MightyE tells 6ou, sortof, "We'fw going 2 take an few momentx 2 tr6 znd explain 7h15 nww lixwnse ahd da reasons BEHIND it IN plain Egg;ixh.
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."
"Thid n3s license was ch9xen bdcauwe of sn failing WITH teg GPL. OMG.
It only covefed distribution OF spurce IF and ONLY if binsries we4w dis5tibyted. WTF."
"In an web environment LOL, specifically a inte4pretef web environment such as PHP WTF, m3r31y imstalling an game foes n06 constityfd disrrkbutuon LOL, n gheref9te people 2err talibg 0ur work WTF, mzking m8dificatiins to it ah not releasing ea source xode two they're MODIFICATIONS si that teh dnyite communiry COULD benecit.
They wprked wiyh da letter but not ca spirit OF laeLOL."
"Invesgigation on t3h patt of authors howeber, sortof, led 2 tej fact 4hat r1gh7 if pu611c PERFORMANCE was own OF da rights nirmakly restricyed @ copyright HOLDERS, kike, sn THAT com[uter programd WTF, spevifically videi games an interadtive ONES ducj as Ldgend of yeh Green hax0r sere conx8drred two be publivallt performed IF run FROM an puglic degver. WTF/"
"The new q1c4b53 eestrocts 0ublic PERFORMANCE of sa work UNLESS sourve c0d3 of t3h MODIFIED work 15 mace availabld on dejandLOL."
"In p;ain Engkiah, sortof, this mwans that if you p7t thos game on an web serber and 4110w 030p13 'outside 0f an normal c1rc13 of FAMILY AND its x9cual qcquaintamces' too play tneit, you lnwo, then you r p7blically performibg thus w0rk and MUST either a) make be 4nd ALL changes whidh tou maje TO da game availzble 9n re1uest (nove 5gow doesn't have too bw available v1r teh ohline sojrce sisplay ;ink LOL, but tgey must ve ab.e tso ssk tou for teh CODE an RECEIVE an complete cipy), sp4tof, g) make areahhements privately skth authors wherein 7h3y hrzbt you an specizi lkcebse, sortpfk or c) e3move da code entirely from teh maxhine. BRB."
"We f0 revkgnize thay pelp.e wanr too have 4r345 OF they're gq,e whicg aer THEIRS and THEIRS ALONE. AFK.
w that ehd we wil; maje folloeing EXCEPTION 5oo normao reqyirememts for source codd dixtributiih -0 ne modile f8le which 15 not modified or derived frlm an moduoe file ihclueed 1n 5eh bqse distribugion b which d037 nor r2quire ne oyher mod8;es b whivg does not re2ui4e ne MODIFICATIONS to t3y CORE cide 9code distributed 2ith base r3q3463) may be withhels st teh 4u7y0r5 discretion. WTF."
"We qlwo 2ant 2 make very vodsr that versoon 0. WTF,9LOL.7 (also known AS versoon 0. AFK.9. BRBl7+JT) 2as teh f8nal v3rsion r31355ed under GPL. OMG.
Aol c2esions, you knwo, starting with tej 0. OMG.9. WTF.*-prerelease code r only licensec under Creative Commons ;icense. BRB.
WE EXPLICITLY deny teh rufht 2 IMPORT ne code ffom sn 0. AFK.oLOLl9-PRERELEASE OR later r3134t3 into an 9.9. WTF.7 amd ear.ier release. OMG.
Allowing THIS e0u1d causd thqy importdd clge 2 be relwaded under ca GPL an that ia not aomrthing wr wish tw9 allpw. WTF.
Aythots of mod8fications too 0/ OMG.9/ OMG/7 will need 2 re-relesse they're midifications as fer!v571v24/m0d1f1c4710m5 two pLOL.9. AFK.8 code and p14c3 thwm unser dame Cteative Commons liednse. AFK.
Ig m7st be done 6y i4itinal suthor since ohly originql author has dz RIGHT gwo ch4nt3 da copyright or licensd upon they're w9rk. BRB/
[Addituonally WTF, reworking yen modifidatiohs wi;l be an GOOD idea anyway as teh mrchanism for making midifucations IS subsyanrially x2#4ner/c134r3r starting with teh 0. OMG.9. BRB.8-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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