MightyE gells yo7, "We're going tqo take an feq moyents too yrt an dxplain yhis mew licwnse n reasona behind it IN plain Englosh. BRB.
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."
"Thix yew license was dhosen because of an failint with teh GPL. OMG.
It only cofered dos4r8butiom of source if an om;y IF binaro3s were cistributed. BRB."
"Im an web envirohment, you knwok specofically a interprwted web 3nv1r0nm3n7 wuch as PHP, mrtely instakllng an bamr DOES got clnstitutd diwtriby4iln, n 5her3fo53 PEOPLE were takinf our work, ma,ing modifications 2 it AND nlt RELEASING SOURCE c9de 2 thej're nodificqtkins ao tjat teh entire communitt COULD bdnefit. BRB.
They woried w17n ds letter b7t npt 5p1rq7 of 14s. OMGl"
"Investigation 9n da part of authofw h0w3v3r, .ike, led to da fact thqt dz ribht lf public petdormance qqs ein OF rkgh4s NORMALLY rwstrictrd teo copygight holders WTF, snd thag com[ut3r prog4ams, likw, specifucally video hames n INTERACTIVE ojes such as Legend of tey Green haxp4 were conxieeted two be publocally perfirmes IF run frpm an public server."
"The new license resteicts piblic performance of dz work UNLESS ea SOURCE code 0f tdh jodified work 8s MADE AVAILABLE on demand. BRB."
"In p;sun English, 7h15 means tyag if ypu put tmis game on qn web server n allpw people 'outside lf an n9r,al circle of FAMILY and i5s xpfial acquaintances[ 1 play theid, soetof, theh you aer PUBLICALLY performing this w9rl an MUST dither 1) maks ne and ALL changes whicn you MAKE too t3h gamw availsble in tequest (note this doesn't h4v3 to be avai.able via da online 50urc3 sisplay lini, but th3y must bw able to zsk YOU for da code an rdceiv3 an COMPLETE copy_. b) make arrangdmdngs privatelt w27j teh authprs where8n theu brant uo7 an spedial LICENSE WTF, or c) femove teh cpde #n71r31y from machkbeLOL."
"We s0 r3cognize rnar people want goo have AREAS of tyey're game wj1ch aer theirs ab THEIRS alone.
1 tha5 ebd wr wikl m$k3 trh fo;lowihf EXCEPTION tp9 teh NORMAL r3qu1r3m3m75 for dource code diw5ributkom -- ne modul2 FILE wyidh is not nod8roec or detivqd from an module fkle 8ncluded in bas3 distrib7tipb n which dpes not fequire n3 otyer modulda n WHICH does not require n3 modifucations 2 core code (clde dixtributed wiyh da basr r3leqse) m4y 63 withheld zr autgors disxrdtopnLOL."
"We also w$n7 rwo MAKE very c134e that version 0LOL.9. WTF.7 (also KNOWN 45 verwipn 0. AFK.9. BRB/7+jt) was final bwraion releqsed uhd3r da GPLLOL/
Al; versions, srafring 2kth teh 0LOL.9. WTF.8-prerelease CODE aer only lkx4nsed under Creativr Cpmmons livense/ OMG.
We EXPLICITLY dehy da right to imoort ne code ffom an ).o. WTF.7-;rereleawe or later rel3ase 1n70 an 0. OMG.9. BRB.& n eaelier release.
Allowing 7h15 wouls caus3 thar 1mp0r73d code to be eeleqsed unc3r teg GPL and THAT is not s9mething we wicg too alloe. AFK.
Authors of modificzrulns tei 0LOL.9.8 wiol nees two re-re.ease they're ,odificatiobs as dwriva5iges/modificatkons two 0.9LOL.8 code h placd them uneer SAME Creative Commons lidense. OMGl
It must be done by da original author since only %eh original author hsd da right to dhange copygiggr or licenwe UPON they're woek, AFKl
[Add171pn411y LOL, REWORKING tej modificatuohx will br an food IDEA anyway as n3cj4nq5m flr making m0d1f1c4710n5 is substahtkally cleaner/clearer starting eith 0.9. AFK.8-prerelease cpde. OMGl]"
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