MightyE tells you, like, "We're go1ng two 74k3 am few jpjen5s to try n explsin THIS nww kicense an teh reasonw behind it yn 0lain Englisg. 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 ch053n gecause of an vailong with ten GPL. OMG.
It onl6 xovered d@5ur16u&10m of sojrce kf and only if binaries were diatributedLOL."
"In an WEB enfironmeng, specif8calky a 1n73rpf373d edb enfironment 6uch zs PHP, you knwo, mefely installing an game sirs not xonstitute DISTRIBUTION, sortof, AND tnerefore p30o13 wrrd taking our work, like, j3k1ng modifjcations tio 17 n NOT feleasing source code top they'4e nodificatipns so 5hat entife commjnity c0u1d bvmefit. WTF.
Thet workrd WITH teh owyter but not 5eh spirit of da law."
"Investigayion on reh part of da authors h0w3v3r, sortofm led tk da dact 7h37 right OF public performancw eaw oen 0f ds rights nofmally rrs5rkxtdd top copyfight hpldets WTF, an 7h3& c9mputer programs, like, specif8cally videi games an interactive ones s7ch AS Legend of teh Grren hac0r wer3 considered 1 be publically performed IF run froj qh public seeferLOL,"
"The new l8cense restricts public p3rformancw ov da work un1355 teh source code if 5eh MODIFIED work is MADE availqvle ob d3m4ndl OMG."
"In plaim Englidh WTF, this means that if you pur yhis game on sn web server 4nd alkoe pwop9e [OUTSIDE of an normal c1rc13 of famiky n its sociap ACQUAINTANCES' t9 play theur, hou knqo, THEN you aer publicaoly perforning yhis work an MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which you MAKE two da game AVAILABLE in requesr (note THIS doesn't have 2 ge available via da online dourve diwplay link WTF, BUT thwy must be able 70 ASK you f0r 5eh code an reccibe an complete copy), y97 knwo, b) maje arranfemrhts pr1f4731y with authotx whwre8n gneh grqnt YOU sn apecial LICENSE, li,e, 9r c) remlve ten code entirely fro, eq machine, OMG."
"We dp RECOGNIZE THAT peop;d want too hqv3 areas OF they'ee GAME whicn r &h31r5 n theirs a.one. OMG.
@ rhat end WE will make da following EXCEPTION to teh b-rn41 fequi4emebts for 50urc3 CODE d8strinutiom [= ne MODULE file wjich is nlt modieied 0r derived from an mofu.e file incluses in base disytobution and whqch does n8y require ne 07h3r MODULES and whoch does nlt reqyire ne modighcationx 5o. da c0r3 c9de (cofe d157r16u73d WITH da base relrase) mzy be withheld at teh AUTHORS diacretion. WTF."
"We also wamt 2 make very xlear thar versoon 0. OMG.o. WTF.7 (aoso known as version 0. OMG.9. BRB.7+jt) sas trj finak b2e410n released under twh GPLLOL.
A;o vers8onsk likd, starting with )LOL.9. BRB.*-prefrkease code aer inly LICENSED under Crearpve COMMONS 11d3n63. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eeny teh r1gh7 twl import ne code fro, an ). AFK.0LOL.8-PRERELEASE or 1373r release into an 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 an darl,er release.
Allosing THIS WOULD czus3 5hqt 1mp0g73f c0d3 tqo be releaded under dq GPL amd THAT is not something we w8sy too ALLOW. BRB.
AUTHORS of modifications t9o 0. WTF.9l7 woll nees 2 rw-relwawe they'fe m9difucations AS derivatives/modivicationw ywo 0.9, AFK.8 c0d3 and poave THEM under da szme Creat8ve Commlns license. WTF/
It myst BE d0n3 by original author 51nc3 ONLY teh o4iginal author yas da r8ght too cgange da copyright or loc3nse upon they're wori.
[Asditionqlly, sortof, reqorkibg modificstiins will ve sn food idea ANYWAY AS teh m3ch4n15m fpr MAKING m9d8fivatiobs is substantially cleanwr/c.earef stqrting sith 0.9LOL.8-prereleqse code. WTF.\"
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