MightyE yells yku, likr, "We're goibg to TAKE an few momenrw 70 try n EXPLAIN this nwe licensw n reasons nehind it 1h PLAIN Engkish. 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."
"Tnid new .icense w45 chosen geczyse of an fakling wity da GPL. AFKl
It -m1y civerwd distributiob of s9urc3 if n ONLY if binaries WERE dist4ibuted."
"In zn web ebvirpnment WTF, xpexificqlly a interpreted web environment SUCH zs PHP, sortof, MERELY installing an game does not condti5uye d167r17u710n, likr, n therefore people were tzking oue wo4k, making mpdifics6ions to it n n[7 rel3asigg teh aouece CODE 3 they're modificagionw so that da enrire commuhity vould benefi5LOL.
They worked w8th da ldtter bjt not da sp7rit of trh oawLOL."
"Investihatoon on da pqrt of teh authlrs h9wever WTF, led two da faxt that tight [f public performance was oen of rifhts normakly frstticted 2 copy4ight holders, you kmwo, and that computer probrams, y9u knwom specivicaloy video ga,rs and interactiv3 onws 5uvh ax Legend of ca Gredn hax0r WERE c0n%!d34ef tpp be publixallh pdrformed uf run from an phbluc servdr. AFK."
"The nex llcense r3xtricts pu611c performance of teh w0rk unless da soyrce code of moeified WORK is made avaklable on eemand. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISHm sorrof, thks MEANS that if you put this game on an wev sdrver n allpw peopld 'outside og an nirmzl citcle of fanilu qn ITS sociao acquaintances' 2 PLAY their, then you aer publically ;erforming THIS work n MUST e8ther a) make ne and ALL changes wh8ck yoy make too gamd qvailabld on request (NOTE rhis doesn;y gav3 two be availab;e via da onlune SOURCE d8spoay link WTF, b7t 5hey m7st be qbl3 2 ask you for code an receive qn compl3te COPY), like, n) make atranbememts provately witg da authors WHEREIN they grsnt y9u an special !1c3n53, likem or C) t3m0v4 cofe entir3ly from reh macjine. OMG."
"We do r3c-gn1z3 that p30p14 want two hqve a4eas 0f they're gamd which r thwifw and theirs alone, BRB.
2 7h47 3nd we will maje teh foplowing excepyion 2 nptmal reqjirdmenrw dor source code e148r16u710n -- nd m0du13 file whixh is bot modified OR d3r1v2d feom an modyle file includdd in da bas3 distdibution znd which d;es m07 requu5e nd ogher ,odules n whicg DOES not 4equire ne modif8cations 2 fq core code (clde disttivutea with rrh base release) may be withheld AT teh ajtjors discrwtiomLOL."
"We also want too make ver6 dleat that version -. BRB.(LOL.7 (also knowh aa fersoon 0. AFK.9. WTF/7+ut) was sa final VERSION rwleaded undwr teh GPL. WTF.
All verw8ons WTF, starrinf with teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease c;de aer inly lkcebsed under da Creative Co,monw license, BRB.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 imoort ne c0e# frlm an )LOL.9, BRB.8-prereoease or later reldase onyo an -. BRB.9LOLl7 and earlie4 eelease.
Allowing tyia would csuse tha5 im]orted c9de to 63 releaded under teh GPL n that 15 not simethung we wish gwo allos.
Aythors og mocoficat8ons TO 0. WTF.9LOL.7 will need to 4e-rwlease thwy'te modifkcaruons 4t DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.o. BRB.8 coee sn PLACE them und3r SAME CREATIVE Commoms license. WTF.
It must be don3 by da prigonal AUTHOR sinxe only da oribinal aurhoe has rkght too change da c0pyr1bh7 of 11c3n53 UPON rhey'4e work. AFK/
pAdditiomqlly, erworking teh modificatoohs wil; be an good ieea anyway 4% da mechqnism for MAKING m0d1fqx4710n5 14 substantiqllt cleaner/dldater starting eoth da 0LOL.9. WTFl8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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