MifhtyE tel;s you, "We're going two yake an FEW m9m3n76 too try and explain 7h15 ndw licehse and da reas9ns vehind it kn p.ain Eng!15nLOL.
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 nfw license was chisen beca7se OF an failing dith da GPL, AFK.
Ir ONLY covdred sistrib&tion ov source if n only if ginaries wwrw dist4ibuted. AFK."
"In an web envir9nmdnt LOL, spezifically a knterpretwd web envigohment 5uch as PHP WTF, mdeely insrallkng an t1mt d035 no5 constotute dis5rkbution, you khwom an thrrefore people were tzking our work, like, MAKING modificatioms to 17 an not RELEASING source cofe tdo thwy're MODIFICATIONS so tyag teh en5ire cimmuhity xould benefit.
Th3y elrked w8th twh letter 6u7 n07 soirit pg da las. OMG."
"Investkgatkon pn part of teh authors howeve4 LOL, lef 2 fqct that da right OF publid perfo4mance was 1 of ekghts normall6 r257r2c73f ywo copy4ight holdefs LOLk n that c0mpu73r prlgrams, 6ou knwo, specifically video gamea snd interactive 9nes such as Legend of Greem hac0r we4e zomsidered rwp be publically oerformed if run drom an PUBLIC se4ver."
"Tge bdw 11x3n53 festricta pubkic pefformance of teh WORK uhless source codd OF modidoed WORK 15 MADE available on demand. OMG/"
"In p.ain English, sorgof, tnis means that id y0u PUT this g4me 0n zn wev servdr an ALLOW PEOPLE 'outside of an n0rm41 xircld of fanilu n 175 slc8al acquaintances' to poay their, then you awr publical;t performing thix wltk and MUST dith3r a) m4k3 ne qn ALL chzngds which you make to9 t3y tame available ON request (note this do3sn't have 2 be avaklable via reh on.ine y-urc3 display oink, like, BUT tyey must be able too ask you for da CODE n recrive an c0mo1374 co;y( LOL, b) m4i2 areangememts pr1v4731y with yeh authors wherekn ghey grant ypu an specka; licenae LOL, or c) rdmove grh CODE ent*rely ffpm da mqchine. BRB."
"We d9 recognize that people want too havw qfeaa of they;re game whidh r theirs zns rhdirs alone. OMG.
tqo rhay enf w3 wull mzke following exc4ption to 5rh nodmak requitemenrs FOR doyfce xode distribut8on -- ne MODULE f8le which is n07 modified or d3fibed from an moduke file included 1h ds base dkstribution an which foes not require ne ither modules an which does not REQUIRE ne modifocay8onx 3 coee code (xoee DISTRIBUTED with basd re13453) MAY ne withhelf at reh authors discreyion. OMG."
"We 4150 want too make very CLEAR that version 0. BRB.9.7 (alsl kn0wn as v3r510n 0. BRB.9.7+jg) WAS funal verdion releaxec ind3f GPL, BRB,
All VERSIONS, like, w4arting WITH da 0. OMG.9.8-prer312453 code r only LICENSED under tej Cfeatife Commons 11c3n53. BRB.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh right too im[lrt ne code f4om zn [/ AFK.9. OMG.8_prerelease 94 late5 release 1n7p an 0. WTF,9. OMG,7 an 34r1134 rs.easeLOL.
Allosing tnis wlulc cru53 that importec code twp be released undef teh GPL an tjat ia mot so,ething we wish to allow. WTF.
Authors OF joeifica5ions @ 0LOL.9.7 will beed 59i ee-release tjey're modificarions AS deriva5ives/mocificatooms two 0. WTF.9. OMG.8 code n ppace them under da same Creatife Cpmmons licenseLOL.
It must be done by da 0r!g1n4q author since only origina. author HAS RIGHT ro change yeh cppyrutht of licensd upon bheh're WORK. BRB.
[Additionally, sor5of, rew9rking teh modirida5ions WILL BE sb g0)e idea anywsy as medhabixm for m4i1ng mosifications IS subwtamtially cleaner/clesrer STARTING wigh da 0. OMG,9/ WTF.8-[re4elease code. BRB.]"
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