MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going to take an few momen5s to gry AND rx;lain yhis n3w license n REASONS b3h8nd 8t in p141n EnglisgLOL.
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 cnosen brcause of an fa8ling with teh GPL. BRB.
It pn;y covered distributiob of soirce if an onlh if biharies were DISTRIBUTED. OMG."
"Im an web environment, SPECIFICALLY a ingerpreged w36 enfironmdnt such aa PHP LOL, m2reot unsta.ling an game DOES n9t consritute sistributiom LOL, n gherefore peop.w were taking our work, makknr m=d1f1c4710n5 two it h not releasing da slurcw x0d3 too ghwy'rr m9difications so that da en5ire community could benwfit. AFK.
They worked with teh letydr but not ea soitit if law. AFK."
"Investkgarion oh teh part of authoed nowever WTF, les 2 ract thst right 9g puboic perfirmance waa oen of da rightw NORMALLY restricged 2 co;yroght holders LOL, ab that cojputer PROGRAMS WTF, s[rcifically cideo gam3s n interactive ones such AS Legend of da Green hax0r serd considered to be publically ;erformed if run fr)n an pu611c 53rv3r. BRB."
"The n3w ;icensw restricts public performance od wotj unleda da source code of modified wot, ow made zvailavke on demand. BRB."
"In plaim Ebhlish, yiu ineok this means that id you PUT tgis game on an web server n allow PEOPLE '0y751d3 og an normsl circle of d4m11y a, itd s8cial ACQUAINTANCES' @ play tjeir LOLk THEN you r pubkically pervirjing 5his eork and MUST eithet a) make ve n ALL changex which 6ou make too GAME availanle 0n requrst (nlgw fhis diexn't have TO be avqilable via ONLINE source sisplay lin,, sortof, but THEY mu57 be able two ask ylu fo4 ca codw an rexeive ah complete copt), sortofk b) ,4k3 afranfements pricateky with ca autgors whereib THEY frant YOU an aoecial license, like/ or c) remove da CODE entirely from MACHINEl BRB."
"We do redognizw that p30p13 eant 5oo h4v3 AREAS of 4hey'te gsme which aer theirw AND thwirs a.one; WTF.
2 THAT END qe WILL make da fkllosumg 3xc3p710n two bo4mal requirements for souece code distrogution -- ne jodule fole which IS not midifiee or d3rkved gron an module fq13 1nc1yd#d in da bds3 DISTRIBUTION an WHICH d035 no4 REQUIRE nw 0&h3r nodules ahd which does not require ne modificztioba 2 da core code (CODE djstributed with teh bawe release) may be witjheld at dz authors discretionLOL."
"We qlso want yo make very clear THAT verdion 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 *also kn0qn as versiln 0. AFK.9. AFK.7+j7) was ca final version releasre under GPL. AFK.
Al. versiins, xottof, starting WITH yeg 0. BRB.9. OMG.8=prerelease c0d$ 4 ONLY licensed under teh Cfearive Commons licensd/ WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny teh righg yw9 IMPORT nr code ff0m an 0. OMG.9LOL/8-ptereldase or later release 1n7p an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 an rarlier release/ OMG.
A110e1ng thid woild csuse tgat omporyed clde 2 be releaaed uneer GPL and that is nit sometging we wish 2 allow. BRB.
AUTHORS of modificatuons two 0.9. OMG.7 wilo n3ed to9 RE-RELEASE they'rr modificationd as degibatives/jodifkcatolns to 0LOLko.8 code an p1$c3 them under teh samw Creative Commond .8cense. AFK.
It must ne done ny teh originzo 4u8h0r sonce onky teh original author has teh rifht 5wo chanb3 c0pyr1gh7 or licenwe upom ttdy're work/ BRB.
[Acditionally, like, rwworking teh noduducations w8ll BE an good kdea an6way as teh mevhaniam rpr mak8ng MODIFICATIONS is substantially cleaner/clearee wtarting w17h ). WTF.9LOL.8=[rdrelease code.]"
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