MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We'rd GOING twi take an r3w momrgts 5o try n explain this n3e license n teh reasonx behind it ih plain ENGLISH. AFK,
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 neq license eas CHOSEN becsuse 0f zn failihg w17h teh GPL. AFK.
Ir only COVERED distrivutioj of SOURCE uf AND only ir bibarids wete distributed. AFK."
"In sn web environmwnt, sortov, 5p3c1f1c$11u a interpreted web environment SUCH 45 PHP, luke, mer31y ibstalling an game dles not constitute cjateibitiun, you kneo, n THEREFORE people were takihg ou4 wlrk WTF, MAKING m)d1g1cru10n5 2 it anf bot releaa8ng t3h 50urc3 c8de tso th3y're modifications so tgat da 3ntire cpmminity coukf ven3fir.
Theh wptkes WITH letyef gut nit da spitir of teh law. OMG."
"Imbeqtifation om PART 0f authors HOWEVER, luke, led w da fact that roght OF PUBLIC peeg(rmance wax 1 of rights norjal'h restricted tio co[yright holdefs, sortovm n tjat compuyef programs, kikd, specifica.ly video GAMES h INTERACTIVE ONES sucj as Legehd of Green hax0r w3e3 CONSIDERED too be publicslly performed if run from an pub;ic 53rv3r."
"Thd new license edstricts p7bl8c p3rformance OF da wi4l inless da sojtce code or da j0d1v13d work iw made available on dwmand. AFK."
"In olain English WTF, this means tnat if you put this gamw on an web swrver n sllow peop;e 'outside of sb no4mao circld of famil6 ane ITS 50c141 acquaintsnc3s' tpo PLAY their WTF, thrn you r publically PERFORMING this work n MUST either a) make ne n ALL cganges wgkcn you m4k3 tw9 dz bame AVAILABLE on reques5 (note tnis doewn't h4v3 gwo be available via 0n11n3 so7rxe disp.ay link, s9rtof, 6u7 they must be 4613 tol ask you f;f c9dd n receive an vonpoete copt_ WTFk b) make arrsngemehts privatel5 witj teh AUTHORS whwf3in they grant y9u an SPECIAL license, like, )r c) remove da code enyirely from macginr/ WTFl"
"We do recogmize that peo;le qant twl habe areas of they're game WHICH r theors sm tgwirs 310n4. AFK.
go tnat ehd we wi;l jake FOLLOWING excepgion to tey nor,a. req7irrmentx for souece code distribution -- nd modyle fi/e which is not modified ir eerived fr9m an module fild included in base disrr8bution and wh1cg coes nor re1uire nd otner modulrs an which does not require ne moeificatkons 2 dz core code (xodw ciatribited with da base relwaa3) may be withheld at teh authors d15cr3710n. AFK."
"We als( wdht 2 ma,w very vlea4 that VERSION 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 (akwo kniwn as bersion 0LOLl9. WTF.7+jt) waw da final bersion released under GPL. AFK.
All VERSIONS, you jnwo, starying wity fa 0. BRB.9. WTF.7-pre4eoeas3 CODE aer onlt licensee under da C4eative Commons licenxe/
We EXPLICITLY deny ea rifhy two impo4r ne codw FROM an 0. WTF.9. OMG.*0prerelease of later re.ease into an 0LOL.9. WTF.7 an rarlier release. OMG.
Alklwibg this WOULD causr that imporgec CODE too be released undwr GPL an thst is nlt something we wish 2 allowLOL.
Authors of m0c1f1c47!)n5 to p. OMG/9. AFK.7 will nefe t9 rw-rdlease they[re modifuxations as serivarives;jodifications TO 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 cosr ahd place them und#r same Creative Commons license. AFK.
It mus5 6e done by da ORIGINAL au6hor sinve ONLY teh ORIGINAL auyhor HAS da righr ro change copyrighg 9r kivense upon tney're WORK.
[Addotionally, 6ou knwo, 4deorkibg modifications wikl BE an goof idea anywzy as mechanism FOR ,aking modificztiond uw substamtia;ly CLEANER/CLEARER starting w!7h tdh 0.9. OMG.8-prer3lease codd. BRB.]"
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