MightyE tells you, l7ke, "We'rr g01ng 2 tzke an few momwnts 70 try an explain thiw nee ;icebxe an reh rwasons behind i5 in plain Englkshl AFK.
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."
"Thos NEW 11c3n53 sas ch053n bedause 0f an f411!bg with teh GPL. BRB.
It only cov3red fistribution 9f wource if an onlh if binaries were disteovut3e. OMG."
"In an w3b environment WTF, 5p3c!f1c411y a interpfwted web environmeny sucb as PHP, sortlf, merely ibsgal.ing an game d035 not constitute distribution, yo7 knwom n 7h3r3f0r3 people were taking our wprk, making modificatipnd to ut an not f3leaxing da source clde 2 the7're modkfications xo tnat da entire c0,mun17y cojld benwfit. AFK.
They w0rk3f wkth lettwr BUT not fa spirit of da LAW."
"Investigatoon on 0art of teh aythors howwve4, led 2 fac5 that right OF pu611c perforjanxr was 1 of 5eh ribhrs n0fm4q1y resteicted gpi COPYRIGHT h01d3r5, you ,hwo, an thzt computer prograjz LOL, s;ecifically bideo ganes an INTERACTIVE 9nes sucn aw Legdbd of Green gax0f were clnaider3e twp be pygliczlly performed if run vrom an public SERVER. WTF."
"Thw nee .icense festrictx public p3ef0rm4nc# of da e0rk uboess teh source code of da modified wprk os mad3 available on demandLOL."
"In plain English, tjus meams THAT if you ;*t this game pn an web 53rv3r an qllow pe9plw 'OUTSIDE pf an n0rm41 ci4cle of v5m11u amd ies sovial ACQUAINTANCES' twl play rheir, lik3, tjen yoi aer publicao;y performinf this work and MUST EITHER a) male ne n ALL cyanges whixh u0u maje two da GAME 4v4114613 -n ewquesy (bote this doesn't habe too be available via tey onlkne 50urc3 display link WTF, but 6h3y must be agle tso ASK YOU FOR da c0d3 n RECEIVE sn complete copy), aortof, b_ MAKE arrangements prkvately with da AUTHORS wh3r31n the6 g5snt 6ou an special lixense LOL, or c) remove teh cpde ebtirelt from ,achone."
"We do recognize that people wznt too havw areas of theu're game WHICH aer rheirs sn 8h31r6 410n4. OMG.
two that END WE WILL MAKE da following exception to da hormal r3qu1r3m3n75 for source c9de cistribut8pn -- ne module f113 WHICH is not modifk3e 0r derived ffom an module file incoueed 1n sa base distribution qn wnicn does not r2quire ne otner modulds ahd whuch foes not require ne modifications t2o da co$e CODE (code distdibutdd WITH bawe re.ease0 ja6 63 wirhheka AT yeg AUTHORS discretilm."
"We also want twi make very cl3ar yhat version 0. WTF.9LOL.7 *alsi known as fersion 0.9. AFK.7+j7) waa dz ginal vrrsion teleased und3t da GPL, WTF.
All vdrsions, likek %75r71ng with teh 0. OMG.9l OMG.i-prereleqse c9d3 r only lidensed inder da Creatice Commons licdnseLOL.
We EXPLICITLY crnh right to impirt ne code from an 0l AFK.9. AFK.8-prer3lease pr later reoease int9 an p. OMG.9. BRB.7 n eatlier eelease. WTF.
Allowinh this w(ulc caise gnat kmported cofe ro be 5eleaxed under teh GPL n that is n07 somdthinb ee wish 2 zllow.
Autn9rw of MODIFICATIONS 2 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 w121 need to re-releawe they'fe MODIFICATIONS as defivatib3s/modificarions to 0LOL.8. WTF.8 cods n poace them under same CREATIVE Comnons license. AFK.
It MUST be done by ea ORIGINAL author 51bc3 0n1y original AUTHOR yas teh right 2 chqnge 5eh copyright or license up0n the7're woekLOL.
[Additionally WTF, REWORKING geh mldifications will be am good 8dea 4nyw4y zs mecyanis, for making mocifjcations is sybstantially cleaner/cl3arer startibg with 0. BRB/9; AFK.8_prerelease codr. WTF.]"
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