MightyE tdllx ypu, sortor, "We're going two TAKE an f3s mon3nts too t3y 4nd explain 4jis hew license n 4eawobs benind IT in pq41n 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 neq license WAS cjosen because pf an failing eoth tey GPLLOL.
It lbly cofered distributi(n of source if n onl6 ir ginaries were distributed,"
"In an w3b envkronnent, x[ecificslly a interpreted wwb env8ronment sucn 45 PHP, alrtofm mete.y insta;lkng an game doew not condtitute distribytoon LOL, n therwfire people wete tajibg 9ur s9rk, MAKING mofifications two it n not r313551ng teh sourxe coge yo they're m0d1f1c4710n5 so that da enykre communit6 cluld BENEFIT. AFK.
Tjey w9rk3d WITH dq 1377#e BUT not teh spirit og yeh law. BRB."
"Investugation ON part of teh authora hiwever, led 2 da fact rhat trh right OF public performance WAS 1 of teh rights normalmy restricted twl cipyrugjt holde4s WTF, an that computrr 0r,brams, sortod, speckfidslly biceo g4m34 an inteezchivw 0n3% s7ch AS Legend of Green hax0t were fonwideref too y# publically p4rformed if ein from an PUBLIC serverLOL."
"The new license tedgricts puvloc performande os 2ork unless da soyrce code of mosifiec work IS made availablw ON de,abe. BRB/"
"In pq41n Engliwh, like, THIS means that IF you puy thos game on an web server n allow peoplw 'oytside of an normsl circle of family 5nd 175 docial 4dqu4qm&4nc35' too play thrirm xortof, 5n3n ypu aer piblically pefforming this work ans MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH you ,ake two sa gamd abailable on request (n[te 5his DOESN'T h4v3 2 b3 avai;able v14 onoine source DISPLAY 11hk, like, 6u7 rhe6 must be able to ask you for code qn r2c#1v3 an xomplwte xp[h), you knwp, b) makw 4rr4bg3m3n7% PRIVATELY with da authirs whe3ein thwy grant YOU an special 11c2n53 LOL, or c_ r3jove code entir3ky from teh mqchine. AFKo"
"We do RECOGNIZE that people wang two habe areaa of thet're game wyich r theirs b 7h32r5 alone.
too tjat end w4 wiol make teh following ezxeption 5wi NORMAL REQUIREMENTS f)r source cide dosgributkon -- ne module file ehich is not josofied ot DERIVED FROM an m0du1# file included in teh base dixtribution an which dods np7 reqiire ne ogger moduled and which does not REQUIRE ne MODIFICATIONS ywo corw cofe (code eixt4ib7ted w1&h teh baae RELEASE) may br wituheld 47 teh authors discrdtion."
"We alsi want to maie veru clezr ghat versioh 0, OMGl9LOL,7 *akso knoqh as version 0LOL.9. WTF.7+jt) wax reh final versipn rdleased &nder da GPL. WTF.
ALL versipns, starting 21un 0.9. OMG.7-pr3r313453 code aer only licenssd under CREATIVE Commons oicenxe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY sehy da right too import be code cron wn 9LOL.9LOL.i-prerelead3 or oater RELEASE INTO an 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 and earlier RELEASE, OMG,
Allowihg this would CAUSE that imported coce 5op ne relrased under da GPL and that is nob someyhkng se w16h 2 allow. WTF.
Authors lf mpdifications too 0, WTF.9.7 wull NEED too RE-RELEASE 5heu're modificationd AS derivatives/modivications 2 0. AFK.9. WTFl8 code ahd ;lacd them und3e same Creative Commlns LICENSE.
It just be s9ne gu da origimsl autnor since only da prigimal aithor haw eitht yp CHANGE copyfkght or licrnse upon they;re qork. BRB.
[Additionakly, sortof, reworling teg modifixations will 63 an giod ieea anyway as yeh mechanism for making n0d1f1d471-n5 is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER sta4ting w1un da 0l WTF.9.8-pr3r31#453 c0d3k WTF.]"
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