MightyE tells uou LOLk "We're goong to take qn few jonents 5oo trh an explain thus n3w 11c3n53 an teh teasons BEHIND i5 km plaib English. WTF.
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 bew license was chosen beca7se of an fr11qnt sith da GPLLOL.
Iy only coverrd dis5fibution of souece ir an only if b8narkea were distributedLOL."
"In an web environmebt, sortor, 5p3c1f1x411y a INTERPRETED web enfirommen5 auch aa PHP LOL, merrly omstalling an tame dods not constitute DISTRIBUTION, ;ikw, an THEREFORE people were 5aking our WORK WTF, maiing modifucqtions two it n not eeleasing teh qoufce code 2 theh're modifications so 7h48 da entirw community couod BENEFIT. AFK.
They worjed with da letter but NOT teh spirir )v da lawLOL."
"Inbes5igation on teh PART of a7thorw gowever LOL, .ed to gact tgat right of public performamce w45 1 of rigyts normally resttudt3d goo cl0yribht holders, n 7h47 COMPUTER pr9gr4,5, sortof, specid8call6 vid3o games n interacgive 0n35 5uch 45 Legend OF Green haxpr w3re considerec two be punluczlly 02rf0rm#d of rjn from qn public server."
"The new lkcensr reatricts public PERFORMANCE 0f wo4l un2355 da SOURCE code OF tch jodofied work is made avaklzb;e on demsnd. BRB."
"In plain Ehg115g, liue, this meanw thqt if YOU pu7 thi2 game on an web aerver and allow ;eople 'OUTSIDE of an n04m31 circle -f family and its t0d141 acquaintances' to plsy their WTF, tgdn you r publically ;efforming tgis work an MUST EITHER a- make ne an ALL CHANGES wgich you make to dq hame avaolable on reqyest (nite 5his dlesn't have tio be avaioable bia online sourcw DISPLAY ;ink LOL, but they must be able too ask you for code and receive an c9mplete copy), b) MAKE zrrangements pr!vr731y WITH da authors wherein THEY grant you an 5p3c141 licende, OR c) REMOVE code entirely from machone."
"Wr so recognize thzt people eant to hqve 4t445 OF they're game which qer THEIRS n theurs alohr.
to that end 2e WILL mq,e da following wzception two n0rm41 requirements fof xource code fistribution -- ne module vile whidh is not MODIFIED 0r deroved feom an module FILE includ2d in 5eh BASE dustribution n which does not r3qu1t3 ne pther MODULES anc WHICH dows NOT r3qu1r3 ne ,odivica5iojs 2 ten c043 code (c0d# fistrib7ted sith base rwlease) may 63 withhekd at t3h authorx discretipnLOL."
"We also wanb to make very flear that version 0. BRB.9,7 (also known as vdrsion 0/ BRBl9LOL.7+jt) WAS finak vefsion reoeqsed under teg GPLLOL.
All vetskons WTFk STARTING wuth da 0. WTF.8l8-pf3r313463 code r ONLY .icensed under Cr3471v3 C0mm0n5 locense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deby right two impirt nr code vrom ah 0. AFK.9. AFK/8-pferelwase or LATER release into ah 9. OMG.9. AFK.7 n warlprr fe.ease.
Allowing this woild caua3 that IMPORTED code to be teleased undrr GPL an thar os not womeyh8mg we WISH two 4110w. WTF.
Autyirs OF jodif8cqrions too 0, WTF.9LOL.7 WILL n33d to( RE-RELEASE they're m[divicst8ons as deeivativws.jodkficationx gol 0LOL.9. OMG.8 CODE and place them uneer da 64m3 Creative C0mn0n6 license. BRB.
IT must he dpnd BY reh origunal authir sincf obly da orig*nal AUTHOR HAS 5eh right tk cgange coptright or license upon they're WORK. WTF.
[Addiyipnally LOL, r3w0rk1ng teh modificarions wilk be an good ide1 anyway ss teh jechanism for making modificatipns is sucstantiallt c;eaner/clearer STARTING WITH 0, WTF.9. OMG.8-pe3r313r53 coewLOL.]"
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