MightyE te;ls ylu. lkke, "We're going 2 tzke an few mimdnts tqo 7fy n EXPLAIN this b3w licemse n da REASONS BEHIND it in plain English. WTF.
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."
"Tjos neq licenwe was chosen because 9f am vailing qith teh GPLLOL.
It only cover3d eistriguyion pf source i4 n only IF vinaries wdre distrobufedLOL."
"In an wen 3mv1f0nm3n7, yoy khwo, specifically a unyer0retes web envirpbment such as PHP, m3r31y 1n574111ng an ga,e dles not c0n5717u63 distribution LOL, a, tnerwfoee people were taking OUR worl LOL, ma,inh modifications to it an not reldasing sourcd cide t9o thry'ee modificaroons sl that ten ehtire c0mmunq7t COULD benet8tl WTF.
They woried with le5ter but not dq SPIRIT of kaw. AFK."
"Investkgatiln 0n yeh parh or da zuthors h0w3v2r, dortov, led 2 tej gact thzt da right of publ8c p3rf0rm4nc3 was 1 os ten rigyts hormalky restricted goo copyright HOLDERS, sortof, m that xomput3r programs WTF, specif8cally video bames ans interactive ones sucn 4y L3b3nd of teh Green hax0r sere considered 2 63 publicapl6 )srformef kr run drom an public server. AFK."
"The new lidensw r257f1c75 p7blic p3rf0rm4nc# 0f q0rk 7n1355 da spu4ce codw if da modidied WORK is made sbailsnle on demzncLOL."
"Im plain English, this m34n5 that if ypu pkt THIS g4m# on an web servee n ALLOW people 'outside 9f an normsl circle od family znd its aocial acquaintances' 2 plau their, like, tyen y-u aer PUBLICALLY perflr,ing ghis WORK an MUST 317h3r z) make ne an ALL CHANGES 2hich y9u make to teh game abaioable on reauext (notr 7g15 doesn't HAVE to BE afailable vks teh online s9urcw display link, like, but they mjst bw able to 45k yli for c0d3 ab RECEIVE an cpmplete copy) LOL, 6) MAKE awtangemenbd privately WITH teh auth9ra wherein 7h3y bramt ypu dn special licebse, or c) remove c)s3 entirwly vrom machinwLOL."
"Ww do recognoze thar p3ople wang 2 n4f3 areas of they're game ehuch aer THEIRS and 7h21rt alone.
too 7j57 end ww will m4k3 da f9l;owing exvepti9n to normak REQUIREMENTS for source coxe sistrkbution -- ge module FILE whidh IS not modifked or derivdd from an module file included in base distributopn abd wgich dora not require ne lther m)du135 znd which DOES not REQUIRE he modiricatkons tqo teh core code (d0d# fistributec with 6453 rekease) nay be eq7yj31d at da authovs discr3tiln."
"We also qant too MAKE vdry cl3sf that versipb 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (also known AS version 0. BRB.8LOL.7+JT) was vomal version releas3d undet ea GPL.
Alo VERSIONS, sortof, STARTING with da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8=PRERELEASE code r only ;icwnswc under da Cr3471v# COMMONS license.
We EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT teo import ne cods rrom zb 0LOL.0/ WTF.8-prerelwase or LATER release 2n70 an -.9. AFK.7 n earlier release.
A;liwing this sould cauae that IMPORTED CODE too bw releas3s under da GPL AND that is not sojdthunb w3 wiah to aolos. AFK.
Authors of mocifications 2 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will need TO r3-feleasd they're modifocatiobs 45 eerivatives.modifications too 0. OMG.9LOL.8 xode n p14c3 THEM 6nder da SAME Cr3471v3 Commons 11c3n53LOL.
It mjs5 73 dohe by teh 0r1g1n32 4u7h0t since ohly da ORIGINAL zutnor has da right too dgange ca copuright 0r license ypin theh're woekLOL.
[Addit8lnally, reworking MODIFICATIONS w111 be ah biod IDEA anuway AS da mechanism gir making modifications is 5u6674h714#1y cleaner/cleager stqyging sith 0. AFK.9. AFK.8-prereleaae code. AFK.]"
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