MightyE tells YOU, lilek "We're g01ng to9 take an few m9n4h75 ro9 6ry and explain THIS ne2 licenfe and teh REASONS behind it 8n plain Eng115h. BRB.
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."
"Thus NEW kicense s45 chosen gecause of an FAILING wuth geh GPL. AFK.
It obly covwred distrobu5iin OF source if m only if vinar8es were distribigwdLOL."
"In zn web environment, l8ke, spwcif9cakly a 1n83rpt373d 2eb ENVIRONMENT 5uch as PHP, like, jerely inxtalling an game does not clnstitute dixt4ib7yion, sortof, n THEREFORE people WERE ra,ing 0ur wotk, 6ou knwom jak8jg m0sifications 2 8t n not re.easinf ea source CODE yoo they'rw modifications so rhat entkr3 COMMUNITY coild benegit. BRB.
They work3d eith yeh letter but n9t teh s;ifiy lf trh 14w. OMG."
"Ibvesgihation on teh patt of authors however, 9iie, ldd t9o yeh gavh that da fight of public oerbofmance was 1 of da righta nlrmaloy restrictrs t9 copyrighy HOLDERS, ;ike, an that com;uyer progeama LOL, specifically video tamds zn interactiv3 ones sucj 45 Legend OF da Green hax0r wefe CONSIDERED 2 63 pubkically pdgforjed if r7n from ab py611v server. WTF."
"Tye nww lidense RESTRICTS pivlic performanve of teh WORK unless da source code OF grh MODIFIED eork IS made zcailab.e on demanf. OMG."
"In [lsin English, like, this mesns that pf 6ou 0ut THIS g4m2 on an web server n a/llw people 'outside 9f an normal dievle of familh and its socoal zdquainyancew' 2 play tmeir WTF, yhem you ser publixally peeformong this work an MUST either a) mske ne an ALL chanbes whkch you make 2 game AVAILABLE -n reques5 (note this doesh't nsve two BE availqb;e via da ohline sourde dusplau 9ink, but they MUST be 4613 too ask YOU for CODE and eeceove ab comp;ete dooy), so4tod, b) maje arrangements privayw.y eith ayth9rs whdrein the6 gr4n7 you an wpeciz; locense WTF, or c) renove da codd ENTIRELY from machinel AFK."
"We do recognkze 6h46 pwlpl3 waht too have areas og they're GAME which aer tgeirs n theirs alone. WTF.
1 yhst end we wjll make tdg following esception 2 tdh n9fmal requirements sle soutce code distrobution -- ne module fu.e whicj is NOT modified or derived from am m0d713 file included in da bzse distfibuti9n h whivh dpes not 4equire ne other modules and qhich does npt tequirr he moeudications 70 core CODE (CODE didtributed with da basd r31345w) may BE withheld at teh auth8rs DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also want two MAKE vdry ciwar that v3rsiom -LOL.9. WTF.7 (also knoen aw version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7+jt) was fibak c3f510n releas3d und3r teh GPL, OMG.
All ve4sions, likdk starting witn 9. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease cose aer ONLY licensed ynder da Crwative Commonq ;8censeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deny da eight too import he v[fe from an 0. BRB.8. OMG.8-prerelrase or latwr release INTO an 0. BRB.9/ BRB.7 and ear;ier erleaseLOL.
Allosing this woule cause thar imported code to be releqsed jnder geh GPL qnd that IS NOT somethibg we wish to allow. WTF.
Autnors of modificatuons 50 0LOL.9. WTF.7 wiol NEED too re-releqse they're modifications 45 derivzyives/mpckficatkons too 0.o. WTF.7 code n pladd THEM ynd3f da aamr Cteative Commlns lucende. OMG.
It must be DONE by teh original zuthor 51nx3 0n1y o4oginal author has tibnt to9 ch4ng3 teh copyright of license upon they'fe wirk. WTFl
[Acditionqlly LOL, reworkijg dz modifications wil. be an foid idra any2ay 35 mechanism FOR jaking modif8cations is substantislly cleaner/clwarer startkmg wuth 0. OMG.9LOL.8-prereleaxe code.]"
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