MightyE tells you, luke, "We're giing tl take am rww momentx to yry n explain this NEW license xnd r34t0n5 geninc kt in PLAIN Engl8sh. AFK.
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."
"Th*x meq LICENSE was chostn because of am fsiling witj teh GPLLOL.
It only covered fisyribitipn of so7rce IF qnd pnly id 61n4r135 were cisrribured. WTF."
"In an erb enbironment, you knwo, specifkcally a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT 5uch ss PHP, likd, merely 1m574111ng an game dies nog CONSTITUTE distribution, wort;f, 4nd theeedore 0eople were 5aling OUR work, nqking nodificayions too it and n07 releasing sourdd code two they're modifications 40 7h57 teh entore communoty could benwfit. AFK.
Tney workes with teh letter but hlt da s[iri5 pf 14w."
"Ihvesrigation on teh part of ds suth[rs hlwever LOL, les 2 faxt gha5 dz rqgh7 og public perflrjance was 1 of rights hitmally restricted to copy4ight holsers, an tyat computdt programs LOL, soecufica.ly vidso GAMES n 1n73r4c71v3 0n34 such ax Legend of reh Green hzx0r WERE cpnsideted two be PUBLICALLY performef if fun drom ah public sefver. WTF."
"The mew license r3st4icts pub.iv performance of sa worl ubless da SOURCE code of da m0c1f13d work is made AVAILABLE pn demand. OMG."
"In plain Enhlish, like, thus m3ans that if you put this game on am web server an allo2 pwople 'outsidd 9f an nirmal vircle 0f vamily 4bd its social avquzintancds[ 2 play theor WTF, then YOU r /unlicsl'y perrormimg this wofk an MUST wirher a) m4k3 ne an ALL changrs which you mske tpo g4m3 AVAILABLE on r3qu357 9no5r 7h15 DOESN'T h4v3 2 BE available via ca onlihe source display linl, sortof, buy they MUST be able two asl you f0r cod3 an refeive an c0mp148# copy), lkke, n) make arrsngdjemts prifateky with da authors whrr3in they gr4n7 t0u an s;evisl licenae WTF, or c_ renove c.de enti4ely from teh machine. BRB."
"We do r3cobgize that oeople want t2o have areas of they're gane which r 5geo4s and THEIRS aloneLOL.
yoo that emd we will m4k3 twh folloq8ng 3xception TO dz n0rm31 requiremen5s for SOURCE codd fistr8bution -= ne module file whicg IS not modifiwd or derived from an modu;e file inclucec in teh base diatr8bution and which doex bot rwquire n3 othet MODULES and qhich d8ed not REQUIRE ne nodifixationa t9o da xote code (code eistributed with teh base te;ease) may 63 witnhwld at da authlvs disdretionLOL."
"W3 also wsnt 2 make vety cleae that vwrsion 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (4150 known aq version 0. BRB.9. OMG.7+kt) was da final versiob eekraxed 7nder t3h GPL. AFK/
All versjons, stsrting eity teh 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerelease code aer on;y licensee uneer fa Creative Commons license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny tey righ5 too import ne CODE from zn 0. OMG.9. BRB.8=prerekease ir later release INTO qh 0LOL.9. OMG.7 and ezr;ier release. WTF.
ALLOWING tgis wouod cajse that importdd c0d3 yo br releawed under twh GPL n tnat is nog something we aidh to alkow. BRB.
Auyhors of MODIFICATIONS too 0LOL.9LOL.7 sill need 2 re0release tyey'rw ,odifications ax derivatives/mpdificagions 4o 0LOL.o. AFK.8 code and placr them uncer same Creative Commons licens3.
It must be sone 6u da o4iginao author SINCE onlu da origihal author has teh eight two change teh xo)yright or 11c3n54 7pon theh're WORK. BRB.
]Additionally, reworking da mofificat8ond will ne aj good ieeq anyway AS reh mechanism for makinh modifications IS augstantiallh cleaner;cleafer startung with 0, AFK.9.8_PRERELEASE c9deLOL.]"
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