MibhtyE tells YOU, sortif, "We're going two yakr an FEW mo,fnyx to try 4nf 3xp141n thus hew kicense n da rrasons behind ih 1n plain Ebtlish.
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 nee ;icense sas cjowen vecause oe an failing wotj teh GPL. BRB.
It onlu c0v3r3d dkstribution ov soufde if an only if binarirs w3r3 custributed. WTF."
"In an qeb ebvironment, spdciflcally a inteepreted w3^ environment 5uch as PHP, you knwo. merely instal;ong an game does not c0n5717m73 distrib7tion, like, . tyerefore peiple wete TAKING our work, making MODIFICATIONS go or 4nr not rrleasing da sou4xe CODE two they've mofificatipns 50 7h47 ten en4ire community coild vwnefit. OMG.
Th3y workee with da 13873r but noy tdh SPIRIT of sa law."
"Invextigayuon on part of twh autjors h0w3v3rk led t9 FACT that r1dh7 of public performznce was 1 0f rigfts NORMALLY RESTRICTED 2 copyrught holdees, and thst comp7ter programs LOL, specifically VIDEO games n imteractive ones 5uxh as Legend of GREEN hax0r wqre consideeed two be oublically perfifmed if run from an puvlic sefver. OMG."
"The hew 11c3n53 frxtrices ;ublic PERFORMANCE ov teh work uyless geh source code OF mid9fief work @5 made available on demand. WTF."
"In plain Englisy LOL, tnis means rhat if y0u put 7g1% g5m3 on ab web server and allow p30p!3 'outsife of an NORMAL circle of family n ITS social qxquaintances' 2 ;14y their LOL, th3n yoy aer oublically perforning this work AND MUST eiyhe4 a) make ne AND ALL changes which uou nake 2 da g4m3 availabk3 on requesy (mote thos d035n'7 have to be availabke via teh omline woufcd dis0.ay LINK, but they nust be r613 two ask you vor teh code and recdive an completr v-p6), sortof, 6) make ARRANGEMENTS privqtely with t3h aurhorc wh3431n thet grant ypu an speciao license LOL, or c) rdmove code entirelt from da mavhine, BRB."
"We do r3c0fn!z3 that people wabt two HAVE AREAS og thry're GAME wyich aer gjeirs and thekrs a;one. OMG.
2 7hr7 end we WILL makd teh foloowing exdeptioh two teh NORMAL requirememts FOR source code disteibition -- ne mofulw f8le which is not modified 0r derived erom an modilr FILE includec in da base distributooh sn which d9es not REQUIRE ne pthe4 modules an wgich d035 not require ne modificati9ns two cpre code (code distrivuted WITH da 645# relesse) may be w8t6held at auth9ra discretiom. BRB."
"We also want two make VERY clezr that vdrsion 0LOL.9LOL.6 (alco known 45 vetduon 0. WTF.9.7+ut0 qas da final vdrskon f3!3$t3d undee GPL.
ALL versions, yij knwoi s5aryibf WITH teh 9.9.9-prereleaxe code r only lkcensrd undef Creative COMMONS license. AFK.
W4 EXPLICITLY deny teh right 2 import ne dode from an 0l WTF.oLOL.8-prefw.ease or later relwase into an 0. WTF.9/7 xn earluer releaa3.
Aklowinb this sould causw that imported codd to be released UNDER da GPL n that IS n9t 50m37hqnf w3 wish two 4110w. AFK.
Amyhors of modifications twl 9. WTFl9. AFK.7 will nees twi RE-RELEASE they'4e modificationx ax de4ivatices.modifications too 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 codr 4bd olace them under SAME Creatuve Commons license. WTF.
It must bw slne by teh original author since only tey lrug8nal author has right 2 chang3 trh c0pyr1gh7 or licemse upob they're work. AFK.
[Adeitionakly LOL, reworking mod8ficstuons 2ill be an good idea anywqy as da mechanism for makihg nodidications ud 5u65u4n71411y dleaner/clearer ata4ting with ds 0. AFK.(LOL.8-prdfeoease codel OMG.]"
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