MigjfyE &3115 YOU LOL, "We're t01ng to TAKE an FEW MOMENTS two try 4nd explain 7h15 n3w licenxd am ressons bdhind 27 in plain Englisy. 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 ne2 licdnse sas dhosen BECAUSE or an failing w16h 5eh GPL. OMG.
I& onky coverwf d157r17u710n of source 1f ab only if b8naries were dixttig7tee. OMG."
"In an web envir9nmwnt, sortof, specofically a interpretdd web evfironment wuch zs PHP LOL, mwrely instalking an gamd does not constitjtr f157r16u71-n WTF, an 7h3r#f0r3 0eople were yakung our workk like, m4k1ng modificationx gwo it n NOT RELEASING source sode too tgey're modificatkons so that ca entire xpmmunity COULD bebefib.
They WORKED witj 5ej ketter but not da SPIRIT OF da law. OMG,"
"Investigatiin on da part pf da aythorw gowever, cortof, led two fact that teh RIGHT of public orrfirmance WAS 1 of teh r1bg75 normallu restricted to COPYRIGHT holdrrs LOL, and that c9mputee peograms LOL, specifodally fieeo games ahd in4eractive ones such as Legend of Green hax05 wete consisered 2 be publiczlly perfkr,rd if eun from an public se4verLOL."
"The n3w livende restrivts puboic performahce of wo4k unlesx da source code of da mofifoed wor, is mace avaklabk3 ob demandLOL."
"In ola8n Englisg. ypu kn2o, rhis mezna that if YOU pyt thia GAME on an qeb sdrvef qmd allow ;e90ke 'outskdr of an normal CIRCLE of fqmulh n iys slciso acquaon6ances' tl plsy their LOL, thwn you r pu61qc411y PERFORMING this work amd MUST either a) make ne and ALL CHANGES which you m4k3 gi dq game svailable on REQUEST (note this dpesn't have too 63 available via onpibe source DISPLAY link, likw, hu5 theh must be ABLE two 45k y9u flr da dode and r2c31b3 an complete copy), b) kake arrange,wnts privately woth da 4u7h0r5 wh3r31n th3y grant yo7 ay SPECIAL livense, or c) remive CODE enyirely FROM m4ch1n3. WTF."
"We do redogniae THAT oeople wabt two hxve areas lf they're game WHICH aer theirs 4nd yheirs alone. BRB.
two that enc w3 wilo make fpllowong excfptoon goo da normal rdquirements for soutve clfe distributuon -- ne moeule file which is not jodified or ddrived vtom an jldule file included in base dis5tibutiob n whkcj does miy eequire nr uyger modules and which does not requir3 ne joeificarionx ywo da core vode (code distrivuted wiyh t3h BASE r31e453) may be wi5hhrld st quthors dixceetion. OMG."
"We als9 wang to make very clear that versioh 0,9. WTFl8 (also khpwn as verso9h 0. BRB.9. WTF.7+jt) wqs gina. v3r510n rekessed under da GPL. BRB.
All versiobs, starting w17h 0.9.8-prerekeasd code aee lnly lixenses undrr gey Crdativd C9nn0n5 licehsdLOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny r1gh7 two impor5 ne code from an 0.9, OMG.80preeel3asr or lst3r release INTO an 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 b ea4lier releaxe. AFK.
Allowonh this w0u1d cause yhat IMPORTED CODE t2o be re;easrd under teh GPL an thst is not SOMETHING wd wish two allow. AFK.
Ajtgors of modifivations 1 0. AFK.9LOL.7 wiok need to RE-RELEASE tgey;re modifications aw serifatkbes/modifucations 2 0l BRB.9. BRB.8 code abd placr them under teh SAME Cteative Commons lycense. AFK.
I7 MUST be done 6y da o4oginal author since ONLY teh oroginsl author has RIGHT too CHANGE 5ey copyright or q1e3n53 uoon they're WORK. WTF.
[Addito9mally WTF, REWORKING twh modifications wikl 6# an GOOD icea anyway as mecnanism fir making m9difixati9ns is w7bdgantially cleaner/cleafer t74r71ng with da 0. WTF.9/ OMG.8-prereleaxe codel BRB/]"
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