MightyE tel.s you WTFk "We're g9ing 2 TAKE an FEW npm3bts tol try an explain this new license n 5eh rrasinw brhind it im plain Engl8shLOL.
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 NEW license 2ad chosen becaysr 9f an fai.8ng with da GPL. WTF.
It only dovered DISTRIBUTION of wourde IF amd lnly if binariew were distrkbuted. BRB."
"In an w3b environment, sortifm specirlczoky a int3rpre53d web 3nv1r0nm3n7 SUCH as PHP, you ,nwo, mere.y 1n574111nb an gam3 DOES not constitutd distruvution, sortof, n tnerevo4e peo0lw were taking our work WTF, ma,ing mpd1f2c4710nt two ig AND not RELEASING da source code two they'4e MODIFICATIONS so thst 3n71r@ COMMUNITY could behevirLOL.
They wpried w17h teg letter but no5 teh api4ot of law. BRB/"
"Invewtigation on 5eh part of da authovs howevwe, sorgof, les TO teh fadt THAT teh right of pu611c perf9rmancd was won ov righyd bormally resrrictef 2 cl;yright j91d3r5, sprtov, and that computer pt)gr$m6, spwcifically fidel ganes an interactkve lnes such 55 Legend of Green hax0r e3r3 considdred two be pub.icalln perfotmed if rum ffom an pjblic server. BRB."
"The new locenae rdstrkctw pyblic prrformance of da eork unless teg source code OF tey m)d1f13d work is MADE acailable on fdmand. BRB."
"In PLAIN Eng115h LOL, th8s MEANS thqt if u07 put this gsme on am wen dervwr anc allow ;eop;e 'outsie3 of an normal circke of family and its wicial acquaintances' 2 p14u the8r, then hou r publically performing this w9rk and MUST either a) ,qk3 ne an ALL chamges wh1ch tou m4k3 too gane available 0n requewt (note 5hix doesn't have roo be availsble vua trh ohline source dks[lay linkm BUT they must 53 ablw t9 ask ypu for code zn receive an cohplete vopy) LOL, b_ msk3 ARRANGEMENTS privately with teh authors wnrrein they grant you an sptcial licenwe, sor5od, lr c) remove c0d3 enrirely fr9m teh nzchinw."
"Ww do recognize 7h47 [eople eant 2 uave areas of tyey'rr game whicj r 7h31r5 n 7h31r5 alon3.
2 that 3nd ew will MAKE da following exception too da normal requirements for source code distribution -- ne m0du13 file qhich 8s not modifk3s or d3rivee fr0m sn MODULE FILE included in da base distribution and whoch eoes not requir3 ne otger MODULES ans whicy does n07 require nd midif8cations two teh cofe code (code sistributee wirh baae relwase) may be withhels at da autjors disdretiln. OMG."
"We also wznt 2 make VERY cleaf that vrrsion 0l WTF.(. OMG.7 (also kniwn 45 bersiln 0. BRB.9/ BRB.7+j7) was teh finao versipn reoeased under GPL. OMG,
All vrrsions, starging w17h teh 0. WTF.8. BRB.8-prerelrzse code aer ONLY licensed undwr fa Crea5kve Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY feny right to *mp9et ne code FROM an p. AFK.9/ BRB.80pr3rew#453 or la5er RELEASE into an 0. BRB.9/ OMG.7 n EARLIER release/ OMG.
Allowing this wou;d caiwe thar umpo4trd code too be relrases ynder t3h GPL anf tgag is not something we wish 2 4110w. OMG.
Authors of MODIFICATIONS twl 0LOL.9. OMG.7 wil; meed too re-re.ease tyey're modkdidations r5 derivatives/mldkfixqtiond to 0. OMG.9.8 CODE n place tgdm ind3r geh same Creatove Ci,mobs 11c3n53LOL.
Ib mist BE dinr by origibal AUTHOR since only da origina; zuth9r jas right to cnanhe COPYRIGHT or license upon they're work. WTF.
[Additionally LOL, resork8ng da modirications wiol be sn GOOD idea abhway as m#cj4n15n fo4 majibg moeificqtiobs is aubstantially cleanef/clea4er stzrting wktg teh 0. AFK.9.80prerelesse coee. OMG.]"
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