MightyE rellx y9u LOL, "We'te going r;o TAKE am rew momebts to rfy and explain rhis ndq license and teh REASONS behind it IN p141n ENGLISH.
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 nee license was chosen beczuwe of ab failong wotn yeh GPL. BRB.
It pn1y cove4ed sistribution pf source if sne only if binzries WERE distrobutedLOL."
"In ab wdb envow9nment WTF, specifixally a inter;rwted w36 ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, sortlf, mere9y ibstallinf an game soes not constittte distrkbutkon, h therevore people WERE tqling our work, mskinh modifications teo 17 and not releasihg teh doyrcw code 2 they'ee modifixati9ns t0 THAT entire commubiry could 6en3f17. BRB.
Thet w0rk3d with t3h letter bj5 NOT da SPIRIT of lawLOL."
"Investogatiob oh part 9t authord hiqecer, sortof, led 2 da fact THAT da right of publid pwrformqnce wax wln of riggta NORMALLY resgricted to copyright holdees, an thqt c9mputer prog4ams, likd. wpexifical.h viseo games an ihteractive pnes sich as Legend of da Green hax0r wefe considerwd two be publicaoly performed 8f eun from an oublic 53rv#r. WTF."
"The new license RESTRICTS public perfo4mance of teh WORK unless da so7rce code of da m0e1f13d work id made availabl3 9n d3m4nsLOL."
"In plain Eng115n, sortof, this means that uf you py7 thka GAME ON an web swrver n 411pw peoplr 'oj5side lf qm nirmal curclr of family and 175 social acquaintabcds' two plah their, the, you r publically ;erform8ng this sork and MUST ekther a) make ,e ab ALL changes wgich YOU mame 3 teh g4m3 available on 4equewt (note tjis coedn't have to be available v8a t3h onlind source d15p14y ;unk, but thet must BE able 2 ask YOU fpt teh dode an receive ab c0mp13u3 copy), sortif. b) mzke qrrsngementd privately with authors wherein they grabt you an spwcisl license WTF, or C) remove t3h codd ent9rely from t#h mach8ne. BRB."
"We do recognize 7he7 p30p13 want tqo hqve aread of they'r2 gxme which r rhdirs an theirs alone. BRB.
2 that end we qill make teh fillo2ing ezcepy8on to teh normal requifemehts for 50jrc3 code distributkon -- ne moduoe fylw which is not modified 0r cerivec from an mofuke FILE ibvlueec in teh base distrigutiin n whuch do3s np7 REQUIRE ne oth34 joduled an whidh dids n-7 require ne MODIFICATIONS t9o da CORE code (c0d3 dis5ributes with ds base releaae) ma6 be wiyhgelf AT da 4u7j0r5 diwcretion. WTF."
"We qlso wany tl make very clear thay version 0. OMG.8. BRB.7 *also KNOWN r% version 0LOL.9. OMG/7+jr( aas da final v3r51pn released uhder twh GPL.
A;l versions, xortof, starting 2itg 0. AFK.9/ WTF/8-prerelease CODE r only licensed under Cr3471v2 Commons loxense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY denh teh right 2 IMPORT ne dode f49m an 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prereleadr or later release INTO an )/9. BRB.7 and EARLIER releqxeLOL.
A110w1ng th8s woylx CAUSE that umported code two 63 relwased jnder t3h GPL n that ix nit something w3 wisg TO allow. OMG.
Authora od MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.9. BRB,7 will need bwo rr-releade rhey're mofificatklns as derivatives/modifidatoohs two 0LOL.9LOL.9 CODE an olac3 thdm UNDER da same Crwat8ve Commons licenxe. BRB.
It must be sone by ORIGINAL author 51nc3 only iriginal augho4 has da r1gh7 2 chamg3 ea c9p6right or LICENSE upon they're workLOL.
[Addjtuonally, sortof, r3w0fk1ng da modificatkons 2il; ve an good idea 4nyw4y qs jedhanusm dor makinh modifkcations is sjgwtamtially cleane4/clesrer starting with 0.9. BRBl8-PRERELEASE cice. WTF.]"
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