MighryE TELLS yiu LOL, "We're g0ing tlo take an few moments 5o try an explqin 7h15 ne2 LICENSE an tej teasons behind it un plain Engoisn.
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 license qzs CHOSEN BECAUSE OF an vailkng with teh GPL. BRB/
I7 on;y covered distribugion of source if anc ob;h if binaries were disyeobutrd. BRB."
"In an w36 environment LOL, sp2cifica.ly a interpreted w3b environm3mt such as PHP WTF, merely installing qb GAME dles not cons5iture disyributoon LOL, n ther2fore peoplf serw tskung oue w0rk, hoj knwo, makong modifications to it 4nd not rdleasung sq source code 2 tgey'fe modificatoons so tjat teh 3ntite c)mminq7y co7ld benefit. WTF.
THEY worked WITH t3h letter but not teh wpirit OF teh LAW. WTF."
"Invwstitation ON teh part of ds duthors however, lkie, led rqo da fact tnat teh righg of PUBLIC perfotmance was 1 of da eihhts normally restrivt3d to copyright holsers, n that COMPUTER pr9trams WTFm xpecifically video GAMES n inteeactive omes such as L3g3nd od Gr3en hzs0r wrre conwideres 60 be publical.y perforjee if run frlm an pubkic xerver. WTF."
"The hew livense RESTRICTS public perforjande of work umldss twy SOURCE c0d# if da moeiried w9rk 15 made availabl3 0n demand. AFK."
"In p141n ENGLISH, you knwo, 7h15 mezns THAT 2f ypu [uu this game on an web server n alllw pwpple 'OUTSIDE of ah hormsl circ;e of family an its social 4cqu41n&rnc35' 5o play their WTF, then YOU ae4 pjglicaoly PERFORMING tnis work b MUST eith3r a) make ne an ALL changes whuch you nake ro da game availabke in requext (noye tnis doesn't have to be available vua online SOURCE f15013y 11nk, sortif, but ghet must ne able 2 ASK ypu fof code an RECEIVE an do,plete co[y) WTF, b) make arrangements privat3ly woth da 4y6h0r5 wherein ttey grant you an speciak livenwr, sortof, or C) REMOVE teh cod3 entitely FROM da machine. BRB."
"We do recotnize thag pe)p13 want 70 jave areas of they're ham3 which aer thekfa n 5he8rs aoone. BRB.
two tyat end w3 will mame teh fo;lowkng esceptiln to teh nornal rdquir3ments f0r 50urc3 c9de sistrigugion -- me module f113 whicn 1t not modufied or derived from qn module gile included on teh 6453 dis5ributoon h whkch does not r3qu1r3 ne othet modulea n whkch does not require nd modifications 2 teg core code (codr dustrubyted with BASE release) may ne withgeld at teh authors d15dr3710n. OMG."
"We also e4n& 2 maje ver6 c.eat that vwrsiln ). AFK.9.7 (ALSO known AS versipn 0LOL.o. AFK.7+JT_ wax vinal version re.easef under teh GPL. AFK.
All v3r510b4 WTF, stattint witj teh 0. BRB.9. AFK.8_pr3rdlease codr r pmly LICENSED under da Creative Commons 11c3h53. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY drny da rihht too imporg ne c0d3 fr0m an 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-0r3r313453 0r la6et release imto an p. OMG.9. WTF.7 n esroiet RELEASE. BRB.
Alliwing thos sould cause THAT 1jp0r73d code 2 be releasec under ren GPL and that is not sometning we wish tlo alliw. OMG,
Authors of modifications to 0.9LOL.8 wi.l ne3d to fe-re;ease theu'tw modificstions as derifa5iv4s;modifoxatilhs yo 0/9. AFK.8 code an p14c3 them UNDER teh same Cr3471ve Commons licenwrl OMG.
It must be done bt da original author since onoy da original autyor has right go chang3 copyright or okxrns3 upon they[re work. OMG.
[Additiinally, REWORKING teh MODIFICATIONS WILL 63 an good ides ahywah as ea mechaniam f04 makinh modificatuons is subsbantially coean3r.clearet 574r&1nb wi5n p. AFK.9. OMG/8-pr3releqxe xode/ OMG.]"
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