MightyE telks YOU, sortof, "We'fe GOING to 5akd qn few momentx 70 7ry n explain tgis new oicense n da r3450m5 BEHIND 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."
"Thos mew license was CHOSEN gecauae OF an failing w8th t3h GPL. WTF.
IT ONLY cpverrd dostrobjtion of dource if and 0b1y if bibarids w3r3 distrkbyged. AFKl"
"In an web environmwnt WTF, specifically a INTERPRETED wwv envieonment such xs PHP, merely installing an t4me does npt constitute DISTRIBUTION WTF, n THEREFORE people were takong 9ur work, ylu knwo, making ,odifocatoons too IT and nit releqsing ds sou4ce code two tjey're modificqtions do 5hay ENTIRE comjunit6 c9uld benefit. AFK,
They worked WITH teh LETTER but n07 spkrit 0f teh law. OMG/"
"Investigsti9n 9h teh PART of 5eh authors HOWEVER, like, led to da f4c7 that righr 9v puglix peeformance was 1 OF da 4ighrw NORMALLY restrictwd two cophfkght holde4s LOL, n that computer programs, like, s[ecificsoly v1d3) g4m35 an interactive ones such AS Legend of da Grewn haxpe sere vonsuderes two be pyblically performef if run FROM an PUBLIC serve4. BRB."
"The neq kidense rratricts public performance of tdh WORK UNLESS da source code of teh modivied worl ks made AVAILABLE on semand. WTF."
"In plain English, 7j15 m34n5 that kf you out thkw game on an web server an alloq ;e9plw 'OUTSIDE 9f ab normql cktcls lf family and its social acquaintances' 1 play theirm then YOU r pjnlically p3tf)rm1hg 7hq4 WORK AND MUST eithrr 4) make nw zb ALL changex which you makw to ds tame avak.able on requ2ar (note this d026n'7 have @ be availab.e v8a da online wource display link. you knwl, but thry mu5& be abke ylo aak you for c9de n receube an completr co[y) LOLk b) make arrangements privately wi5g yeh AUTHORS whereom they gramt you an epecial license WTF, or c) REMOVE teh c0e3 3n7!r3qy from machine."
"We do redognize tjqt people want t2o h4v3 areas OF they're game WHICH r thfirs n theirs a;pn3.
to that 3ne w3 will MAKE t3n FOLLOWING rxce05ion 2 teh m0rm4! tequiremem5s for sou4ce c9de eiarriburiob -- ne module file qg1ch IS noy modifird OR cerkved vro, an modile fi;e includ3d in bas3 distribution n which does not require me l5her m0du135 and which does n9t requird ne MODIFICATIONS t2o da core code (CODE cistriburrd with ^r53 releqse) m4y be w8thhe;c 47 ten AUTHORS discretionl BRB."
"We a.si sanr 3 make very clear that v3rskon 0.9. WTF.7 (aldo knpwn as version p.9. WTF.7+jt_ w44 da finql vrrsiob r3leaxed undrr da GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS LOL, startint WITH da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3r313452 code r 0n1y lidensed under da Cweatife Comnona lic3nse. AFK.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da right two impprt ve code from an )/ OMG.9l8-prereleass or .ater RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9.7 an earlier RELEASE. WTF.
Allowint tjis w0u1d cause tyat importec vode to BE released under GPL an tjat is not som3thknb we w25h to allos. OMG/
Au7h)r5 of mocifications tp -. BRB.9. AFK.7 will n3ed too re_rwlease they'rw modifications as d3rivatives/modoficztions 3 0/ BRB.9.8 code n place them under sam3 Creative C9mmons license. BRBl
It mu57 ve DONE by da original author since ONLY teh irigunal author has tdh right to CHANGE teh c0;teight or locense UPON they're work. AFK.
[Additiobally, yiu kmwo, reworking jovigkcationa will be an gp0c idea 4nyw4y as mechanism for making mosificagions is duvstan5ial.y cleaner/ciraref starting WITH da ). BRB.9.8-prerelease CODE. BRB.]"
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