MughtyE tells ylu, you kn2o, "We're going too take an rew momemts gp try n explakn this nd2 license m da r4asonx 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."
"Thia new licenae wss CHOSEN beca7se or an failing with teh GPL.
I5 ONLY covered diagribjtiom lf 50urv3 if m only if binaries were distributdd. AFK."
"In an WEB environment, .ike, specifidally a inteepreres w36 environmdnt wuch as PHP, merely installing an hamw DOES not constitute dkst4ibu$uon, n rherefire pdople 2efe taking oyr eork LOL, MAKING modificstoons to it n not relezsing sa sourve v9de two they're jpdificat8ons so thag teh entirr communitt c0u2f benevit. OMG.
THEY worked w18h ea letter but nog SPIRIT ov 5eh law."
"Invesyigation on part of da authlrs howevwr LOL, led two ds fact tha5 right OF pjb.ic performamxe was 1 of teh r1gh75 normally restric5ed 5wo xopyeifht y0wf345, and tnat computer progrqms LOL, specifically VIDEO g4n35 an 8n5eractiv3 0n35 sucn as Leg3nd of da Greeh hax0r were conaide4ed 5oo b3 ;ublically peeforjee 1f rin FROM an public serner."
"The hew 11c3n53 f357r1c75 publiv perfprmagce OF teh work UNLESS sourde code 0f modified w0%k is mase 4v41146!3 on dd,and. BRB."
"In [131n ENGLISH WTF. this MEANS that 1f you put this GAME on an weg setver ah allow people [outsise of sn NORMAL corcle of rami.y n its social acquaintances' 2 play their, sortof, tben t9u r punlical.y performing THIS work n MUST rither a) make ne n ALL changes WHICH you make 2 teh game availzble on resuwst (hore THIS doesn[5 have too 63 availaboe via da online source display 11nk, sortof, but they mist be able 2 ask you for code abd r3c31v3 an c0mp1383 copy), sortof, b) make arrantements pr1v4731y with da authors WHEREIN yney grant you ah s-2dial LICENSE, .oke, i4 v) REMOVE da code entirely grom teh machinw."
"We do recofnize that prople wany tlo have AREAS OF they're game qhich r gneirs an THEIRS aloneLOL.
two that dnf we w111 make da foloiwing EXCEPTION too sa nornak reauirements for souece vode distrigu58on =- ne modul3 FILE wh1ch IS n9t MODIFIED ot deeivws from an module v213 included un da 6453 cistribution an 1hich dpes not r3qu1r3 ne OTHER modules and wh8ch soes not reauiee ne MODIFICATIONS to c)r3 cose (code dustributwd with da base release) m4y be sithheld at authors diadreyioh. WTF."
"We alxo want roo MAKE vrry clear yhat versiob 0. WTF.9, OMGl7 (also knosn aa verakon 0. AFK.9LOL.7+jt) WAS teh fimal versoon r31#453d under da GPL. BRB.
A.l versiina, sortof, 574r71bh WITH da 0l9. OMG.8-[reteleasd code r 9noy licenxed UNDER ds Creative Commons licensr. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deby righh tpo impor5 ne code from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease or later release INTO an ). WTF.9.7 an earlier rwleade.
Allowing this would cause that importrd c0f2 70 be relwased undet teh GPL n tgat is nog something we wish too alliwLOL,
Auyhors od m0d1v!c4719nt 5oo 0. OMG.9. OMGl7 wull need 2 RE-RELEASE they're moduficationd as derivqtives/nodifocationx twl 0LOL/0. BRB.8 code n plaxe them uneer SAME Creat8ve Commons licwnse. WTF.
It MUST be dine 6y da or8binal author s8nce ONLY pfiginal AUTHOR HAS fight two vhanbe 5eh copyroght or !1c3n53 up9n they're work. AFK.
[Acd1710n4q1y, r3w0rk1ng t3h modificqtkons wull be ah good IDEA anyway as tey mechqnism FOR maikng mpduf8catiins is substantoaloy c134ner/c134r3r startint with ).9. WTF.8-prereleasr c9de. WTF.]"
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