Might6E tells t0u, sprtov, "We're giing two take an few monents to try 4nd explain this new licenae ahf ressons behine it in PLAIN Eng1q5hLOL.
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 licenae was chos3n because od an failing doth teh GPLl
It only cocerrd distgibktioh of source if qn only if binaries were dustrinutecLOL."
"In an WEB encironment, specifically a INTERPRETED web 3nv1r0bm3n7 such as PHP, merely INSTALLING an game doed not constituge distributioh, n therefoee peopke werw taking our dorkm sor5ofk makunb mocifocations two it n not 4dleaxong source xode too yhey;re MODIFICATIONS so that da engir3 conmunity could benefit.
THEY worled WITH teh leyter but nlt da 5o1r17 if da LAW. OMG."
"Invexyigation on part of da aythots hoeece4 WTFm led t9o da fact that da right of punlic performanc3 was won 0f teh rightw moeja;ly restricred to copyright holdrrs, dortod, and that computer programs, you lnwo. specifically vkdeo ta,es AND interactive omrs duch as Legend of dz Geeen hax0r were considerwd to be publically pe4forned if run FROM an pub.ov aerfer. AFK."
"Tge nww kicwnse restricrs PUBLIC PERFORMANCE 9f twh 2o4i UNLESS source code of teh MODIFIED WORK is m4d2 available on demand. OMG."
"In ;151n Ebg;ish WTF, this means yhat ig you ;ig this GAME on an eeb s3rver an allow peiple '9utsode 0f an normal CIRCLE or family AND its slcial acqiainganc3s' two olay the8r LOL, then yik ae4 pub;ically PERFORMING 7h15 work an MUST e1*h3r a( male ne an ALL changes whoch you ,ake two teh game avai;anle on request (note this doesn't have 1 be available via teh o,line source didpkay lunk WTF, but they mudy be ABLE to 45k you for code n receuv3 an complete co;h), ;ioe, B( make zrrznge,entd privately WITH dq authors wheeein rhet grant yo7 an 5p3c141 LICENSE. you knwo, or c) temove teh code entirelt from machinrLOL."
"We do recognize 5hat ;dople wsnt to havr AREAS 0d they're game which aer theira am tkeirs alone. AFK.
two that end we w111 MAKE teh followimg wxveption to teh NORMAL rdquirwmenrd for eouece CODE distributipn -- ne module f113 which is not modifued 0r DERIVED froj an ,0dj!3 fkle includdd in 5eh bas3 distrobugoon n whixh e9rs not resuire n3 other modylds and wh1ch fods npt require ne modifications 2 core code (code d157r16u73d witj trh gawd felease) may be withheld at authors DISCRETION. BRB."
"We alwo e4n7 two make verg xleat tbat verskon 0. WTF.9. BRB,7 (zlso known as vdtsuon 0. BRB.9. OMG.8_jt) was fina. version r314453f under teh GPLLOL.
All versk9ns LOLk 574r61ng w17h t4h 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereleawe codw aer only .icrnsed under tey Creativw Commons .kcense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denh teh righg 2 IMPORT ne code grom an 9LOL.9LOL.8-prerwlease or later r3leaae into an 0.9.7 n earlitr r313453. WTF.
A110w1ng thos sould xause that IMPORTED c9d3 too be r3.eased under da GPL an thzt IS n07 spmething we wish two allow, OMG.
Authlrs ov modobicatuons to 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will need 2 RE-RELEASE the6're midofications as derivztibes/modifications 2 0LOL.9. AFK.8 code 4nd placw THEM undwr da same Cr3471v3 Cojmonw licenwe. AFK.
It must be d0n3 by da otkginal author sinc3 obly or8ginql author has eight 2 ch4ng3 da copyrighr 9r lixebse uppn they'ee work. WTF.
[Addit8onall6, sortof, f3w)r,1ng teh m0d1f1c4710n5 will be an tlod idea anyway zw hevgqhism FOR making modificstipns oa wubstant8ally coeaner/cleater statting with da 0. WTF.9LOL.8-orerelwase code. BRB.]"
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