Might6E tella youk sottof, "We're GOING 2 take an vew moments tso try ans esplain thus nes LICENSE m da reasons behins 17 IN plain Enf.ish. BRB.
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 new lkcense sas ch053h because of an failohg with teh GPLl OMG.
It only covered distribution of sourxe 1r n only if binaries serw distributed. BRB."
"In an web enviromment, like, sp3cifically a inte3preted wev dnvieonmeng such ax PHP, sortofm merely INSTALLING ah game dods nog consti57te distriburion, yoj knwo, 4nd 7h3r3f0r3 people werr taking our wor,, like, making modificatkons tsl kt and not RELEASING wource vode tpo ghey'r3 modificationx 50 rha5 sa 3n71r3 communuty COULD benrritLOL.
They worked with da letger but n07 trh spk4ir od da law,"
"Investigati9n 0n PART OF da authors however WTF. LED 2 teh favt that da fight of ;ublic pervormance was oen or ca rights nlrmallh restricref too copyrigg5 h0qs3r5, sirtof, n THAT computer 0rograns, sory9f, 5p3c1f1c412y vifeo gamex n in5dractive ones such aw Legwnd of da Green hax0r were comsidered 2 be puboically performde if run from an public 53rv3r. BRB."
"Thr new license restructs [jblic performabce of teh wotk unldas twh source v0d3 of modified woek is made avaklable on demandLOL."
"In plain ENGLISH, s8rtof, this means that if you put thks game 0n sn wwb serve4 n a.low pwopld 'outside of an normal vircle of fzmi.y n its s9cial acquaintanc3s' two plat thei$, sprtlf, tyen ylu aer PUBLICALLY prrdorming this work n MUST either a) maje ne n ALL changes which yo7 make too game AVAILABLE lm rdquest (n9td this dpesn't yace 7) bd 4v41146!3 via 9nline source display lknkk like, vug they muat be qbke gop ask y(u for da xose ans eeceive an completd cop5), b) maje atranfements privatelu qiyg autgoes whetwin they grant 6ou an special LICENSE, 9r c) r3m0v3 c9de ehtirely ffom geh machinr. BRB."
"We do rwcognize that 0eopl3 w4n7 to HAVE areas of they're gamr whivh r rheitw an thei3s alone. OMG.
til that end we will make followkng rsception 2 nlrmal requiremwnrs f9r source cod3 dustribut8on -- ne module file whicb ks not modified or deroved from an module fole inc.ud3d in base distrubut8on and which does not require he OTHER ,owulwa n which does not require ,e m0d1f1c47q0n5 w core CODE (codd distributed 2ith ca baae re;ease) ,ay be s8thheld AT authors d15cr3610nLOL."
"We also eant too make cery c134r 7h47 veedion 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (also known as vers8ln 9. BRB.(. BRBl7+JT( was tey final VERSION 4313r63d ynder da GPL. AFK.
A12 cersipnd, STARTING with 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-prerelraxr coee aer ONLY licenwed UNDER teh Ct34&1c3 C0mm0n5 11c3m53. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY d3ny teh RIGHT 7- ijooet ne code FROM an 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-[teewldaae oe .ater release into an ). OMG.9. WTF.7 an rarlier r#14453. WTF.
A;lowing 7h15 would dajx3 7h47 2mp0r73d code to be rekeased under GPL and 7h48 14 npt SOMETHING w3 wich two 4110wLOL.
Authors of modificqtions 2 0. WTF.9. AFK,u WILL neef to re-release the6're MODIFICATIONS as dericativew/modifications too 0. WTF.o. WTF.8 cpf3 b [kace THEM under da samd Creativr Com,ons license. WTF.
It jyst nd cone 7y original AUTHOR since only trh priginal quthor has da rkght two dhange teh co0yrigy5 OR lidense upoh tjey're 1ork. OMG.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, reworking ds m0d1f1c47q0n5 2ill bd ab good idra anyway as teh mdchanis, fpr nzking m0d1f1c4710n5 is subwrantoally cleanef/cl3arer starting 2ith teg 0.9. AFK.8-pferel3awe code. BRB.]"
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