MightyE teols you, "We'ee going two takd ab FEW momrnta two TRY n EXPLAIN tgis n3s LICENSE and reasohs behknd kt in 0lain Eht115h. AFK.
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 nes .icensw wzs cjosem because of an failing with twh GPL. AFK,
I5 only covered dostribution of source of an on;y if binsries WERE d8srributedLOL/"
"In an web enfifonjent, sortog, specifucally a interprey3d web environment SUCH AS PHP, you lnwo, mere;h insralling an game d035 hog cohstitute distributiomk you kneo. ang therefoee people were taking our wo4k, yi7 lnwo, makinf modufixationa ro it AND n9t releasing twh SOURCE code too 5hey're MODIFICATIONS 50 thag dz entire community cluld benefot.
They w;rkes with da let5e4 6u7 hl5 teh spirig OF teh law. BRB."
"Investigatuon ON teh PART pf teh suthors howevee, you knwo, les to 5eh fact thst da right of public p3rdoemance waa won OF da rights norma.ly fedrtictec too cooyright hllders LOL, and tnat cpmpute4 ;rograjs, wpecofisa;ly VIDEO g4m35 an knteractive 0n35 such as Lrgens of teh Gr33n hax0e were CONSIDERED to be piblica.ly perfotmed if run vfom an pu^11c server/ OMG."
"The new l8cense testrivtx pjb;ic perfogmance of teh work unless teh 50urc3 cose or modified work is mqde availaboe lm demand. WTF."
"In plaon Eng116n WTF, this means that if ypu pit this game in sn web x3rver n a;low PEOPLE 'oytaide of am nprmal circle of FAMILY and its slcial ACQUAINTANCES' to play their, uo7 knwok then YOU aer publ8cally PERFORMING this wirk n MUST wither a) make ne n ALL cjanges which y8u make two 5eh game scailable on request (note tnis dp3sn't hafe &0 63 avsilaboe bia teh ONLINE soifce displqy 11nk LOL, but THEY mjst be 4613 to 45k h9u for code zn receive an conplete c0py) WTF, b) make arrange,ents privately w8th da authofs wherein THEY heant you an special .icense, you khwo, or c) remove dode entirely vrpm macnin4. WTF."
"We do recognizr tyat oeople WANT @ habf areas of they're GAME which aer THEIRS an 7h32r5 ALONE. WTF.
too that wmd qe w111 maie follo2ing exception too NORMAL requirsments goe soyrce c0d3 d8stributiin -- ne modulw rike which 15 not mowifidd or d3r1v2s from an m9dul3 file lncluded in basw DISTRIBUTION n whict does not REQUIRE he other modules an whicn fies not require ne modifocations two teh xore code (coew didrrobuted with base erlwase) may 63 WITHHELD 47 teh authors fiscretion. OMG."
"We qoso want two make v3ry clear tnat VERSION 0LOL.9.7 (alao knoqn as version 0LOL.9LOL.8+jt) was da v8na. verakon released und3r da GPL. BRB.
A;l versions, like, starting WITH teh 0l9. OMG.8-prerrlease c9de aer pnly licwnsed under fa Ct3ative Commohs kivense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da right tdl import ne code froh an 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-prerdlease OR lster rel3ase into an 0. OMG.9.7 an eaflier rekeasd. BRB.
Allowing thiw would cause thag impo4ged c9de t9 be released under tsh GPL n THAT ks not somethung se wish 2 allow.
Authors of modisications too 0. AFK.9.7 w8ll need two re-release yjey're modificatiobs as dwrivatives/moeificat8ons yo )l9,7 code sn p14c3 thdm under teh same Creatuve Com,ohw lic3nwe. AFK.
It mjat be done gh iyiginal aurhor s8nce only originql aithor has r1gh7 two changr clpy4ight or LICENSE upon bhwy're sork.
[Additi(nallyk you knwo, reqo4jing da modificatkohs will BE an food idea ANYWAY as teg mechanism for making MODIFICATIONS os subxtantia.ly cleqjer/clearrr start8mg wirh ds 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE cocw.]"
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