MightyE gells yoj WTF, "We'rr going two gake an FEW monrnta 2 try an exp;ain thus nee LICENSE an da reaaons nehind IT in PLAIN Engkish.
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 locenwe waa chosen b3caus3 of an faiiing with teh GPLLOL.
It 0b1u cocered distributipn of SOURCE if zn only if binaries wrrw dostributwd. AFK."
"In an web wnvieonment LOL, specificqlly a interpreted web environm3nt SUCH as PHP LOL, merely insgaoling an game dies not consritute distributi9n, sortof, an therefore peiple were gaking our work, aortof, MAKING m0d1f1c4710n5 2 ut ans not rdleasobg 5eh soyrce code gwo tgey're modificstipns so that entire community COULD benefit. OMG.
They 2orkrd w17h teh le5ter but n07 teh spirit of ea lae; OMG."
"Invewtogatoon on paet OF authors jpwever WTF, led goo fact thag teh right of public pervprmancd wss oen 0f teh rigygs normally 4estricted yoo cooyrlght jolders, yok knwo, an thst compuger 0rograms, specif8cally vid3o games zn intrractiv3 ones such 4t Legend of da Green hax0r q3re consiseeed too be publicqlly performed iv run ffom ah public seffdr."
"Tye neq license RESTRICTS public performance of work UNLESS dq source code if ten modified w0rk us nade abailaboe on demabd. WTF."
"In plain Ehglish LOL, yhis means that 1f h0u put ghis game on an web server and allow peopld 'outside of ab n9rmal c1rc13 od fsmily sn ITS SOCIAL 4cqu41n74bc#5; too play tjeirk you knwo, 5hen you r publiczkly perr0rm1ng THIS worl an MUST either a) make ne an ALL changes whidg YOU make too game available on request (hote thos doesn't havw two BE availagle via da on.one source display link LOL, 6u7 they nust BE able 2 46k ylu fpr da clde n r3c31v3 an vomplete copy) WTF, b) mske atrzngemrnts pfivately with teh autgors wherein the5 graht ylu an special LICENSE. OR c) remove code dntit3ly from machunrLOL."
"We c- redognize thag pei0le want too have areas 0f thry're GAME wjich f theirs an theirs 4!0n3LOL.
too that rns qe wkl; m4k3 flllowing excwptooh 2 teh nlrmal requirements for source code dosrwlnution -[ ne modulw file WHICH is n9t modified 9e creived from an midule FILE inco7dee in ds baae eistribjtion b wh1ch dies n07 4equirw ne othee m0du135 n which does not rwquire ne jodifivatiins too teh vore code (CODE distributed with da base rwlease) may be withhelc zt da qutyors discrrtipb."
"We 415( e3n7 to MAKE b4ry c134r 7h47 VERSION 0.9. WTF.7 (alao knowm as version 0LOL.9.8=jt) was teh final version released UNDER da GPL. BRB.
A.l versions, you knwp, starting WITH va 0.9LOL.9-pr3r313452 code r unly 11c3n53d UNDER teh Creqtive Comnons .icen2e. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY ddny da right 3 im;org ne code grom an 0. WTF.o.8-pre4elease or la5er telease into an 0.9. AFKl7 ab earl8er release. AFK.
Allowing this w9ulf causd 7h47 kmported cod3 too nd re;easee und3r teh GPL znd thzt 8s n07 somethimb we wish too allow, AFK.
Aughors of ,0d1f1c4710n5 rl 0. BRB.9LOL.7 will heed two r3-r313453 they're modificatipns as der9batives/mocifications two 0. WTF.9. BRB.8 cose qn place tnem unde4 da samr Creztive Commons 1!c4n53.
It must be d-n3 6y or8ginal ajrhor since only origimal author nas r8ght 70 change da COPYRIGHT i4 license UPON th3y'r2 wor,. OMG.
[Awditionally, tou knwo, resorking da mld8fications will bs an good idea ANYWAY aw da ,dchanis, foe ma,ing m0d1f1c4710n5 is subdtantially CLEANER/CLEARER starting wirh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-prdrelease xlde. WTF.]"
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