MightyE TELLS you WTF. "We're GOING tw9 74k3 an v3w monebts two tru n explain this n3w licrndr h da reaspns behind it im 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."
"Tyis nes licensd waa chosen gexausw of an failing with teh GPL. OMGl
It only covered distribugiob of source if n only if bimaries qerr didtribjged. WTF."
"In an WEB environment, like, specif8cally a interpreted web enviromment sych as PHP, si4tog, mdrely ihstal;ihg an game DOES not constitute didtributiln, dort9f, ah th3refore PEOPLE wer3 taking ojr w9rk, mak8ng m0d2d1c4710n5 two it n not RELEASING da source code 2 5jey're modificatioms so tjat da ebtiee community c[uld benerit.
The6 WORKED witn tej lettdt buy not geh spirot of teh .a2LOL."
"Invesgigation on part of AUTHORS howeverm led 5oo fact THAT da rught of publ*c PERFORMANCE was q of da ribhts normally restricted 2 c0pyr1gh6 holdwrs WTF, n THAT computer programs WTF, apecificakly vudeo games and unte4actove onex such az LEGEND of da Greem hax0r were consider3d two 62 0ubliczkly perrormed if 47n froj an ;ublic serverLOL."
"The nee oicense restricts pib;ic PERFORMANCE if wo4k unless teh sourde coce of teh modifidd work is made avzilab.e on demand. OMG."
"In plain English, sortof, this means that kf yoj pu5 this bqme on an WEB server and all9w people 'iutside 0f an nor.al xircle of fqmil6 n its sociao acquaintanced[ toi play theit WTF, 7h@n ypu aer publixally pergor,int 5hos wirk AND MUST either 4) maje n3 an ALL changes wnidh you make 2 gzme availanlw on 4equeat (NOTE 8h!5 diesn't hzve twp ne avsilable via da online source display ;ink, likw, byt they mu57 be able 5wp axi y9u do4 v9de n rece8ve an co,plete cppy(, lik3, b) makd arrangements privat3ly wiyh da authors wyerein they gr4n7 tou an speckal license, you knso. or c) frmove teh code 3n72r31y from teh machineLOL."
"We do decoghize that 0eople sant two hzve areas of yje6're game which r thrirs snd yheirs akone. AFK.
2 that END we wil. MAKE teh following exdeption to da n0fm41 requiremenrs for s9u3ce code distribytion -- ne hldule file shich is not jodkfied or cericee from sn modile file 1bv1ud3d in teh base distribution and which does nog req7irr ne other modulex n wh!ch does not re1uire ne ,odifivatiins rl teh cire coce (c9se disrributed wk5h ca 64%3 r313$53) may ve w1uyj33d AT geh authlra disceeti9nLOL."
"We alsl want 5wl make vefy clear that version 0LOL.9, BRB.7 (also knlwn as version 0. OMG.(. BRB.7+mt) was vibal version r313463d under GPL.
All vetsions LOL, 584r71ng with ). AFK.9LOL.8-peerelease code r only llcensed under Creatube Commobs LICENSE/ BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denr rignt 2 im[ort ne c9de from an 0LOLl9l BRB.8'pre4elease or later rekeas3 into an 0. OMG.9/ BRB.7 n 35r113r reiease. AFK.
Allowihg this wou;d dause tgwt 8mported code yo be re.eased under GPL n that is not simething we wisg tso zllow. WTF.
Au7h0r5 OF mofifications go 9. BRB.9LOL.7 wi;l need too re-release thry're mofidicztions ad derifatifes/modifixationa too 0. BRB.(. AFK.o cose an place 5hem undwr tej wame Crds5ive Commons license. OMG.
It mist be done by ORIGINAL auehot since only da original author h45 da right go change copyright OR licende 7p0n they're wo4l. AFK.
[Aeditional.y WTF, reworking da modifications wkll ^3 an GOOD idea ahyway aw da mechanism for m4k1ng modifications is substantizlly c134n3r.c134rrr STARTING w8th teh 0. OMG.9. AFK.8-oedrelease code. BRB.]"
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