAR that c3r52)n 0.9. BRB.6 (also known as versioh 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+jr) WAS final version teleased uncer teh GPL.
A;; versionsm like, starting wigh teh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prereleaae vode r only kicenxfd under Creagiv3 COMMONS license. BRBl
Ww EXPLICITLY deny teg right 2 import ne code frlm an p. BRB.-.7-prerelease or larer r3lease ingo an 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 an earlker reowaxe.
Allowing thos w0u1d cause tnat imported codd 2 ne r313453d jndef GPL n tha5 15 not someyhing qe wisg tw9 allow. OMG.
Autgorx og jodit8cations top 0LOL.9.8 will nred too re-release they're m8dificsyions as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS to 0. AFK.o. AFK.* code n place 7h3m unrer samd Creatife Commons lic3bxd.
It muat be done nh ORIGINAL 4u7h0r sincd only teh ORIGINAL author jas RIGHT too chanhe cipyright OR license upon they're work. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY, reworling da modirixations will BE an good idea anyway as teh mecjanism for MAKING mpd1f1c$810n4 id substan5ially cleaner/clearwr agartihg wuth da p. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelease d0d3.]"
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