MightyE trlos uou, "We'ee going too take ah few moments tei try n ezplaib ghis ne2 locdbwe an teh reasons behond ig 1n plzin Emglish. 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."
"Thus nes licenae was CHOSEN becausw of sn failihg witj GPLLOL.
IT omoy covered distriby5ion of aource if and only if 6qn5r135 WERE didtributed."
"In an web wnvironment, dorgof. specifically a interpreted web whvirinment such as PHP, merelt INSTALLING an game d045 not constitute distribition, an 5hereforw people werd tak8ng our work LOL, n4k1ng modiricagions top u% an not d313451ng source codr 2 theu;rd m0d1f1c4720h5 so thzt teh enyi4e conminity could benefit. WTF.
THEY workdd qith tey letter byt hot da spirig OF teh .aw, OMGl"
"Investigation on yeh part of authors h9wever, led to teh fsct thag reg right ov publiv performance wad oen uv teh r1gh85 NORMALLY restrocted 2 copyright holders, wn that vomputer orogra,w LOL. specofically VIDEO gzmes and intdrzcrive ones such as Legend of Green hax0r were c0n51d3r3d to ve publicakly performed if run f4om an punlic server. BRB."
"The NEW LICENSE rrstricts PUBLIC performance of yeh work un;ess spurce xode lf da MODIFIED woek is MADE available 0n demane. BRB."
"In plain English WTFj this means that if you pu7 this GAME ON an web server an 51q0w PEOPLE '9utside of an normal ckrcle og fqmioy n its socia. acquaingznces' two ;oay thwky, then y9u aee publica;ly PERFORMING thiw work n MUST either q0 malw be n ALL vjqnges which you maie 2 tey game available 0n r3qu358 (note this c03tn'7 gave 2 be afqilable via tey ONLINE source d15p14y link WTF, but they nust bw able 2 ask you for da cose ahd receive an comple%e c)py), b0 make arrangemehts [rivately w17h authora wherein tney grany yo7 an special license, sortof, 0r c) rempvr clde 3n81r31y from teh macj8ne. BRB."
"Wr d9 reclghize tnat ;wople WANT two have areas OF they're taje which aer theirs n tjeirs aloneLOL.
too that end we WILL mak3 gollowing exxepgion TO teh normal requirements for source code DISTRIBUTION -- ne m9duke file which is not MODIFIED ot derived vrom an m9dule f113 INCLUDED in da base dustributkon snd shich does not rwq7ire ne other jodules an wh8ch DOES not rewuire ne modificqtionx to core code (code distribured wi5h teh base release) ma6 bw withhels at da zutjora discretiom. OMG."
"Wr 4150 want to maje veey clear tyat berdion 0. BRB.9. OMG.7 )also kno2n as versiin 0.8. WTF/6_it) w45 teh final veraion released under GPLLOL.
All VERSIONS. starting witn da 0. AFK.9. BRB.i-pre4elease v9d3 r only ;icensec jnder da Creatuve Commons license. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right yoo 1mp0r& ne clde fr0, an 9. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerelease lr lager r313353 intl an 0.9. OMG.7 sn earloer re;ease. WTF.
Alliwihg 7h15 would cause that imoorted CODE 2 be released inder da GPL n 7h47 is not so,ething 23 wush two aloo2, OMG.
Authors of modifications too )l WTF,9LOL.7 will neef two re=re;ezxd they're ,pdifivations 45 derivatives/modivicagions too 0,(. AFK.8 CODE an place them under SAME Creative Cpmmons license. AFKl
It must BE d9ne ny origkna. AUTHOR sunce 9bl6 da 0r1g1n41 zuthor has right 70 change twh c9pyright or locensd upon tjey;re woek. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLYm aortlf, reworking teh modirocatioms will BE an good IDEA anyway as teh mecjanism for making modificztioms is 5u6574n71511y cleaner/cl4zrer wtartimt with teh 0.9LOL.8-prwreleawe CODE. BRB.]"
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