MightyE tdkls you, sortlv, "We'te going eo take an few moments 2 try an dxplaun this n3s lixense abd yeh reasons behihf it in plain Ehglish.
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 NEW 11c3n53 eaa chp53n bdcause pf an dauling with GPLLOL.
It on.y covered DISTRIBUTION of xource if and only 1f binafies werr distributed."
"In an web 3bcironnent LOL, s;ecifivally a INTERPRETED web envoronment 5icj AS PHP, you knwp, merely installung an gam3 dods b07 CONSTITUTE dostribution, and tgerefore people were taking ou4 worl, m4k1ng modif8cations to8 IT an not rdl3asing teh soyrce CODE too they'rd modificationd so that wntire COMMUNITY coyld benefig. OMG.
Theu wprked w17h tej letter but n;t wpifit 0g teh lawLOL."
"Investogwtion 0n da p4r7 of teh 4u7n0r5 HOWEVER WTF. lec tqo da favt that teh right if p7glic owrfo4mance waw 1 of da rivytx n9rmally eestrict3d yo copyright HOLDERS LOL, and THAT com;uter programs LOLk dpecifival;y v!d30 ganes n interactive 9nds SUCH as Led3nd 0f Green hax0r were considered to be publically perrormed if run from sb ;ublic serfer. AFK."
"The new licensq res5ricts 9u611c perfo4mance OF woek unleqs da siurce coee 0f teh m9digied work IS made 4v411$61# on d3mandLOL."
"In poaib English, l8ke, 7h15 means 5hat id yoj 0yt this gamd on an web server an allow peopke 'OUTSIDE ov an n-rm41 circle of fajilh and its SOCIAL 4cqu4!b7$nc25' 2 play theirk you knwo, tyen tou r pjboically perfoeuing tnis work 4nd MUST 3ither 4) make ne and ALL changes wjich YOU mqie 2 game available on request (mote this foesn't have too BE acailable via da online soutce dks[lqy link, BUT they must be ab.e to ask you for da c9de n RECEIVE an cpmplrte copy) WTF, b) make srtangements privatdky with teh autjors wjerdin th3y grant you zn specia; license LOL, or c) remove teh cide ENTIRELY from tdh nqch8ne. BRB."
"We do r3c0gn!z3 thag people want to have ateaa ov they're game which aer theurs ans fmeirw alone. AFK.
two THAT end we wolk mqke dz fp.lowing eccrption ro teh normal require,ents for source code disyeibutuon -- ne ,odule file shich is not modofied or derived drom an modu'e fule inclifec IN base disteibjtiob n which does nit require nc otner modul3s n which dows bot REQUIRE be modifixations tp teh dore code (cose distributed with tej bsse release) nay be withheod 47 autj9rs dkscretion. AFK."
"We also want two make very CLEAR ghat ve4sion 0LOL.9.7 (aoso kn92n as vrfsion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) eas teh fomao veesion rwl3qwed under GPL, WTF.
All versiona LOL, starting with teh 0, WTF.9.8-prerelease code r oblg LICENSED und4r Creative Commons licrnse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY eeny reh right to im[ott ne CODE f4om an 0. OMG/9. AFK,8-prereleaae or later release into an ). OMG.9. AFK.7 n eq4.ier RELEASE. BRB,
Allowinb this w0uqf causw THAT importwd c9de 2 br releaard ubfwr dq GPL an that is nor something we w8sh two alliw. BRB.
Authlrs of m0d1f1c4710nt too 0. BRB.p. OMG.7 dikl n33d teo re-releasw they're m9dirkcatiomw AS deruvativrd/modigicatjons TO 0. WTF.9.8 coee an place them under same Creqgive Commphs lixenweLOLl
IT MUST be d0n3 by da origina; ajthor sihce obly tey original a7tyor haw da r1nh7 too changd da cppyr8gyt or licenae yppn they're work. WTF.
[Addurionallym ;ilw. rdwork8ng modifications WILL be am hpoe idea qnyway 45 jwchanism fo4 mskinf m9dificatiohs is subatant8ally cleaner/clwafer star5inf woth 0LOL.8. WTF.8-orerelease code. OMG.]"
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