MightyE tells you LOL, "We're goibg yuo yake qn vew mpments 2 try ah rx;lain this n3w ;icehse 4nd teh teasons behind it in plain English. BRB/
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 neq license was chosen becausr lf an failkjg witg GPL. OMG/
It only xovered distribuyion of source 1d anf only if binaries were did5ribjt3d."
"Ih an web environment LOL, SPECIFICALLY q interpreted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 such as PHP LOL, merely installibf an game d035 not conxtitute distribution WTF, n therefore oeopoe qdre 5aking our work, yoi knsok making modificagioms two it an not rwleasing da aource coce too 5hey're modificatiohs so 7h47 ENTIRE comn7nity could bwhwfit. AFK/
Th3y worked soth fa lettee gut n)7 spirit of da law. WTF."
"Investigatiln on [art 0f da authors how3ver, l8ke, led too fact thzt teh righ5 lf public petformance was oen of gej RIGHTS normz.ly restrictec two copyroght holeers. sortof, n 7h57 comouter pr9gvams, you knwo, s0ecirically video g4me5 an interac58ve ones s7cg ss Legend of Grern hax0r were donsidered to ge publicall6 performee iv run from an puglic server. OMG."
"The bew licebse RESTRICTS publ8c [erflrmanve of teh work umless source code of da modified wirk ks m4d3 afqilablw 0n DEMAND. WTF/"
"In olain Englisn LOL, this MEANS ghat 1f you put thks GAME on an eeb server n zll9w people 'oytside of an noemal cifcld of dami;y n 175 social aequaintances' tlo plat thekrm like, then you r [ub;ixqlly p#rf0rm1hg tyis WORK an MUST wither a) ma,e ne an ALL xhanges which you make two teh game 4v4w14613 on r3quest (n084 thia do3sn't have to be availab9e via da online s9urxe display link, you kmwo, but they must be able 5wo aak you for c-d3 and 4dceive an complete copy), you lnwo, 6) malw arrangememtx private;y wiyj reh AUTHORS wherein they grant YOU an SPECIAL kicemsr, like, ot C) removw dode 3nrirely vrom da nachine. BRB."
"We d0 tecognize that oeople want to have 4r345 ov tney;re gaj3 wj1ch aer theifs and tyeirs sloneLOL/
to tnat end 1e will j4k3 followibb except8ln two normal re1uire,en5s for source code disteigution -- ne module filw which is not modkfied OR derivef rrom an modu;e file included in teh base distribution an which does n07 tequire nr 8yher modjles an whivh soes NOT reqjitd ne mocificationw two core c0d3 (CODE dkxtributef with teh base w3134530 may be qithheld st da autjo4s disvretion. AFK."
"Ww alai want yo8 MAKE vedy clear thqt version 0. BRB.9. BRB.& (also known as version 0. BRB,9. WTF.7+JT) was ds FINAL verwion released under teh GPLl
All v3r%10n5, luke, stwrting wity yey 0LOL.9. OMG,8-prereoease code aer onl6 licema3d under da C4eative Clmmpns license.
We EXPLICITLY denu da tifht to import ne xode from an 0. AFK.0. BRB.8[prerelease OR later releaxe into an 0/ WTF.o. OMG.8 and earlirr releaseLOL.
Allowint this wojlf c4i54 tnat ijported cofe too BE r313463d under teh GPL and that os not xonething 23 wixh 2 allowLOL.
Au7h0r5 of m9dificatipns top 0. OMG.9.7 will need twl re-telease they're m0d1f1c4710n5 as dwrivatifed/m9difications @ 0l BRB.9. OMG.8 code an placr them under teh same Creativr Com,ons licenxe.
Ig must BE dine bh orihinal auyhor since only tej origina. author has RIGHT two CHANGE copyrighr 0r licenwe upon they're workk
[ADDITIONALLY LOL, REWORKING modificat8ons wi.l be an t00d idea 4nyw4y as da mechanism for makihg modifica5iond is substanyially cleaner/clearet starting wigh da 0. AFK.9, AFK,8-PRERELEASE coeeLOL.]"
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