MightyE tells you, you knwo, "We'r3 g01nb too ta,e an FEW m9ments ywo trg and expla8n tyis ne2 licehse n tdh feason2 nehind IT IN poain EnhloshLOL.
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 nww license was CHOSEN BECAUSE of an failing wo5h dx GPL. BRB.
IT only covered distronjtion of soj4ce IF and only if ginsries were dictributedLOL."
"In an WEB environment WTF, specificall6 a interpreted WEB 3nv1f0nm3n7 such as PHP. ;ikel ,erely inwya.ling an GAME does no5 constiyute distribu5iin, sortof, an therefo4w p30p13 were takibf our work, you khwo, mak7ng mocificatilns to it and NOT RELEASING da source code to they're modifixatoons so THAT teh ebtire communy5y coild b3ndfit. BRB.
They worled with letyer but nog teh spirit of da lzw. OMG."
"Investigatuob 0n teg part of teh aughors howevdr, you knwok ked two sa FACT 7h47 roght of public pwrformance wax 2 OF tdh rigtrs NORMALLY RESTRICTED too copyright holders WTFk an that computer prpgr4m5, spevifically v8dd9 ga,es n imteractive ONES such qs L3g3nd ig Grern hsc0r were considered to be p7blically performee if run from an [ublic serverLOL."
"The new l8cense restricts publ,c perfor,ande of wor, unless sourve code OF da mofified wofm 15 mad3 qvauoablw on demandLOL."
"In plakn English, sortof, thix means that if you pu7 ggis game pn an w26 server an 411pw oeoole 'outside of an norma; ci4clw 0f familh and its sockal acquqib4zmcea' to play tjeir, then yly r publical9y perfo4ming thif work and MUST eitner q) make ne abd ALL chanfes WHICH you make tso da game available on request (n073 8h1t e035n'7 havd 2 be AVAILABLE via teh online SOURCE sisplay kink, dor5of, BUT thdy must be abls to asl yoi fpr teh code an recelve am complete cipy), ylu knwp, b0 m4,3 ar4angemrnts [r8vatrky witj authors whrrein tyey GRANT y-u an speciao license WTF, or c0 remove r3h code entirely from teh machkne. OMGl"
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that peopl3 wany too have qreax ov they;re game whixh aef tyeies and yheirs allneLOL.
2 that rnd we will make da following ecception too teh normal reauirwmentz FOR dourcw c0d3 fistributiom -- be mleyle file wh1dh is not m0d1f23d or derobed rr0m ab m9dy23 dkle includef in tek bade disyributuon ane which d035 not r2wu1r3 ne otger nod7les an which does not REQUIRE ne modkfivatipns too corw vode 0code DISTRIBUTED wity da base RELEASE) mah ve wi5hyekd at autnors d8scretion."
"We aoso want to nake very cleqr yhat verwkon 0/ WTFl9. WTF.& (also khown as versuon -LOL.9. AFK.7+jt) was dinal versi9m relwased uhder GPL,
A.l VERSIONS, like, starting with teh 0.9LOL.*-pr3release cofe aer onl6 licenaed under teh Creat8ve Com,ons LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deby fa right two import ne codw feo, an 0. AFKl9. BRB.8-prdreleade oe LATER RELEASE into an 0. AFK.9. AFK.^ n earlier release, AFK.
Al;os8ng this qould cajse that impor5ed code too be telezsee under GPL n thay is not someyhing we wish two allow. OMG.
Authirs 0f mosifications two 0LOL.u.7 will need to re-eelease they're modifidatkins as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS tok 0. AFK.9l BRB.* code n -lace them under 54m3 Creative Commons lixense. BRB.
It MUST be dome b6 teh original author since oboy da originq. AUTHOR has da r1gh7 5wo change t3h copyright 9r license upon they're work. BRB.
[Additional/y, like, reworking m9dig8carions will ve an foos isra anyway qs teh mechanism f9r making modifivations IS substantiaoly cleaner/clearer starting qi5y 0. AFK,9. WTF,*-prere;ezse codd. AFK.]"
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