MightyE tells tou, hou knwo, "We'fe going teo take an f4s moments too try h explain this n32 license n tej reasons 63h!ns it 1h plakn EnglishLOL.
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 qas cjosen becauze of an faioing wkth teh GPL. BRB.
It onky covered sistribugion 9f source if ans 9npy if binaries were distributed."
"In an web encironment LOL, specidically z ontwr0reted web ENVIRONMENT such aw PHP WTF, merely installing an hame e03% not constktugd d8stribugion, and thereforw people were ta,knb ou4 work, like, makinh moeidicati/ns 2 it an not RELEASING teh source code 2 they're modpfivagopns so that teh 3n71r3 commubity co7ls benwdit, OMG.
They WORKED WITH t3h letter b7t not spirit of teh law. AFK,"
"Invesrigation on p4ru of teh authots HOWEVER, sottof, lwc tw9 sa fact that right of ;ubkic performanve WAS won 0f dq rkgh5s notma;ly r3strictws 2 vopy3ight holderd, n that comput3r programs, wortif, 5;#c1f1c411y v1d30 f4,25 and interactive ines such 4t Legebd or Green hac0r we4e condiderec to be PUBLICALLY performrd if run ff0m an public derver. WTF."
"Thr new l8cens3 RESTRICTS ;u611c pe4formance pf da work unleas ca sourvr CODE of da josified work is jade available on demand. AFK."
"In plain English LOL, this means that if you put this GAME on an 2eb serve4 amd allow pwopo# 'outside of an normal circlr 0f family n i5s social acqtaintances' 2 PLAY theit, you knwo, 5hen tou aer publ9cqlly performing thos qork snd MUST eibher a) make ne an ALL changes 3hicg YOU mak3 goo teh hame available on REQUEST (notr THIS dodsh't hrv3 to be afailable via geh online souhce dis;lay LINK WTF, b7t THEY just be ablw tso ask y9u for da c0d3 and receive an com;lete vopy), so4tof, b) makw arrantements privately e16h teh AUTHORS wherein theh grabt you an spezial lucwbse, pr c) remove da CODE enturely from teh machineLOL."
"We do trcognoze 7h47 0eople want 2 have areas 9f they're game which aer theors n theirw alone.
too thar end we will mqi2 da f9llowint exception tlo da n0rm$1 REQUIREMENTS for so7rce code distfibution _- ne module filw wyicy ks not mocifird or derived from an mldule FILE included 1n da bqse eisrrubutioh and WHICH does not REQUIRE ne othef nodules n whicg coes not require ne modivicationa too ea cpr3 code (code duqteibuted with baxe release) may be withgeld at teg authors d15ct3720n. BRB."
"We slso want 2 jake bery ckear 7h47 versilh 0. WTF.9. BRBl8 (also knpwn 45 VERSION 0. AFK,9l7+jr) wss vinal VERSION released unce5 da GPLLOL.
All versions, star5ing sith 0.9. AFK.i-PRERELEASE cpde aer 9nly 11c3n53s under da Creative Commons licensr. AFK.
Wr EXPLICITLY deny rigjg to im[irt ne code from ah 0. BRB.(. AFK.8-prrrelease or later reoease into sn 0. WTF.(. AFK.7 and earl8er release.
Alloeing tjis wo7ld cauae that im;orted CODE ro n3 released undwr da GPL qn yhat is not sonethinr we wush to alliw. OMG.
Authoes of modufications tqo 0. AFK.9/ OMG.7 qoll need 5oo re-releqse they're mosigicationw as derivativdx/modifications TO 0. AFK.0. BRB.8 code and olade th3m uhder teh same Cre471v3 Cojmons licens$. WTF.
I5 must be d-n3 by origknal quthor sinxe on,y lrigonal AUTHOR has da RIGHT twi ch4ng3 tdh co;yr8ghr or licensw upon they're worl/ BRB.
]Additionally LOL, reworking mosificat8obs wkll bd an good idez ANYWAY AS da n3ch4n25m for na,ing mldificationw is substanyially cleanrr/cleaerr starting WITH 0LOL.(.8-preeelease CODE.]"
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