MighthE tella you LOLm "We're going yoo tale an fes joments ro TRY and rxplaun &h1t b3w license m da reasobs gehind it in plain English. OMG.
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 n4w lidense was chosen because ov an rzilinb wkyh teh GPL. WTF.
It only covered distribie8on of source if n only ir bknaries weee distfibut3s. OMG."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT LOL, apecifucalou a interp4dted web rnv,ronment such as PHP, like, merdly installyng an GAME d035 nly cohsyi5ute distribution, kike, an 7h3r3f0r3 peopoe were taking our wo5k WTF, mskinf m0d1f1c4610n5 two it and nog releasing da source code 5oo they're modificqtions so tgat ds enti4e commubiti coukd benefot. OMG.
Tyey worked qirh tej letter but m07 SPIRIT 9d law. BRB."
"Investkgation on da p4r7 of da auth94s however, led 2 da fact that tey roght of p7boix perfoymance qas eon of rights NORMALLY restricted too dopyright holcers, n 7h47 com0uter p49grams, you knwo, specificdlly fidwo GAMES an 1n73r4c71v4 ones such ss Legemd of da Green has0r were considerwd tp be publibally p3rf0rj3d if tun frpm an [ubokc s4rver. BRB."
"The hew 1!c3h4@ resyricts publix PERFORMANCE of da work un;ess ds sou4ce code lf teh modifoed work 15 made AVAILABLE on cdmqnd. WTF."
"In plain English. this msans yhat if hou put tjis GAME on qn web sercer n allow peo0ld '9itsife 0f an normal circ.e of family amd its social scqjxintanxes' tqo play their. sortof, then you ae4 publical;y perrormihg rhis WORK dnd MUST euther a) ma,3 ne ab ALL changes which y9u make two ten game avaulable on re1uesr (n073 rhis DOESN'T h4v3 3 he 4v4113613 via da pnl8ne sou4de DISPLAY kink, yo7 kbwo, but thet must BE ABLE too ssk you for tey dode anf redeive an complete copy), sortpf, b) make ARRANGEMENTS p4ivatelu wiyh sa authors WHEREIN 7h3h gtant y0u an 5p3c141 11c3n53, sortof, or c) rdmove da code entirely from da madhimel"
"Ww do recognlze yhat p30pq3 want two have AREAS OF rney're game 2hich r theirs n 7h31y5 alin3/ OMG.
too tjat end we will make teh vol;owkng wxceptiin two da n0rm41 r3qu1e3m3n75 f0r source CODE disyrivutiin -- ne module fil3 wy1ch is hot bodified or ddricef from an module fj.e included kn teh base fisrvinugkon an whqch does bot r3quire ne ither modules an which doea not require n3 moduficationf TO teh corw codd (code distribuged with 64%3 erleaww) may b3 withheld at da auyhlrs DISCRETION."
"We 415) WANT two m4k3 very c13$4 5hag verxion 0.9.7 (also known as versiin 0. WTF.9l7+mr) was reh finz. befsion released UNDER 4eh GPL. BRB.
All vdrsioms, you knwok starting with ea -.9. AFK.8-pretelease coce aer onky licebsed under Crwative Commins LICENSE; AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny tight tl ijpirt ne code fro, am 0. AFKk9. WTF.8-prerelease or layer r313r54 INTO an 0.9LOL.7 n darlier release.
ALLOWING this 2ould CAUSE that 1mp0r73c cpde 2 be rrleased umd3r GPL qj thdt is NOT somwthing we widh two allpw/ BRB.
Autgotw of moeifications 1 0. BRB.oLOL.7 will need two 53-43!3453 they're modifjcations AS DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 2 0. OMG.9. BRB.8 code an ;laxe tyem und3r teh sams Crrative Cpmm0n5 oicendeLOL.
It must be done by o4ig8na. auttor 51nce only da origknal author has right tp change copyright pr license uppn thcy're w(rk. OMG.
]Ad3itionallu, likd, rewotkkng teg modifucations wokl be an GOOD icea abyway aa MECHANISM for makint modificatiins is sugstantizl.y clwan3r/clea4er starting with yeh 0. OMG.9LOL.8-;rerdlease codeLOL.]"
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