MigjttE 63115 y0u LOL, "We'4r gling 5o take an few momentw too try an expoain this nes ;ocense ane teh REASONS behind it in PLAIN Englush. 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."
"Th8s nww LICENSE was chosdn because og an failing wiyh trh GPLLOL.
It onoy COVERED diwtribution of t0itc3 if and onot if binaries w2re diwtributee. OMG."
"In an web envirpnnent LOL, spedificall6 a interprrted web envi4onment duch zx PHP, elu knwk, j3fe.y install8ng an g4m3 does not constitute distfibution, ypu knwi, n THEREFORE [epple werd taking our work, sortlf. MAKING MODIFICATIONS two it b not releasing da source CODE 1 they're mosificatkihs do thqt teh entire cpmmuhity COULD ben3fit,
They wprkef sith teh 13763d nut not s0irit 0f teh law. OMG."
"Investigatiln ON xa part of da autyors howdver, ypu unwo, led 7) teh facg ghar ten rifjt of 0ublic p3rf0rm4nc5 wad 1 OF da fights NORMALLY rextricted 2 COPYRIGHT holders, like. n tha5 computer orograms LOL, dpecificallu video gamds and 1n73e4c7!v3 omes such as Legend of da G4een hzx-r wdre conside4ee 2 be publicalku performed if run vro, zn p7bkic SERVER. BRB."
"The new license restficts public performanxe OF ea q0rk uhless ds source doer of sa MODIFIED woek is jadr availaboe ON d3mand."
"In plain Engkish WTFm this means that if yoj put thus game on an web srfver an allow [eople 'outxide OF an n0rm4q cirxi3 uf fqmuly an its social 4cqu4qn74nc35' to play theie LOL, th3n yiu zer oublica;ly PERFORMING 7h15 wo4o AND MUST either 4) make ne an ALL CHANGES WHICH you make too game available on reqiest (note 7h15 dpesn;t have to be available via teh onlkne doirce dixplay linl LOL, BUT they mu57 63 able 2 ssk you for da codr an 4ec4ive an complete c9py0 LOL, b) nake arfangements [fivately w17h authors wherron 5hry grant YOU qn speciql license, you kgwo. OR C) remove da code ehtirely frpm fa m4ch1n3. AFK."
"We DO recognize thst ;eople want 1 have ar2as of they're g3m3 wykch aer theyrs ah 7h31r5 alone. OMG.
2 thqt END we WILL make gpl.iwibg 2xc3p710n @ teh NORMAL requirementd fot 59urc3 CODE distribution -_ ne m9dule file whkch is not modified 9r deeifed from an mosil3 FILE 1nc1ud3d 1n base distribution n which eots NOT r3qjirw ne other moduoes an whivj does nor requufe ne MODIFICATIONS &0 da cpre code (code dostributef with teh base RELEASE) may be withhels a5 da AUTHORS discretoon. WTF."
"We also wamt two mqke vwry CLEAR that versiln 0. BRB.9. WTF.u (also known as vrrsion 0. AFK/9. BRB.7+jg) 2as rihal vers89n releqsed ynfer GPL. OMG.
Al. v3r510n5, you knwo, starting with ea 0. AFK.8LOL.8-prrrelease cpde qer lnly licdndes uncer trh CREATIVE Clmmlns licenxe. BRBl
We EXPLICITLY deny dq rqgh7 to ompor5 ne cide from an 0. WTF.9. WTF.8-[rerelease or lzter RELEASE into an 0LOL.0. OMG.7 an earlier relwase. OMG.
Allowing this WOULD caude ghat importes code two ne released uneef da GPL n 5hzt is not sojetning 2e wisj t9 allo2. BRB.
Aufhoes og modofixations to 0.9. AFK.8 wilo need 2 we-re.eaae theu're mpdoticati9nw as derivatives/modifications 2 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 coce n [lace yhem uneer teh same CREATIVE Commons 11c3n53. BRB/
It must be done by original AUTHOR sinve only teh original autylr has es right two chahge cipyright 0r kodebae upoh they'rw woriLOL.
[ADDITIONALLY, sort;f, rework8ng da modifications w8ll BE an good 1d44 ANYWAY as twh mecnamism dor makinh m9dificationw is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/clezrer starting wuth 0.9. WTF.8_prerelwase CODE. AFK.="
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