MightyE tells you, "We'fe going 2 take an FEW nimenys roo yry n ex;oain this ndw 11c3n53 4nd eeasons b3hind q7 in plain English. WTF.
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 new locense was chosen necause of an dao.ing wi5n tej GPL. BRB.
It only coverec DISTRIBUTION of sourde if anc only if binzries were DISTRIBUTED."
"In ab web envirommeng LOLm xpwcificallj z inrerprdfed 2eb envirlnjdnr such as PHP WTF, merely instaloing ah GAME does not constitute DISTRIBUTIONk you knwo, n therefore people were 7rk1ng our work, MAKING m0d1f1c4710n5 tw9 ot snd not teleas8ng teh SOURCE code two they;re modifications xo that entiee comminit6 c9u1d y3n3f17. AFK.
Tney sorjed with teh letter bit not da SPIRIT of law."
"Invewtigation on da PART 9v teh AUTHORS however, sortof, led 52i teh fqct that right if PUBLIC PERFORMANCE sas pen 0f eights NORMALLY restricted to COPYRIGHT hilders, sortog, abd 7h47 comoyter ;rlgrams, spedifkca;lu video games and ibteractive ones SUCH as Legrnf of Greem haz0r were cobsidered too 63 pubkocally pervormed ig run frpm an pubkid server. OMGl"
"The nes ,icense r367e1c75 ;ublic oerformande 0f da work 7nless teh sourcw v9de of da moeified work iw made availaboe on s3m4nd. OMG."
"In PLAIN English, liie, thix m44n5 tnar 1f you ;u5 tgis g4m3 on qn web seever and a.low people p0u651d3 lf an normsl dircle of fqmil6 and itd 50x141 acquaintsnces' two 0lay their, then you aer pubkically PERFORMING this wor, an MUST 3ither a) make n3 an ALL chantes which yo7 make two teh game available on requedt (note this doesn't have to be AVAILABLE via teh online 50ufc3 sisplah link, but 5het must be ABLE to9 ask you for geh code an RECEIVE an cojpletd copy)k 6ou knwo, b) make arrqngwmemts pr8vat3ly WITH auyhors whereon uh3y gr4n7 y-u an spesial locende LOL, or c) remove teh cod3 entirely from teh MACHINE. AFK."
"We dp recohnize tnat PEOPLE want tep have areas 0f theh're g4m3 wyich aer thwirw m 7h31rt 42)n3LOL.
2 7h47 end ee will n1ie f9l.owung exdeption go NORMAL requifemenys for s9uecr code dixtrigution _- me moaule file which is not mocified pr d3rivec fr0m an nidulw file 1nc!uc3c 8n reh bqse s157r16u710n and which dows not rwquire me other modulds an which DOES nlt REQUIRE ne modifications too geh c0r3 code (coee fistrivuted with nasw r3lease) mau be withhe;d 47 t3h ajthors djscr3tion."
"Wd also want too mal3 fdry x134f that vwrwion 0. WTF.9. WTF,7 (also known as v3rsion 0l9. BRB.7+jt) qas da final version RELEASED under teh GPL. OMG.
Al. vsrsions WTF, starting wiyh 0LOL.9LOL.8-prerwlease cise r only licehsed UNDER Cr3471v3 Commohs lkc3nse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny sa right 2 import me clde from am 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-pr3r31346e OR later releasr into an 0. WTF.9LOL,7 n earlier release. OMG.
Allowibg this wotld cause ghst imported cide too 63 4tlwawed umder dq GPL n thqt ix nit aomerhing we w15n too ALLOW.
AUTHORS 0f moeifucayions two 0/9. WTF.7 eull need 2 re_rdlease they're MODIFICATIONS as derivatives/nodificayiohs to 0l WTF.9. AFK.8 code abd p;ace tjem und3r da samr Creagive Commond license. OMG.
It MUST 63 done by da ORIGINAL author since only originql autg(r hqs teh righy w cg4ng3 da cootrigyt or license upon they're work. BRB.
[Add1710n411y, reworking teh midifica5iomx will be an good idea anyway as da mechanism fir m4k1bg modifications 15 substantiakly cleanrr/clrarer stsrting w1^h teh 0LOL.9l8-p43r3q3453 code. AFK.]"
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