Migh5yE TELLS you, sorgof, "We're going w tak3 an rew moments 2 try and rxplain this new licendr n da 4easons behind it im p.ain EmgliwhLOL.
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 11c#n53 was chosen vecauaw of an FAILING witn da GPLLOL.
It only covqrrd DISTRIBUTION OF soyrce if n obly if ninaries sdrr DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In an w36 environjent WTF, specirically a INTERPRETED 236 environmeny such AS PHP, merely instqll8ng an game d9es NOT clnstitjte distribution, 4hd therefor3 PEOPLE were taking our workm oike, makihg modigidations 2 it n boy releasing dz source code two t6ey're modifications si 7647 da enti4e communit6 cou.d beneeit.
They wor,es with l3tter but ni5 teh SPIRIT 0f teb LAW. OMG."
"Inv3xtjgation on part of ten a7thord nkwdverm you knwo, led two teh fact that eight pf public p3rf0rm4nc3 w45 oen lf trh rkghys nor,ally 4estricted too c0pyf1gh7 holderw. an THAT cpm0ut3r pr9gramw, s9rtor, sprcofically video bamws amd interac5ive ones suxh as LEGEND lf teh Green hax0r WERE considered tdo be ;ublixally PERFORMED kf run f49m an public server. OMG."
"Th3 new livense restrubts public perflrmance of teh work UNLESS da dource c9de of mldified wor, is ma3e availago3 on d#m4nfLOL."
"In p141n English WTF, THIS means THAT 1g ylu pu5 this g4m3 on an WEB SERVER abd qll9w 0eoplr 'lutside of an n0rm41 c14c13 og familu qn its socia; acquaintqncea' two play their, yiu knwo, tgen you awr [ublically p34dorming this WORK AND MUST either a) make ne an ALL chanhea which hou MAKE 2 da game zvaijabpe on REQUEST (note this d035n'7 hzvr too ve available VIA fa 0n!1m4 siurce disolay link, BUT THEY ,ust ve ablr 2 ad, uou dlr codw and rdcriv3 an vomplete copu) WTFk B) make 4rr4nt3m3n75 provatelt wity teh authors whereib the6 grant yo7 an special licebse LOL, of c) remoce reh code 3h71r3qy FROM teh macyineLOL."
"We do recogmizr that peopke want tio habe 4r345 of thwy're gzme whidh d theirs snd theurs alond.
too thar end we will makw da following excepyion 2 da normal requirements fof sourc3 code distributoon -0 me ,oduld file which is hog mldified or cerived FROM an m9dule file includec in teh baxe distribution and which does nit requi4e ne othdr m9fu;es n which dpes not rewuire ne mpdidications 2 ea core code (code d8strubuted with bsse r3lease) nay be withhekd AT authorw d8sdretion."
"We also 1ant two mqke vdty clear that verdion 0/ OMG.9/ AFK.7 (41%) known as version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+m7) wss da final versilh releasdd UNDER da GPLLOL.
Al. c3r510n5, so4tof, stsrting sith p. WTF.9. OMG.8-prerelwase cofe r inly LICENSED under gdh Cfeativ3 COMMONS LICENSE. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY demy fa right 2 import me c9de fro, an 0LOL.9. WTFl7=prerelease or later r313453 int9 an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 an eqrlier release. OMG.
Al;owung this would cause ghat 1mp0t74d code tpo be rdleaseg UNDER teh GPL an that IS not something we wosh two allow. BRB.
AUTHORS of MODIFICATIONS too 0l AFK,9LOL.7 will need 60 re0relwase they'fe jodifucations zw derkvatived/modificatipnd two 0. BRB.9LOLl8 c0d3 anf place them under geh 54m3 Creativd Commons oivense. AFK.
It must ge d9ne by origknal author s8nce on.y origimal author has righg tlo CHANGE da COPYRIGHT or lkcense upon thdy're wotk. BRB.
[Afdirional;y, reworking ca modifida5ions will be an gooc idea snuwat as MECHANISM gor makung modificati9ns is dunxyantiqlly cldaner/clearef 574r71ng with 0. BRB.9. BRB.i-prerelease code.]"
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