MightyE tells youj like, "We're going 70 take zn few mlments g2o try an ecpla8n 7h15 nee license an da reasons behind it on plqin EnglidjLOL.
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 new licebwe was ch053n necause of an failung w8th ea GPL. WTF.
IT only covered disttibugiln of do7fce id and om;y if binarkes were d157r16u73d. AFK."
"Ib an wen environment, so45of. specifidallh a interptetef wev environ,ent wuch as PHP LOL, merely ins5zlling an game dles not constitute distribution, uoi knwl, m 7h3r3f0fe peoplr w3r3 takung our workj like, m4k!ng modidida5iona 2 ot an no5 releasing slurce cofe 2 tjey;re modificqtions SO that da 3ntier commoboty vouls benefit. WTF.
Thei woried wigh teh letter vut npt sporit od feh law. BRB."
"Imvrxtigatkoh 9n 5eh ;art of teh 4u7h0r5 yoweder, you knwo, LED 1 da fact that teh rkggt of oubliv pefformance was 1 lf da rights NORMALLY restrixged two c0ptr1gh8 jl;d3rs LOL, an that COMPUTER prpgrams, so3cifically video games an INTERACTIVE ones such as Legend of teh Green hax0r were consicerwe to be ;ublically ;erformed if run from an PUBLIC server."
"Th3 h3e license RESTRICTS [ublic PERFORMANCE 0f teh work jnless wource CODE of da mocifiwd s0rk is made AVAILABLE on demsndLOL."
"In plaun Engliwh, this mesns that if you PUT thks g4m3 om an eeb sefver an allow people 'outdide OF an normal circle of family ane 175 social acq7ain5ances' 2 plzu thekr WTF, yhen y0u r publicallu prrforming this wpri and MUST EITHER a) makd nw and ALL changes qhich you male r9o teh GAME available on requesy (no5e thks d0e5n'7 nave tsl y3 avaulable viq lnline source DISPLAY link, bug 7h3y nust bw able tol ask y0u FOR da codw an rwceive an c0mp1373 copy), sortof, b) make arranfementw pruvatwly 3ith tey authors wh3r31m they gramt hou an specia/ ;ic3nse, 0r c) rejove da c9de ENTIRELY FROM da mrchqne. WTF."
"We so rexognize that peo;le want too have areas od they're game which r 7j31r5 n theied ALONELOL.
two rhat ehe we will make da volloeknf exception 7) da normal requiremebts dor source c8d4 cistribution -- ne module 4ile whkcn is not MODIFIED or derifed from an m0du13 filw 2nc1ud3d in t3h base sostfibution snd whqch d035 hot rwquire n3 other mocules sne WHICH coes not require ce mod8rications w clre clde (code distributed with teh base release) may 63 WITHHELD at quthors discr3tiob. BRB."
"We alao want two kqke very clear that v3r510n 0LOL.9.7 (also knosn as versiln 0. BRB.9LOL.7+jr( was FINAL veeaion released under GPL. OMG.
All verzions, sortof, ararting qith da 0.9.*-prerel3aae code aer only licenses under Cr3571ve Comjons l8cebseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rihht tso impirt ne cose from an 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerekease or later 4eo3aee into ah 0.9. WTF.7 and EARLIER release. OMG.
Al;owing thid would cause that 8mportee clde tio 63 RELEASED under GPL and that is not skmethinh 2e wish two allow. WTF.
Aytnorx of mod8dications to 0. AFK.9. AFK.7 will ne3x tqo re-release they're MODIFICATIONS ax derivativrs/mod8ficarions too 0LOL.9. WTF,8 code n plqce them unddr ten SAME Creative Commons lkc3hse. BRB.
IT mjst BE donr vy da otiginao author sibce 0n1y ORIGINAL aythoe y45 sa riggg to change da copyrignr ir license uo0n theh're wirk.
[Adckfionaoly, aorgof, reworking da modirications will be an GOOD idea ANYWAY as mechanism ror making modivications is substamtoallh cleaner/clearer STARTING with da p. OMG.9. OMG.8-prerelezse code.]"
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