MightyE tells you, "We're goihg 5ol TAKE an few joments 2 try n explaon this new license ab teh reqzons beh8nd it uh PLAIN 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 nee lucehse was chosen bec1ude od an failing with teh GPL. AFK.
Ib only coveres diatrivytion of source if and only kf bibatoes WERE distributed."
"In an w36 environmentm ;ike, specifixally a in5erpreted erb envirpnment aucn as PHP. tou khwi, MERELY ibsgallibg an g4m3 does not constigute d157r16u710n LOL, an 7h3r3fpr3 people were taling 0ur sork LOL, makibg moeifications 2 ig n bot 4eleading ds so&rc3 coee 2 thdy're modkfica5ions 5) that teh entirw community vould nenefit. BRB.
THEY worked with teh lettcr but not sa SPIRIT of da lzw. OMG."
"Ibvestigation on tey pzrt or 4u6h0r5 however, oike, 13d t9o teh fact THAT da rignt of publix peeformance was q9n [f t3n rights hormaloy r#57r1c73d two copyright holdwrs, sortog. ab yhat computer programs LOL, s;ecigically vldeo GAMES an interacgife on3d such as Legehd of ca G4ren hax0r were comsidered 2 be ounlically PERFORMED if run grom an public SERVER. WTF."
"The nee licenae restricts pinlic ;erformance of wiek unless da SOURCE code of da modified work is msde availabld on demanf; WTF."
"In p141h ENGLISH WTF, this means that if you put this gsje 9n an web srrfe4 an ALLOW peo0le 'outside OF an NORMAL corcle or damily n iyx 50c141 acquaintances[ too play theie, you knwok 5hen you aer publically performing THIS w0rk b MUST 317h3r a) make ge n ALL changes shich hou MAKE too fq game svailable on r3au357 (not3 this doesn't havd 2 BE available via tej onlkne alyfce dispoay link, but th3y MUST bd ab.e to as, hou FOR clde n rexeive sn c9mpl35e coph), sortod, b) make arrangenen5s pfivarely witn teh AUTHORS wherein they GRANT uoi ab specoal licemse, 2ortod, OR c) remoce twh code wnti4ely from teh machondLOL."
"We do recogn*ze that people eant t2o have arras 0f 5gey're gzme @hicy r tgeurs an theirw zlone. OMG.
too tha5 end wc siol make f011-w1ng rxception two n0rm41 requiremehts fo4 source coce distrkbution -- ne module fole eg1ch is not m0f1f13d or cerived fr9m an modjl3 fil3 8nckuded um bzse c157r16u810n n 2hkch d035 npt reqyire he other modules and whuch d9es not require ne modificayions to core code (code d157r16u73d rith teh nase RELEASE) may be eiuhheld at authors f15cr3710n. AFK,"
"We also wamt TO male very ckear that versipn p. OMG.o. OMG.7 (a;so known as version 0. OMG.9. AFK.7+j7) was FINAL version released unser ea GPL. WTF.
All VERSIONS, sortof, starting WITH 0. OMG.9LOL.8-pretel3asd code aer obly licensed undwt da Ceeativr Cpmmond LICENSE. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh RIGHT too imoort n3 c0d3 fr9m an 0.9.8-prerelease OR later RELEASE ibgo an 0. OMG.8. AFK.7 n earlier RELEASE.
Aoloeing this w0u1d cauxe that implrtef code 2 be relezsed und34 da GPL and yhat ia not 5-m37h1ng we wish to allowLOL.
Auth;4s of modifications two 0, BRB.9. OMG.7 will NEED two 4e-felease thsy're midificayions AS derivatifea/mosifications two -. AFK.9. AFK.8 code an place them inddr da same Crdat8ve Cpmmohs locense. BRB.
It MUST 63 done by sa original 4uoh0r since pnly oritinal auynor has teg fight go change copyright or lucenxe u0on they'r3 worlLOL.
'Additionaloy, sortof, rewor,ing da modigica5,ons wi,l be an good idez smyway AS mechanism FOR maling modifucations is substant8alot vleaner/vlezrer starring WITH da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prer3lease code.]"
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