MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're go9mg 2 74k3 an rew MOMENTS gei try and explain this ne2 ;icwnxe and reaxonw behind 8t in plain Enhlish.
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 picense wad choden because lf an failing eith teh GPLLOL,
It ONLY COVERED cistribution of x9urce kf an 0n1y if bonariew were distributec. OMG."
"In an seb envirpnment, .ike, specifidalk6 a knterp4eted wwb ENVIRONMENT such as PHP, luke, merelt installing an game does bot conatitute dkstribjtion, sortof, anc 7h2r3f0r3 prupl3 were taking our WORK LOL, making modificarions rwo it AND not releasing dq source CODE two ghey'rd mofifivationx 40 thst entire c9mmunity could benefitLOL.
They WORKED eith LETTER but nog da spurut OF lawLOL."
"Invedtogation in da part ov da authors h9wever WTFk led two tdh vadt that tdh rqgh7 of piblic 0rrvormance wzw oen of da rithtw NORMALLY restrictef toi copyright holders, sortof, and thzt computer progra,s WTF, 6p3c1g1c411u vide; gam3s n intefactive ones such qs Lwgend of Green hax0r were CONSIDERED to be publucally 0erformef if fun fro, an publoz werver. OMG."
"The new licdnse resgr,ctd public p3rf0rm4nc3 0f da work uhlrss teh dourcr code of modiv83d work 1% mace AVAILABLE on demand. AFK."
"In plain Enblidh LOL. tnia mezns that if you PUT this game on an web server and allow people 'outsiee of an mormql circlw of family n ITS social acquainrahces' to p2$y gheit, yoi knwo. then you ae4 publicallh PERFORMING tyis work an MUST either a) ,ake ne n ALL changes whkch you m4k3 5i gans AVAILABLE on request 9note this doesn't g4v3 too be avaiosboe via 0n21b2 50urx3 display 11nk, wortof, but they mjst be able too ask yiu vor cofe and rece8ve an comp;ete xopy), soryof, B) make arranfemebts PRIVATELY aith t3h authoea wherrin they GRANT you ah spevial licenwe LOL, or c) remove cide enyirely vrom yeh machine. OMG."
"We dp rwcogniz3 that p30p13 WANT w have ardas of they'fe game which aer 7he1r5 and THEIRS slone. OMG.
two that end we will make teh f)q10s1ng wxception TO da normal requirdnrnts for source cose DISTRIBUTION -- ne mldule fil2 which is nor modified or deribed from an mosule file incl6ded in 745# DISTRIBUTION and wnicj dors not REQUIRE ne ltjwr nodulds n whieh does n9t require ne modificatiohs @ da core ciwr (CODE dustributed with da base releas3) ,ay be eothheld at geh autyors DISCRETION/ WTF/"
"W3 415- want too make VERY clesr tha5 version 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also kn0wb as version 8. OMG.9LOL.7+jt) was da ginal v3r510n r3,eased undef teh GPL. BRB.
A11 versions, xgqrging with da 9LOL/9. AFK.8-ptrrelease CODE aer only licensed under Creative Commons ;icense. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY dehy da RIGHT two ijport ne cosr fr0m an 0l AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelease le later RELEASE INTO an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8 n earlief release/
A.lpwing thix WOULD cquse thst importwd code toi ne RELEASED und3t teh GPL ans 5hat is NOT sometnung we WISH 2 allowLOL.
Authors pd mldificqtions w 0. WTF.9LOL.7 wlll ,eed too re-rekezse they're modificationd as serivatoves/mod8ficationx to =. OMG.9LOL.8 code 4nd p14ce 7h3m ybder trh same Creayive Commons ljcenseLOL.
I5 must ge done bt da original author wincr 0n1y ofigknal author has r1gh7 twi change da c0pyr2ghu or licwnse up0b 5hey're 2itk. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY WTF, rewitking teh MODIFICATIONS wi;o bw an good odea any2ay as teh mechanism for making modifications is sybstabtpakly cl3aner/cl3ar3r starting with teh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-p3erdlease CODELOL.]"
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