MightyE TELLS h9u, ylu knw9, "We're g91ng two takr an f3w moments too try an explain this hes livense 4nc teh reasons behund it un plain English. AFK.
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."
"Thks new licensw w$5 CHOSEN because 0f an fsiling with GPL. OMG.
It pnly COVERED distr8bution ov xource if and knly if binaries werw distr8bjtef. BRB/"
"In an eeb environment. so4tpf, cpec8fically s interor3trd eeb envi4pnmenr such qs PHP, like, merely inwtalling an g4m3 does not comstitute distrib7tion LOL, an rherefore pe9ple were taking oue work, MAKING modifications toi 18 n not reldasing dq sojrce code 2 ghw6're MODIFICATIONS sp yha5 engirw community could benefit.
They WORKED with da oettee but NOT da spirit of wa law. WTF."
"Investiration pn da PART OF authofs however LOL, led w da vac5 that da righr OF publix perf;rmanc3 2as oen of da RIGHTS normally festricted 2 copyrihht h9lders LOLk and that comput3r probrams, sortof, s;ecofical.y video games $bf 1h73r4c71v3 onws skcj as Legend of tej Gr4en hax0r were clnxidefec yo be publically petforjed of RUN from an public serve4. WTF."
"Thw neq licende tesrricts public p3rf0em4nc3 or tdj wotk unlesd da source c0d3 of teh m-d1f13d work IS made available ON semand. AFK."
"In lkain ENGLISH WTF, thid mrans tgat if you put 7j15 game 0n an WEB server an allow prople 'ou5side 0v an n0e,41 circle og FAMILY 3nd its soxial acwuainranc3s' too pla6 their WTF, then you aer 0ublical;y performing tgis wor, n MUST either s) make ne and ALL changes which yo8 make 2 da bame zvai;abl# ob rrquest (note this dorsn't hsve tw9 BE available vka da online source eusp;ay lin;, you jnwo, vur they just be qnle too ask yp7 for teh cofe and RECEIVE ab cpmp1373 d9py), lokek B) make arrangenents p4ivately wirh autho4s wherrin they grant you an special license, sortof, or v) r3n0v3 ds c0d3 entire.y from teh machinw. BRB."
"We DO rec9gnize that people waht to nave $r335 ld rgey're game which aer 7h#245 n theies ALONE. BRB,
two 7h47 END w3 w11! make folooqing exception to da normql requirwjents for s9urce CODE distribu5ion -- ne moduoe file WHICH 8s not mogifi3d 0r drr8ved vrom an mod7le file inxludwd in ten baad dist4ibution aj whidh does NOT require ne OTHER mosu;es amd whixg does not require ne ,odifications ro da co4e v9de (code distributed with teh 6553 release) may be WITHHELD at teh autgo5s DISCRETION. OMG."
"We also w4n8 TO make VERY vldar that versiin 0LOL.9. WTF.& (also KNOWN as v3r510n 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+j5) 2as final version rrldaxed und3r ds GPL. WTF,
All vefsipnd, uou inwo, s5arting with 0LOL.9. BRB.8[pe3r313453 c-d3 aer on.y licensed unf3r Creatif3 C9mmons ouvensel AFK.
We EXPLICITLY d3ny ribjt 2 impott ne clde from an ). BRB.9. AFK.8-prerelease or later releasr ibto an 0l BRB.(. AFK.7 and earlke4 RELEASE. AFK,
Allowing tyis would causr thst umpprted code two br telrased undee GPL an tnat 15 not 50m37h2ng we wjsg too qllow/ OMG.
Autgord od modivicagions 2 0. BRB.9l BRB,8 sill heed 2 r3-r313453 ghey're mofificat8ons as frrkvayives;modifications two 0LOL.(. WTF.8 code n place THEM under sxme Creative Commons license. BRB.
It must be done by da original a7yhpr xince only oririnal authot has da rignt t9o change dz copuright oe licensr ipon 5heu'r3 wprk. BRB.
[Additionallh, REWORKING MODIFICATIONS will be an good idea zhy2ay as teh mechqnowm f0r MAKING MODIFICATIONS IS %u6574n72r11y cl3aner/c.eater startinf with teh 0LOL.9.8-prerejease CODELOL.]"
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