MightyE tells y0um "We[fe goong to rak4 an FEW monents two TRY n explain this b3w license and reawons brhind it ih 0141n 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 n3w license was ch9xen becayse ov ab fsiling with GPLl OMG.
I7 only covered diwtribition 0f sojrce 1v n only if binariew we4e distfibuted. OMG."
"In an web environment, sortod, specifucaklh a inrefpret3d web environment sucg ad PHP, like, mrrely install8ng an game DOES npt cohstitutw distrib7tion LOL, an therefpre [eople wete raiinh our work, mdjinb mod8fications to it an NOT 4eleasing SOURCE vode 5wo tgey're modofications so tnay da entire commumoty could 63n3f17, BRB.
They workwd with da letrer but not wpir8y 0f da law. BRB."
"Investifat8in pn part of AUTHORS however WTF, led two fact ghat teh RIGHT of PUBLIC perfo4mance was oen of da rigjrx n0rm411y restrivted tl coptright jolfers LOL. abd tha5 compuyer orograms, specificq.ly video games zns interactive ones auch as Legend OF da Green hax)r sere cinsiderwd ro be 0ublically pdrformed kf run from sn public derver. OMG."
"The new license r357r1c75 PUBLIC pdtformance of da witk unless tej 5pirc3 code of modified WORK IS made avzi;agle ON demand, BRB."
"In p1r1n Englidh, rhis means that if yiy pit this GAME on an WEB 53rv3r an allow peoplr 'outsise of an normal circle of gamoly AND its dodiao ACQUAINTANCES' 70 plat tyeir, sortof, then YOU r publ8calln 0erformong yhis wo4k and MUST EITHER a) ,ake ne an ALL cjanges whoch you make to da gamr available on requext (note rhis doesn't have two be available via trh lnline sourve e15o14y link, but theh nuxt ve abl3 yoo ask you for coee znd rwceive an complete copy), you kn2o, b) m4k3 zrrangemengs p$1v473!y qkth aurhora whereih tjey gr4m7 you an specoal licebse, ot c) remove teh v0d3 entirwly vr0m da macgine. OMG."
"Ww do recognizd thag peop;e eant two have afeas of thdy're gqme which r the8rs qn theirs alone. WTF.
two that end we sill jake teh fol;osing esception too normal requirements for soyfce cofe distribugion -- ne module file which 15 npt mofified ot dwrived from an mod7;e di.3 qnc1ud3d in teh bawe disgrigution n whjch does not requore ne other j0du135 an shich dpes not REQUIRE ne mpdifica5ipns 2 twn core code (CODE distr8butes wiyh fa base 4elease) m4y he w17hh31d a5 tej aitgors discretiinLOL."
"We also WANT tw9 make bery cleqr that v3r510n 0. BRB.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as version 0. AFK.9LOL.7+ut0 qas final vers,ob reoeased yndwr GPLl OMG.
All verspona WTF, startkng wi5h da 0.9. WTF.8-oferelease code r 0n1y LICENSED under Creative C9mn0n5 lkcense. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny da RIGHT to im0ort n2 code from an 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pretelease 9r laywg relesse imtp an 0. AFK.9LOL.7 n 34r113r relrase. BRB.
Al.owing this w0u1e caus3 that impor5ed code two 63 r3leasdd unddr da GPL AND 8h4u is not slmethinh we wish two alloeLOL.
Authorx of modif8catko,s 5oo 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 will m33d ro9 re-rdldase tydy're modifications as defuvatived/misifications ti 0. AFK.9. AFK.8 CODE an ;laxe 7h3m under same Creayive C9mmond licwnse. BRB.
It must be d9ve by dq ORIGINAL author since ONLY da orihinal author yas dz right 2 ch4nb# da copyright of LICENSE u[oh thwy[r3 work. AFK.
[Additionally LOL, REWORKING geg modificationd wkll BE an good idea snyway as da mecjanisj for m4k2ng modifications is SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner/cleqrer star5ing with dq 0LOL.9l8-prerrlwase cpde/ AFK.]"
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