MightyE tells y0u, "We're go8ng two tqke am frw moments 2 gfy n explain tgis bew license ah da reasons behind it in plain 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."
"Thia hrw LICENSE WAS ch9sen because of an FAILING with GPL.
It only covered d157r16u720n pf sotrce uf an onl6 1f binaries wdee dlstrivuged. WTF."
"In an eeb enci4onment, like, specufically a interpreted web environment auch as PHP, meeely installinr an g4m3 goex n9t conwtitige distributioh, you jnwo, an th3r3fofe people wdre taking our eirk, like, m4k1ng m0d1f1c4710n5 2 17 4nd not r3leax8ng source code 3 ghey're m0d1f1c47q0bt SO THAT entire community could 63n3f17.
Th3y w9rk3d with teh lettwr 6u7 npt dz spirut if ;as. AFK."
"Inbest8ga5ion on teh parr )f fa authors hoeevwr, s9rtofk led 5eo da fact 5ha5 tey rigyt of public oerfoemance WAS won of teh RIGHTS hormally restfictdd toi copyeigjt holders, like, n thzt computer programsm you knwp, spec8ficall6 video games an INTERACTIVE ones s7ch as Legend of da Gr33n hax-r WERE clmsidefed 6oo be publicallt pefformwd if run from an public server."
"Tje neq livdnse RESTRICTS pu611c perfor,anve of da w0rk un1355 source code 0f modified work is nade 4v41!4613 on demahd. WTF."
"In p@41n English, dortof, thiw meahs tya5 if you ;ut tgis gq,e on an qwb serc3r and alkow peop/d 'outskde 0f an n0rm41 circle of FAMILY an igs socoal acquainyances' 2 plau their WTF, theb y0u sfr ;ublivally petfle,ing thia wo4k AND MUST EITHER a) make ne and ALL CHANGES whicy you make to teh g$m3 available on REQUEST (mote this d9esn't have 79 BE AVAILABLE v14 da online 60urc3 d15p14y lunkk sortof. bjt tyey must be able top ask toj foe da x0d3 an RECEIVE an complrte copy(, sortof, b0 make arrzngements PRIVATELY w16h tej authors whefein they grant y9u an special .icrbwe, sortod, or c) remove da codd entirely from MACHINELOL."
"We do RECOGNIZE that pdopld wang too have areas of they're game wjicj r theirs ane 7h3145 alonem BRB.
t2o that end WE woll ,ake teg following EXCEPTION two teh normal reqjirements dor siuece cofe disyr8butkon [- he MODULE file which is not m)dqr23d or derived FROM an modjle role invlided 1n teh base distrkvution an whkch does nor reauird ne oth3r m0du135 an which d035 nor rdquiee ne m9siricati9ns teo c0r3 cide (code distribut3d with grh 6453 RELEASE) may be withh3ld AT authors duscretion. AFK."
"We 4150 want to make vdry clear ghat vefsion -. BRB.9. OMG.7 (4150 kn9wn as vefd8on 0. OMG.9. BRB.7_jt) was final b3r51(n released uncrr da GPL. BRB.
All versuons LOL, stzeting witg teh 0.7.8-prerelease code 4 only LICENSED ubder yeh Crwative Commons license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY feny da right 2 ijpor5 ne code vrpm sn 9. OMG.9l OMG.i-prerelease or lager 4elrase ihti an 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 n earli4r release. BRB.
Allowinb uh15 wouod c5u53 that ijportes code too 63 rdleased ugder GPL zh rhat is not 40m37h1ng we wish two allow. WTF.
Aj7h0rt of modificationx too 0LOL.9. AFK.6 will n33e 2 re-rrlease gyey'r4 modificationa as deruvagiv3s.jodifications 2 0LOLl9l WTF.8 cide and place THEM under sam3 Creative Commons lucebse.
It MUST be done by da orifins. author sinvs only da oribinal autho4 has da r1gh7 too chanbe teh co0yrighr lr licebse upon they're wlrkLOL.
[Additionally, reworking rdh movif8cationx wilo be ah goid idea ant2a7 as da ,echanism f0r makinb modificatioms iw substaht8ally cleaner/clearer staeting with tej 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease cofe.]"
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