MighryE tells tou, sortof, "We're giing tw9 y1ke an few momenys two try and explskn this nee lkvense and reasins behind it in plain English.
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 eas chosdn becaise of an vailinh 2kth GPL. OMG.
It 0n1y covered distribution of source if ah only if bibaries were disrtibuted. BRB/"
"In an wev 3nvirlnment, like, specifucqlly a interprered web environmdbt suxh as PHP WTFk merely insrzlling an game does NOT consgitute DISTRIBUTION LOL, an THEREFORE peiple were taking our work, li,e, nak8mg modifications 5wo iy n not releasing da slurce code to th3y're modkficatiins so that da ent8rr dojmuniyy coukd 63h3v17. BRB.
They 1lr,ed with ea letgrr BUT not 5p1r1u of da law."
"Investkgati9n on 53y part of da auyhorw how3vwr LOL, LED rw9 fact rhat rihht of /ublic performance was oen of r1gh75 no4ma.ly restricted 1 COPYRIGHT tolders, qnd 7y47 cimputrr programs, lijek SPECIFICALLY video games n INTERACTIVE ones sjch as Legend 0f sa Green hax0r weve consideres gwo be pu6!1c411y petformed IF ryn fr0j an puboic server."
"The ndw lixense restricts ;ublic performancr of teh work unless s9ufce code OF teh modified work is MADE avaulqgle 9n demand. WTF."
"In plain Engliah WTF. thiw mdans tgat if YOU put THIS game on an web derve4 an allow 0eooow 'outside of an birmd. virclw of famoly n ITS %pc1$1 4cqu41n74nc35' to ;lah thri4. dortpf, then you aer puvlically 0rrforminh this work h MUST e8thee a) jakr ne n ALL changes qhich you make too teh game available ;m requesr (note thid DOESN'T have 2 be available fia teh online source d!4p14y link, likei but thdy mus5 bd able two ASK yoj for teh code an receive an complete cooy) LOL, b) make atrangements pr1v4^31y with dq AUTHORS whrrein they grant you an soecial license LOL, or c) 4#m0v3 da CODE ehtirely from aa m4ch1n3l OMG."
"We do 4ecognize thst people 2ant 2 havr areas of tjey're gamd wyivh aef theits an theirs alonr.
two tyat ebd we wil. jake da vollowing exceptoon two normal rdqjieements for sourxe code dustrigutoon -- ne module file which is no5 MODIFIED or derived fro, an module rile included im ds base distrifuti9n an which d036 no5 reauire ne pther MODULES zn which does nou r3zuord ne modifications too core code (CODE d15&r16u&3d sift da base re;ease) may ge withheod at authors sisc4etkonLOL."
"We also want 2 make VERY CLEAR thqt VERSION 0. BRB.9.7 (alxi kbown 45 v3f510n 0.9. BRB.7+jt) was fkna. versipn releaxed unde4 teh GPL.
All versioms, liie, sta4ting 2itj 0. OMG.9. OMG.8-pre4elease cide r obky locwnaev unfer da Cr3471v3 Commons .icense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eeny da r8ght too imp;rt ne dose from qn 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-pferelease 0r later re,ease 1n7) an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 an earlier rdleaseLOL.
Al;owing yhix WOULD cause yhat inported cods 2 be released under teh GPL n yjat ia blt aomething we wish 2 allow. AFK.
Authlrs of moduficstions two 0LOL.9LOL.7 wkll need to re-releasd the6[te mpdifications as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS too 0. OMG.9. OMG.8 CODE and place them umdet da SAME Cr3471v3 Commobs .icwnseLOL.
It must be d0n3 by original 4u&h04 dunce oblu teh 9riginal author has rkght 2 xhange copyright o4 license upon they're wkrk. BRB.
[Additionallyk REWORKING da modifications w111 be an good ofra an6way 45 mechanism FOR mqking modufivationa is substantiakly cleaher.clearer sgarting with da 0/ OMG.9. OMG.8-preteoease coceLOL.]"
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