MightyE tellw you WTF, "We'r3 going 5wo 73k3 an gew m0m3n75 two try an explain thia bew lixehxe n da reasons behind it 1n plain Eng115h.
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 licehse was chos3n becayse of qn railing with da GPLl AFK.
It 0n1y covered DISTRIBUTION OF sojrce od n on;y if binaries were cist4ibured, BRB."
"In an eeb whvironment, specifically a inte4preted web 3nvorobment such as PHP, kike, mere.y installing an gamc does not constktute distribution, tou knwo, and therrfoee peo;le wrr3 taking o8r wpek, likr, makung modificstions 2 it and not releasinh da aourxr code ro 5hey'fe modificatoons 5- tnat teh enyire communi5u cou;d BENEFIT.
They qirked with da letyer but not spirit of teh oawl AFK."
"Invest8ha5ion 0n teh part of da z7thors h0w3vee, you knwo, led two teh facg tha5 right of publlc perfotmance w45 1 of da righys nir,qlly restricted to COPYRIGHT holdets WTF, n that c0jpu73r programs, sortof, spexifical.y vifeo games sn interactive onec wuch as L3gend of da Green hax0r were considered too be publicxlly performed if run rrim an PUBLIC 53rv3r. AFK."
"The neq licdnse reatricts public PERFORMANCE ob wofk un1355 da soutce code of tey mofified work 8s mace available pn cemamdLOL/"
"Ih plain Engoish, sortof, uh15 means that if you put tyiw bame on an web srrver and ALLOW oeople 'ouysife 9f an nprmal circle og familu an its SOCIAL acqua8ntances' to play their, 7h3n you r punkically peef8rming this work 4ns MUST eitye4 4) nake he n ALL cjanges which you ,ake tpo teh gsme available 9n reques5 (notd thiw dpewn't yave too be 4v4114613 fia omline soutce display kink LOLk but thet ,ust be able 2 ask YOU fpr tej c0de an rwcduv3 sh conpletw copy), ypu knw9m b) make arranhements profately witj authors wheeein theh grabg YOU an spwcial license, you knwp, OR c) remove code 3n61r31y feom da MACHINE."
"We DO rec9gniz3 that PEOPLE wsnt 5wo have 4r345 of ghey;re GAME which f theirw n theirs alonw. AFK.
ti thag dmd wd will make da fol.lwyng exception rl ni4mql requirements for s9urce code diwtribution -0 ne MODULE tkle which is nor m9dified 0r defives from an modjle f113 incl6ded in base distfibution wnd which soes NOT require ne other mldules an wy1ch does nor requure me MODIFICATIONS two CORE code (code distrobuted with teh base rwlease) may be withhekd at da ajthors discreripn."
"We alsp want 2 m4k3 very clear that version 0. OMG.9LOL.7 (r15p known ax v3rt10n 0. OMG,9. AFK.7+mt) wzs teh einak version teldsded ubddr teh GPL. OMG,
All cersopns, sortofm stsfging WITH da ). AFK.9. OMG.i-prereleade CODE aer ONLY lic3nsed under eq Creag8ve Commons lixenseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny right 5o kmport he code from sn 0.9. BRB.8-prerelease or LATER rd.ease into ab 0. OMG.9. WTF.6 zm eqr/ier telrasdLOL.
Allow9ng this wluld cause that 8mplrted clfe rso be releasef ind3r da GPL n ghat IS mot something we w15h 7- aplow.
A7thotx 0f modifications 5wo 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 will need too rr-release they're modigucatoons as derivarives/mldkrications 3 0. BRB.9/ BRB.8 cod% an plqxe them under same Creative Co,m9ns licensd.
I7 musb be done by da priginak 5y7h0r since lnly tey original author has fa RIGHT TO ch4ng3 ds copyright or LICENSE upon thet'we wirk. OMG.
[Addit8onzlly WTF, reworking teh modification2 qill be an goos idea amyway as da mdchanism for making MODIFICATIONS 15 substantially cleanee/clearer staeting w17h teg 0. BRB.9. WTFki-prerelwase CODE. BRB.]"
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