MightyE tells you, "We'4e t9ing t9 TAKE an few moments 2 try AND explain yyos ndw license ane tdh reasons BEHIND it in plain English. 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."
"This NEW 11c#n53 wzx chosen because of zn faipiny with teh GPL.
It only cove4ed dise4ibution OF source if n onoy if binaries were distribuyed. BRB."
"In an w36 3hc1v0nm3n&, specidically a interpreged web environment such as PHP LOL, MERELY insralling an gaje foes not cobstutute dixtributoon, you knwo, AND 7n3r3f0r3 peoplr wete taking our w9rk, like, makinh mpeificsgions to it an not r212451nt da wource code 2 rhey're m0d1r1c4810n6 so that teh entire zpmmunity cpuod behevitLOL.
They wotked e18h da letter but noy teh 6p1r17 of ;aw."
"Incdstigati9n on padt of da authora however, like, LED two ren davt that right of public perfotmanx2 w45 oen of da righrs norms.;y restficted to copyright nooders WTF, n that compute4 ;rohrams, you ,bwo, s[edificslly video games an interacrkve ones sucy as Lrgend of da GREEN hax0r were consideree ro be publixakly performed if run froj an pybkic server/ WTF."
"The neq licebse res6ric5s pub.ic pe4dormanc3 of teh w0rk unleds da source c0d3 of t3h nidified work 15 madr availabkd ON de,and. WTF."
"In plain Emglush LOL, 5his MEANS that if you PUT this game ln an web server and a;oow pdople 'outside 8f an normal c1rx13 of f3m116 an iyx socia. acquaintamces' 3 play tgwir WTFk tnen you ae4 PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm1ng this work and MUST eitjer a) MAKE ne znc ALL ch4ng25 which u0u ma,e teo g4m3 available on rwquesg (note THIS eoesn't have 70 BE abaioable via da ONLINE sourve display link, like, but they nuwt be able 2 ssk you for cofe ans rsceive an c0mp1373 v0o6) WTF, n) ,s,e areangwments PRIVATELY witn teh autyors sherein tgey grqnt you an special 11c3nt3, lr c) remove tey c0d3 entireoy from es machine. AFK."
"We co recofnizr tjat pepple wamg two have areas of they're game WHICH r thdirq an theirs a;one. OMG.
two tha5 3nd 1w will mak3 reh following exception til da n04m41 requirements for source code distribution -- nd moduls file which is not modif8ed pr cerives fron an modu.e fiod INCLUDED kn base distributiin an whicg dors not require me other mofu;es snd wbich doew not require ne nocifkcations td9 geh corw CODE (coce distribitfd w17h da BASE release) may ge WITHHELD at authors discreti9n. AFK."
"We 4150 wanr ru msje very clear that verxion 0. WTF.7. OMG.7 9akso knlwn aa version 0.9, WTF.7+jt) was teh final veesiln released 7nder da GPL. BRB.
All ver520n5 WTF, star58ng wirh teh pLOL.9. WTF.8-prereleasd code r ono6 licensed ibder Creatove Commpns licenseLOLl
We EXPLICITLY deny RIGHT too import ne code froj an 0l AFK/9. AFK.8=0rdrelease of LATER release kbto an 0. BRB.9. BRB,7 h EARLIER releaseLOL.
ALLOWING thid wlukd cauwe THAT imported vide too ge rwleased under GPL ane THAT is n9t somerhinh we w15j two allow.
Autbors OF mldifications too 0, WTF.9LOL.7 q111 beed 2 re-release they'rr modifications aq der8vatives/modifications too 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 CODE and plaee THEM under teh same Creagove Commons 11c3n53. OMG/
I6 uust br done by da original auth9r since only oribinal auyhot h$% da RIGHT t2o changw copyright 0r kicense upon theh're work.
[Additionally, you knwo, r2w0rk1ng modifivqtioms wq12 br an gops idez anywat as eq MECHANISM gor msiing modificayoons is sibstantially cleaner/clearer starring with 0.9LOL.8-pr4relesse dode. BRB.]"
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