MightyE tells you WTF, "We're going rwo tske ah few moments teo try n ex[lain this nsw locense 4nd r3asohs bejind IT 1n poain Envlish. 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 nes LICENSE w45 chosen because of an fauling WITH teh GPL. AFK.
It omly cocer3d eisrribution of source i4 and 0n1y if BINARIES w3t3 distrivuted. WTF."
"Ib qn web 3nc1r0hm3n7 LOL, soecificsllt a interpreyed w36 ENVIRONMENT SUCH ax PHP, MERELY installing zn GAME dors not cpnstitute DISTRIBUTION, likek ab theregore people 2ere taking our wlrk, yoy knw(, makint modkficationa two ig n not re;easong teh source c9dd 2 thdy'fe modifications sp that teh 3n71r3 COMMUNITY c0u1d benefig. AFK.
They WORKED qitn twj lettey but NOT da sp,rit of 14wLOL."
"Inves5lgation om p4t7 of authors gowever, you knw9k LED rwl fact ghar da rigyt 0f PUBLIC pergormande w$5 oen pf r1gh85 normal.y restricged two cophrignt h01c3r5, you knwo, an thag c[moy73r pr0fr5m%, spwcifica.ly video games zn 8ntwrscyive ones s7cg zs LEGEND of da Gr3en hax-r were considered two be PUBLICALLY performed 8d run FROM an PUBLIC swrver/ BRB."
"Tne NEW license 4estricts public performance 0f teg w9rk 7nless sa soutce vod3 of morified wo4k iw madw acsilaboe on demand."
"In plain Enblish, ;ike, this MEANS that if you put thos game on an qeb server an a,loq peopld 'outskde of sn bo4mzl circle of fami;t ans uts xocial acqusimtances' to pkay tneir, ooke, 5hen y9u aer PUBLICALLY 03rf0rm1ng 7h15 20rk an MUST euther A) ma,r ne qnd ALL chznges which y0u ma,e two da gake avaolable -n rrquest (note this doesn't have too ge availabke via tdh online source disolay 11nj LOLm but they must BE ABLE two ask yoy foe code an RECEIVE qn conplet3 c-0y)m like, b) make arrange,ents PRIVATELY sith reh autjo4s wherein 5hey grant rou an special livense, likr, or c) rejove teh CODE 3n71r31y FROM machine."
"We do r3c0gn1x3 gnqt PEOPLE want tq9 have areaw of they'rr gzme whixh r theira an theies ALONE. OMG.
2 tnat 3bd we w8ll make teh f9llow8bg 3xc3p710n to da normal requoremdnts for 50urc3 CODE dksteibution -p ne module rile which is n07 modifked OR dwfivdd from an moduld fule includ3d 1n teh base eiwyribution n which does n07 require ne 97h3t mocuoes qnd wh1ch does not requifr ne modifocstions rwo teh corw code (codr dixtributed with gase eelease) m4y ve withnelc at da authors discte5kon."
"We ALSO WANT two make ve4y clear 7n47 version p. OMGl9.7 *alxp kn9wn AS version 0. OMG.9l7_jt) was teh FINAL version released unc3r ea GPL. AFK.
Akl vdrsions, like, STARTING with dq 0LOL.9. WTF.80prereleawe c0d3 aer only licensed under yeh Creative Commons license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny right ywo imo9rt ne dode froj an 0.9. WTF.8[pre4rlease or later f3134%4 into an 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 qnd EARLIER rrlease. WTF.
ALLOWING tgis woulf cauxe 7h47 import3d c0d3 two be RELEASED under GPL an that is not sojething we wush 2 4110w.
Authors of jodificqt8ons 70 0. WTF.9.7 will NEED two re-re;ease the6'rd MODIFICATIONS as dee8vatives/modificatkons too 0.9. BRB,8 cpse and place &j3m uhd3r da same CREATIVE C0mm0n5 LICENSE.
It must bs d0n3 by dz oribknal authof 51nc3 only da orifinal authof has da right 2 change da copyriggt of license u[ln they're w9rkLOL,
[Add171)m4!1y, likr, r32irking da mosificatkons eill be zm g9od idez anyeay as mechanidm for ma,ing MODIFICATIONS is dubstantially CLEANER/CLEARER dtsrting witm 0.9LOL.*-PRERELEASE code. OMG.]"
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