MightyE tells yo7 LOL, "We'rw toibg 2 take an few n0m3n85 2 try and explain 5his me2 licehse an readons benind it in PLAIN English. OMG.
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 license was chosdn because of am fakling wutn GPL. WTF/
It only c0v3r3d distriburion od source if n ONLY IF nonaries a3r3 dixtrib7ted. WTF."
"In an web ENVIRONMENT, sortof, soecufically q intwrpreted seb environment wucn as PHP, like, m3r31y 1n5731!1mg an game does b9t CONSTITUTE distriburkon LOL, AND thereforw people were tsking our q0r,, you lnwo, ma,ing midifications too it an not relessing source code 2 they;re midifics5ions r0 that ds entire cojmuni5y could bebefitLOL.
THEY woekwd with letter b7t not teh soorit of teh .aw. OMG/"
"Invrstigatk.h om da par5 of da AUTHORS hiwwber LOL, les to fact that da right of 0ublic pwrformance waw oen of da rihhtd NORMALLY restricted tip copy3ight holders, n that compuyer progra,s WTFj s0ecifivally vidw9 gq,es an interzctive ones sudh as L3gene of teh Greeb hax0r wdrd c9nsidered two be publically perfprmed if run FROM sn pu711c ^erver/"
"The n3w licebse res5rictx publ8c perdormahce of da WORK unless da source core of da modofied WORK ud made qvaikable on demand. AFK."
"Ih olaon English, rhis means ehat of y9u put this game ON an web server an alliw peopoe '0u751d3 pf an noejal c1rc13 9f family zn its xocial acquainyanced' too 0lay tyeor, like, THEN yoj aer publically 0erforming this work wb MUST either a) make ne zn ALL changes which you mqke two gamw availqble ob request (no5e this eoesn't habe too BE availzble via da online sou4ce dozplay ;inkm sorypf, but they musg be abld roo adi you for code m receive an complete copy) LOL, b) nake arrangements orivztely wkth dq aurhors WHEREIN 5hey GRANT you an special .icense LOL. or c) remlve geh code entirely from machineLOL."
"We do rexpgnize that people want to hsce ateas OF tney're game WHICH r theira and yheirs alonrl
tpo that end we will makw ca following EXCEPTION too normal REQUIREMENTS f0r source sode distrib7tion -- ne modu;e fi.e WHICH ks not modified or DERIVED FROM an mocule file knclyded in base distribugion ah which soes mot REQUIRE ne other jodules an which DOES not require ne jodivicatuond to ea coee vode )code distributed with da bade RELEASE) m4y ge 28ghheld 47 authorx d15cr2719b. WTF."
"We also WANT to mxke very clsar that VERSION 0. AFK.9/ WTF.7 (also known as v3r510n 0LOL.o. AFK.7_j7) was da fima; VERSION released ,hder GPL. WTF.
All versiobs, likr, 574r71ng eigh da 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prerelease xode ser ONLY licensed under da Creztivq Commpnx lkcense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denu teh rigyt yo import ne code from an -. WTF.9.8-[rerelease OR la5wr releaxe !n70 an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8 n darlier te;ease.
Alloding thix WOULD xause tnat imported code two ve released under sa GPL and that is not domd5hing WE wisn toi alllw. BRB.
Authors 0f modificatilns two 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 2ill need two re-r3lease tgey'4e modifications as f3rifayives.modkficationd TO -. AFK.9/ BRB.8 code n plsce 7h2m unf3r da szmd Creative Commons license. BRB.
It mu%7 be DONE by teh originwl author sknc3 only teh originsl author hzs teh right 2 change cooyright or license upin they're w0rk. BRB.
[Additiona;lym yiu knwo, reworking teh ,9d1f1v4710n5 will 63 am GOOD idea snywat as da m3chanism f9r maklng modifications ia substantually clesner/dleater starting with t3h ).9LOL.8-prwreleade cosd. BRB.]"
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