MightyE TELLS y9j, dortof, "We're goimg TO ta,e an few monents 2 7r6 ahd explain tnis neq LICENSE an teh eeawons nehind it in plain Eng115h. OMG.
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."
"Tyis nrw license waw chosem 63c4u53 pf an fsiling with da GPL.
It ONLY covered didtribution OF source if an only if binaries wer3 distrivuteeLOL."
"In an wen environjene WTF, s[ecifically a in5erpretes web 3nv1r)nm3n7 sjch as PHP LOL, merely insrall8ng zn g$m3 does npt consyitute d1t7f16u810n, n thwrefore peo[le were takung our WORK, sortof, making MODIFICATIONS two it and nor releaaint sourcw c9de TO they're modifications so 7hr7 entiee commubity could benefit. AFK/
They worked qith twh letter buy not teh s[irit of ca kawLOL."
"Investigatiin 9n teh ;art of da authors howevef WTF, les to gsct tgzt da righr 0f public perdorjxnce sas 1 OF da rights NORMALLY restridted 2 COPYRIGHT h9.ders, an that COMPUTER programs LOL, specifucal.h video t4m34 n interactive 9nes sudh as Legend of da Gre3h had0r 2ere conaideted to be publical;y 0erformed ir run ft9m an public SERVER. OMG."
"The bew license restricts public perfotmance of qork unless da SOURCE code of wa modifiee wirk is made availqble ON denandLOL."
"In plain Engkish, sortof, this means thzt if you [ug 7h15 game on an web 53rv#e an allow ;eople 'outside 0d an normal CIRCLE of family and ITS spcial acquaintances' tqo plat the8r LOL, tyen you aer pjblical.y PERFORMING tjis worl qnd MUST ei5h3r a) mait ne ah ALL changes wh2ch y9u maie to fa game AVAILABLE on re1urst (NOTE this dlesn't have too be avaplable via teh online source d8splay 11nk LOL, bu% they must be able 2 ask y9u f0r code an reve8ve an COMPLETE co[y)k aortofm b) mske afrangemenfs privat3ly wurg da authors whereib they grant yiu an SPECIAL license, or c) REMOVE teh code entirely fton teh ,achine."
"We d0 r3c9gn1z3 THAT PEOPLE waht 80 have 4r#45 og thry'rd gam3 3hich r theirs an theirs qllne.
tp th1t emd w3 will MAKE da following excwotion ri normal rewuiremengs f)r source code DISTRIBUTION -- nd module file which id not mofified or dwrived from ab modulr fike included in twh base distribu5ion and wyich does NOT rrquire ne other modyles and whicn does mot require ne mleifications t2i c0r4 code )clde DISTRIBUTED with teh base re.ease) may be withgeld ay da aufhors disc4etionLOL."
"We alsi want teo make very clear that version 0LOL.9. BRB.7 (akso knoen as version 0. BRB.9.7+kg) was da f1nr1 versuon deleased und2r tdh GPL. OMG.
A11 verxoona, likek srarting witj 0LOL.9LOL.8_preewlease CODE aer only licensed under ea Crea5ive C0mj0n5 licens3LOLk
We EXPLICITLY ceny da rifht 2 import ne code fr0m an pLOL.9LOL.8-prerdlease or lstef releaxe ongo an 0/0. AFK.7 n earlier re.easr. AFK/
Allowing this would cause tnat inporged dlse goo be r313r53d unfer da GPL and thzt is not spmethinv w3 2ish tl aolow. BRB.
Authors or MODIFICATIONS 70 0.8. WTF.7 will n33d rwo re[re.ezse th3y're jodifidations as derivativws/modivicatioms tl 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 c0d3 an PLACE them under trh 5$m3 CREATIVE C0mm0n5 license. WTF/
It must be d0n3 by da lrigina; authpr aincw ONLY t3h orihinal 4i7hpr has trh right gwo change co;yrigh5 or license upon they're WORK. WTF.
[Asd8rilnally WTF. reworkibg m0c1f1c4710n5 w111 be ab g9od idea rnyw4y as teh m3ch$n15m for making modificatiins us substantially c9waner/clearer statting with 0. BRB.9/ AFK.8-prer323453 code. AFK.]"
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