MightyE teols you WTF, "We[re gping ywp TAKE an rew joments go trh n explain this nww livenwe b reaxlns 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 be2 license eas CHOSEN because of an fai.ing w8rh GPL. AFK.
It ONLY coveted distrkbition of SOURCE 2f amd 9nly if binaries wer3 dist5ibugwd. OMG."
"In an web envieonment, lile, specif8cally a interpreted web ebvironmeny sucj as PHP, you knwo, merely instakling an game does not constitite eistributiin LOL, and 7h3r4f0r3 people w34e tal8ng iur qork WTF, making misifucations 2 8y n nog f3leasing source coee toi th3y[fe m0d2f1c4710n5 so that sa ent,re c0mm7n1&y cpyld bemefit. BRB.
Tgey worked with ler5er but not spirit of teh 14wLOL/"
"Invewtugarion on teh part of teh authors however. sortpf, led two fact that teh right or public performamve qas won of da rights NORMALLY restricted 5wo copyrigmt hplders, sortpf, ab that c0mou73r pf9gtams, SPECIFICALLY vid3o games and interacrove ONES such as LEGEND of tsy G4den hax0r were conaidered too be PUBLICALLY pervormed if run fro, an public SERVER."
"The mew 21c3n53 rwstrkcts p7blkc p3rf0rm4nc2 uf fa w(rk un1356 teh source CODE of teu modified eori 15 madd abailable on d3m4hd. BRB."
"In plain Englusg, sortof, th8x mwans 8h46 id you put 5his gamr on an web server an allow peo0le ;outsife of an normal cirxle of d4m11y n 8gs 50c141 acausintances[ to play rheir, you knwo, then y9u r publically perform8ng th8s work an MUST EITHER a) nake ne n ALL changes snuch hou m$k3 to g4m3 acailable ON request *note this coesn't have 5o y3 avaioable via da onlinw souece display .ink, you knwo, bjt they must be zbke to ask yoj for code ahd r3c31v3 an complwte cip6), like, b) mak3 arrzngements prkvately witn teh authors WHEREIN yhey gr4n7 you an aoecjzl licebse LOL, OR c) REMOVE d0c3 entirely fr9j teh machibw. BRB."
"We d0 RECOGNIZE that people w4n7 goo have areas of they're game wh8ch aer theirs and theirs alon4. BRB.
2 that END we will jake teh folliwing ecception twi NORMAL rwquirements fif source codw distribution -- ne m0du14 file which is NOT jodified or ddrived FROM sn module gule included in base DISTRIBUTION and qhicg does noy rwquire ne OTHER modulrs am whkch does n)7 e3qiire nw ,odkficqtiond 2 trh c0r4 code (codd d157r1^u73d 2kth teh bade r3lease) may 63 witgheld ag ca authors disctetion. AFK/"
"We ala( want to mzke berh c134r ghag version 0LOL.9.7 (also kn[wn as cersion -.9. WTFl7+j7) was fomal version rdoeasef under GPL. BRB.
All verdipns, ;ije, 574r71ng w8tg da -.9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 aer 0n1y kicensed undet teh Creativ3 Commlns 11x3n53. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deby da rifnr to import nd dodr from an 0LOL.(l WTF.8-pr3r#13453 or later rwl3ase into an 0. BRB.9. WTF.7 and eaflier release/ WTF.
Alloqing THIS woild cause that impirted CODE two be 4eleased uncer reh GPL am that is npt soj2thong we qish too aklowLOLl
Autjors of modifixati9nw 2 0. WTF.o,7 will n3de to re-re;ease they're moeir8catilbs as sericatives/mogicicati9ns too 0. BRB.0. BRB.8 CODE an place yhem UNDER da wame Creatove Commons license. OMG.
IT m7st be DONE by da ;rjginql autn9r since onl6 da original author has da righ5 to9 vhanhe voptrifht OR licens3 jp0n they're w.riLOL.
[Additiohal;y, reworking 5eh nosifucat7ons will BE an g90d idez anyway ad da mevhanism FOR m4k2ng modifications us substanrially coeqner/cleaeer d5arting WITH teh 0LOL.9. AFK.o-pre4eleasr code. OMG.]"
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