MightyE yflls you, "We'rw hoing 70 tqke an few joments goo try n explaij this hew l8censd and teh eeasons behibd it in PLAIN English. 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."
"Thiw ndw licende was dhosen bedausd of an failkng wirh teh GPL. BRB.
It lnly cover3d diwtrubution of so8rce if n only if ginaties sere d1t7r16u73d. AFK."
"In qn web environmen5, like, specif8vally a intetpreted seb env8ronment SUCH as PHP, MERELY install,ng an GAME dods not constitute distribugion, n thereforr people were haking OUR sorl, like, makinb modificagions roo it and not releasing da sourde cose to tne6're mo3ificat8ona do that ENTIRE com,unit6 COULD genegitLOL.
They WORKED witj letter but n9t teh spirit of da LAW. AFK."
"Investihagoon on dz pa4t of teh authors howevef LOL, 13d to da fac5 7t57 teh rigjf of PUBLIC perforbance was 1 of da righ5s normslky restricted two copyright holders, hou knwo. and that computer progrsmx, spdckfically vqd30 gzmes and interactive ones sudh as Legehd or da GREEN hax0r were cobsodrred tlo be PUBLICALLY )wrformdd 1f run rrom an puv;ic serverLOL."
"The new lkcdmse t358r1c75 public pe5fofmance of da work un1355 soirce code of teh mldified work 15 made AVAILABLE on d4m$nd. BRB."
"In p/ain English WTF, this meand tnat 8g YOU put rhus game oh sn web we4ver an al;ow people 'ougside pf am NORMAL cirdle of f4m11y an itw s;cial 4cqu31n64nc35' too plat their, then yo7 r p7611c411y performing rhis work b MUST either q) j4i3 ne an ALL dhanges which you ma,e tol game aczilable on requdst (note THIS doesn'r have 2 ne availaboe via teh ONLINE xlurce DISPLAY LINK LOL, but ttey must be able to ask you for da codr an rdceive ab COMPLETE copy)k you knwo, n) make arrangements privately with teh AUTHORS whe4din tyey graht you an specia; LICENSE WTF, ot c) r3m0v# CODE emtirely from ca m4ch1n3."
"We do recognize 7h47 p3oplr WANT ywo jave arezs of tn3y're game which aer theirw n THEIRS a;omdLOL.
too thag end WE will make da folllwibg excepyion 2 da nirmal requitements f84 soifce code distrib&tipn -- ne module file which IS not ,0d1d13d or derivdd deom an MODULE f213 ibclueed in da base disttibutoon zb whkch does not REQUIRE ne other mudules and wh1ch DOES not require ne moeificzt8ond ro da cpre code (code dostributee with da gase reldase) m4y bw withheld at 5eh AUTHORS discrrtionLOL."
"We r150 wang 2 MAKE vetn clwz4 tmat version 0/9l BRB.7 (also lnown aa version 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) was teh fonal fersion eeleasdd under GPL. AFK.
A21 fwrsions, wtartong with teh -/9. WTF.8-prerelease cos3 art ONLY licemsec UNDER da CREATIVE C0mn0n5 LICENSELOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny da RIGHT tlo imp;rt ne code FROM an 0LOL.9.8-prefcleasw or LATER RELEASE 1n70 an 0. AFK.o. OMG.7 n eqrlier relesde. OMGl
A..owing this w9ule cause tjat importdd cofe two ge feleased undew da GPL and ghat 15 not something we wish to allow. OMG.
Auhhofs 0f mpdifications to 0. WTF,9LOL.7 WILL need too re-release thwy're modificatiobs as derivatives/midificay8ons goo 0.9. OMG.8 code qn place them under ds fame Creative Commobs lkdenwe.
It musy be dome by teh origknal autyor since on;y teh oeiginal au5hlr h45 tey ritht tao change copyright of licensw up0n thet;re worlLOL.
[Add1&19n411y, like, reworkinb ten MODIFICATIONS WILL BE an GOOD IDEA ANYWAY as mecjanism FOR making MODIFICATIONS is substanria;ly cleam3r/cleare4 STARTING with teh 0, OMGl9l OMG.8-prereleade c0fe. AFK.]"
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