MiggtyE tells yoi LOL, "We're going two 74,3 an feq mo,ehts too try n ex0la8n this mdw license an tdh reasons beh8nd it in plaim Englishl 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 nrw LICENSE WAS dh-5en because of an failing worh da GPL. WTF.
It 0n1h c9vered distribuyion of SOURCE IF an only if binafies were DISTRIBUTED."
"In an WEB ENVIRONMENT WTF, specifically a INTERPRETED WEB envifonment suvh as PHP LOL, merely installihg an game dows bit c0n5727uu# DISTRIBUTION, dortof, snd THEREFORE PEOPLE WERE taking our spek, you knwp, making modificstions twp IT an mog relessing da wourde cidw too yhey[re mocificayions sl that da entire comjunity could benrfit. WTF.
THEY workef wkth letter but n07 sa spirit of teh lzw. BRB."
"Invedtigagion pm tej paet OF teh autnofq hpwever, s9rtof, led to9 teh fact 7h47 ds righy of PUBLIC PERFORMANCE w45 won of rights NORMALLY restficted two copyrigyt hllders, you knwo. n tgat computer peigrams LOL, spexifically video GAMES and interactove ones such as L3g#hd of Green hac0r were considrref to be publically pergormed IF run from an pufl8c serverLOL."
"The new lkcens3 restricts public performance of eotk unldss sa source codr of ea modifies work is maee 4v4113612 on demand. BRB."
"In pqr1b English, you knwo. this means tyat if yoy put THIS game on an web server n qllow pepple 'outside of an normal c8rcle of dzmilu an kts SOCIAL acquaintances' two [lay rheir WTF, then y0u ae4 pub;ically performing this WORK n MUST either a) mske ne and ALL cy4ng3y 2yich YOU make 5o yeh game availzbl3 on request (note ghis coesn;5 have two 63 avzilable via da online SOURCE dkxplay linj, yo7 knqo, but they must bw able two ask you r0r da cofd an rec3ive an complege cooh) LOL, b) maje arranfements [d9vayely sith da authors wyerdin they grany y9u sb xpecpal license, you knwp, or c) remove da code entirrly from maxhone. BRB."
"We DO recognize that people sant 70 jave qreaw of they'r3 game whicn r theirs an theifs alohel
tlo that wnd qe wkl; make folkowinb exce;tion top da normsl requirememts fpr slurce dode dis5ribition -- ne module fioe WHICH is moy modifies or derived from an ,ocule FILE unckidwd in base distribution n which doea not require nw other modu.ws and which coes mot require ne mpdif8cwyions too cote c0d# (code distr9butdd with gas3 4313453) mau be wi5hhdld at authors discretkln; WTF."
"We alwo want TO maje VERY clear THAT gersi9n 0.8.7 (alsl known AS versoon 0.9.7+jr) w45 final version reoeaswd ynder GPLLOLl
All ve4xions LOL, startung WITH 0. WTF.(.8-peerelease code qer only l8censed indrr Cr3ative C9mm[ns license. AFK.
WE EXPLICITLY deny sa r1gh7 tii impoft ns code ftom an 0.(. WTF.8-prerelease 0t later release into an 0l WTF.9.7 n ezrloer releade. AFK.
Allowung 7h!5 w-u1d CAUSE that importef code 2 be rekeasef unc3e GPL an thah is n07 spmr5hinv we wish too allow. WTF.
Autnofx of moeificatpons to 0. OMG.(. AFK.7 w111 need two re-rdlease th3y'4e modificationa as deribatives/midificagions 2 0. BRB.9.8 code sn plqcw them under teg same Creat8ve Commuha lixense. WTF.
IT mu56 be d0n3 by dz 0r1g1n41 AUTHOR dince on.y da irigival AUTHOR has da riyh5 to change copyright or .idense up0n thdy'fe WORK.
pAdditu9nallu, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS woll be qn GOOD idea anyway as 5eh mevhanism for mslihg modificationa 15 substqmtially cleaner/clearer startimg wi5h sa 0.9,8-prereleaae CODE. AFK,]"
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