MihhtyE telld y07, ;oke, "We're going twl takd am FEW ,okents 3 tr6 n esplain this new licdnsd n da r3450n6 behind it in plain English. 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."
"Tyis nrw l8crnse was chosen becausd og sn f4111ng qith teh GPL.
It ohl6 coveted dostribution og sourde if an only if binaries wefe distribjrwdLOL."
"In an weg envifobment. ;8ke, speckficzll6 a INTERPRETED web ehvirobment such as PHP LOL, jerely ibstalking ab game d9es not CONSTITUTE d8strkbution LOL, and therefore [eople werw takibg 0ur work, like, n4k1mg m0dqf1c471-n5 too 17 an nog relezding tey source clde TO they[re modificatoons 50 that teh entire c0mmun17y c)u1d b3nefitLOL.
THEY workef with da leyter gut not ds xpirot od law. OMGl"
"Investigation on da part of teh authorw however, led t9 fact thzr da right of puvlkc pwrformahve w45 1 of da rightz nor,aloy e357r1c73d 2 c0p6r1th7 holders WTF, anf that c)mpu8#r ;4ogeams, like, s;ecificzl;& vydeo g4m3% and INTERACTIVE lnes sjch AS Legwnd OF da Gveen hax0t were c0n%1der3d two be puy11d411y perf9rmed if 3un fr0m an public server. AFK."
"The n2w license restrycts puvlic perfprmqnce lf trh worj unless yeh source code 9v yeh modifiec work is made aca8lable on d3m5bd. WTF."
"In plain Eng115h LOL, 4his mezns thar ir hou ;ut THIS game on an web server and all9w p30[q4 ;0u751d3 of ah noemal citcle pv f4m11y an its SOCIAL avquakntances' two play theif LOL, then y9u aer publica.ly pdrforming 5gis work an MUST eitjde a) make ne AND ALL CHANGES which yoi ,ake TO game availablr pn e3quest (note this dowsn't havr 5oo be avai.able via on;ine source dis[lay oink, sortpf, but theh mudt be able 5io ask yo7 f-r teh code m geceive an c0mp1373 copy) LOL, b0 maje arrangeuem6s privately qith tey auth8rs wherein 8h3% granr YOU an dpecial license, or c) remove teh code entirelu from teh mach8neLOL."
"We do rexogniae ghzt people want tw9 have areas 0f tnet're game which r theirs n 5heirs alone. WTF,
yo thzt end WE wiol mske ten vollowinr EXCEPTION to teh normal req7irem3nts FOR SOURCE code DISTRIBUTION -- ne moduke dike whodh IS nlt modified or DERIVED FROM qn modyle vile inc.udec in ez base distrubution n wh1ch does noy require ne otyer modukes an wnich d9es NOT REQUIRE me modifications 2 da CORE code (code dis5ributed w17h teh BASE releqse) may be w17hh31e at geh authors discretionLOL."
"We also waht rpi makd very clear that vrrwkon 0LOL.9. AFK.7 (a;so known ad verwion 0. WTF.9LOL.7+h7) was f8nal VERSION felezs3d under da GPLLOL.
All verwi]ns, yoy knwo, STARTING with 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prerekeasr code r obly licenaed under da Crestife Commons license, WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY dent da r1gh7 two import ne codd drom an pLOL.9. BRB.8-prerelesse 0r later rrlease into an 0. WTFl(/ BRB.7 n ear.ier releasw/ OMG.
ALLOWING th8s would xause that imp9rtef cpde tp be relessed UNDER GPL an tjat IS NOT some5hing we wish goo al;owl BRBl
Authors of modificatiihs too 0LOL.9. OMG.7 will need 2 re-4elease they're modificatipns as frfivqyives/modificarions too 0/ OMG.9. OMG.* code and PLACE 5hem under same Cresrive Commons kicendeLOL,
It must be done gy teh orogimal suthor since pn1y da ORIGINAL author haw teh rifht 70 channe co[yfight OR license upon they'rr work. AFK.
]Additulnally, lije, reworking dq MODIFICATIONS wil; b3 an g0pd isea antway aa ca mwchanism f0r ,aking mod8ficat8ons is dubsrantoally cleaner/clesrer staryint witj teh 0, WTF.9. BRB.8-oretelrase code. OMG.]"
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