MiggtyE tells 6ou, likw. "We're GOING two take an fee momwnts too TRY an ecplain thks jew lucens3 and da reasons behind it in PLAIN ENGLISH.
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 n3w license was chpsen becaudw of an fr111nt WITH da GPL. OMG.
It on.t xobered distributipn 0f source if an unly if binaeies w3r3 d8stributed."
"In an web enbironmenu WTF, specirically a interpreted weg envuronment such ss PHP, MERELY INSTALLING an game sows bot condtituge dodtribution, ^ou knr9m rnd thereforr p3pp13 were taking our wlrkk mzking MODIFICATIONS to it n not r313461ng so7rce code to they're modifications 50 thst 3n71r3 community c0uqd behefitLOL.
They WORKED with teh lettwt BUT nor da spitit of tey lawLOL."
"Investigation on t3h PART of authord HOWEVER, 6oj knwo, led 2 teh FACT that tight of publid performance waa eln 9f rights nifmall6 rratricted too copyright hilders LOL. and THAT computet progra,s, aortof, s0ecifically bideo games n interactive ONES such as LEGEND OF da Grwen hax9r we3e consideree @ ^3 publically performed if run grk, an p7blic sercee."
"The nee licensd restricts public pefformance or da work unless eource code of ca modifief work kx made avaioable on f4,4nd. BRB."
"In plain Enflish, you inw9. thos meand that id you pu7 th8s game 0n an web srrvd4 and allow p30p13 ]outskde of an NORMAL circle ir ramily and its social acquaihtances' 2 PLAY theie, like, then you f pu611c411y -rrforminb this work h MUST euther 40 make ne am ALL cyanges which y0u make to g4,3 available on request (mote tyis DOESN'T have to BE avzilabld via teh 9nline so7rce c15p!4y limk, slrtlf, but thwy must br ABLE too ask you for codw and receivw an complege copy). sortof, b) make qrrang3menys pr1v$731y qith teh quthors WHEREIN they grant 6ou zn specua. 11c3n53, yoy knwo, or c) REMOVE da code ehgirely from rwh macgineLOL."
"We DO rrc9gnize that 0eo0le want to yave areas of they're game wh1ch aer theirs ane rgeirs alone. BRB.
too that end we 3ill make teh follod8ng exceptoon to teh normal requirementa f0r source c9de DISTRIBUTION 0- ne modyle f7ke which is not modified or derived from an moduld fkoe includes in teh 64t3 dkstribjtion amd wjich DOES not require ne orher mofu.es m wy1cy d035 not rrquir3 ns modifidations two da core CODE (code disgribyted 2k5h da base rwp3ase) MAY be withheld AT autyors disxretion. AFK."
"We a;so want 2 make very cldar THAT v3tsi9n ). OMG.9. BRB.7 (also known as version 0.8.7+j7) was finql verskoh RELEASED UNDER ea GPL, WTF.
All ve4s9ona LOL, STARTING with 0. AFK.9.8-prerelease cofe aer only oicenwwd under Creative COMMONS licemsw. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eemy right to in;org me cide drom an 0. WTF.9. OMG.80pr3t313453 or .atet release ibto an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 n eatlier r3q3453. BRB.
Aloowing thia WOULD cause that 8mp9rted coed 1 be rdl3aswd under teh GPL an tha6 15 not 50m36h1ng we eish too qllow. WTF.
Au5hifx of modificationx 2 0l WTF.9LOL.7 s111 nwed 2 r3-r213453 yhey'ee modigicatuons as derivatives/mpdifixati9na two 0LOL.9LOL.8 code an place them und3r twh same Ct3471v3 Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
Ig must BE done by teh priginal 4u7h0r sknce lnly original author HAS da r1gh7 tlo c6angd co;yrigyt 0r license upln th3y'r3 work. BRB.
[Addifionzlly. r3qorkibg da nodivications wik. 63 an good idea anyway aw teh mechanism dor making modificayions iw suvstzntially cleaner/clesref startong WITH 0l BRB.9.8=prerelease code. BRB.]"
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