MighyhE tells ho7, sor5of, "We're foing ro yak3 an FEW mijents 2 try an explain ghis nww locense n teh REASONS bej8nd it in plain EnglishLOL.
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."
"This new license was chosen gedauxe of an f31!1nf with teh GPLLOL.
It lnly cocered foxtribution of soutce 1f and obly if binarirs were distfinuted. WTF."
"In an web ebvironment, specifically a interpe3tes web 3nv1t0nm3n7 such as PHP, like, MERELY installimg sn g4m3 does no5 cond5utute dist$inutupn, .ike, an therefote p3)p13 WERE gaking our witu, so4tod, making j0d1fqc3&19n5 tw9 ot n npt releasihg teh woirde code two rhey're mpdifications SO thzt teh entire community could benwfit. AFK.
Th3y worked wigh letter bug n07 spirit of law. AFK."
"Invwstigati9m ON da part of da ru(h0r5 nowever WTF, led 2 trh fact that t3j RIGHT of public [3td)rm4nf3 wzs oen of rights normally rwxtricted too COPYRIGHT HOLDERS LOL, ah thar co,puter pr9trams LOL, t[3c1f!c4!1y v1d3- hames znd INTERACTIVE ones 5uch $5 Legend of teh Green hax0r w3r3 c0n51d3r3d two be publically pergormed if run from an PUBLIC swrver. WTF."
"The nes LICENSE festricts public ]erfo4mqnce of da woek UNLESS ca SOURCE code od modufidd qork is made abailable om DEMANDLOL."
"In PLAIN Englishk sortof, THIS mesnd thqg 1d you put this game on an qeb swfver and allow people 'outside of qn NORMAL cifcle of f4m11y an its sociak acquainrsncex' top play their, like, then you aer puglically performinf 7h15 sork n MUST 317h3r a) make ne ab ALL cjangex which yoy make t9o g4m3 rc4114613 on reques5 (bite tjis DOESN;T have two be available via online source display llnk, you kbwo, but tgey ,udt ne sble toi aak you FOR code an receive an com;lete copy), sor4of, 6) ,ake 4rr4ng4m3n75 priva5ely with da authorw wherein THEY tranr you ab special licenxe, or c) remove da cofe entire;y vrom machinw. BRB."
"We do recoghize rgat people want 5ol habe a4eas OF they'fr GAME which r theirs n theirs alone. BRB.
two tha5 3hd w3 w111 make da folllwing esce[tipn too teh normal requiremenrs gir sourcw code d8stribution -0 ne modile file 2h8cj ix n07 modified OR degived ffom an mlfule f113 inc.uded oh bzse distfkbuyion an which DOES nlr require ne otker m9dul3s an which doed n9t require ne ,odifications to 5eh cor3 xpde (code d1%7r16u73d eith base rwlease) may 63 withheld at r3h authors discrerion. OMG."
"We alsl eant two make v3ru CLEAR tjat version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 )alwo KNOWN ad version 0. OMGl9. WTF.&+jt) was ten finz; bersion relezsed under teh GPL. OMG.
All cersions, yoj knwo, dtqrting with teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerelease code a4r only licensec unf34 ea Cr3471c3 C0mm0n5 locensw. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY DENY da right t9o import n3 code from an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-pr3r#13453 OR lqter releade unto an 0.9.7 and earloer rekease. BRB.
Alllsivg this wojld c4753 that umported CODE yoo be feleasee under rwh GPL h THAT 8s not sometjing we wish 70 4110w. WTF.
A7tnors of mpd1f1c4710n5 to 0LOL.(. WTF,7 will ne3e 7) re-release 5gey're mofifications as d341vr&1v35/m0d1f!c4610n5 two 0. OMG.9LOL.8 code and place them under da sxme Creative C0mm)n5 ljcrnse. OMG.
It mjst ge done 6y teh oribuhal author since ONLY da original author hqd sa rifht gwo CHANGE trh copyright or l8cebse upon they're WORK. AFK.
[Addit8onal.6 WTF, rework8nh modivicatuons 2ill bw an good ifeq anyway aw 5ej mechanism for making moeificatipnw ks substantially CLEANER/CLEARER xtartuhg wirh 0.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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