MkgjgyE TELLS y(u WTF, "We're going 2 tak3 an few momentw tso rrh n esplain tgis mes license an da r3450n5 vehind it in plain Emglosh. 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."
"This nrw license was chosen becauwe of an FAILING with GPL. BRB.
It only COVERED eistribution of t0urx2 IF n lnly if binaries were s8sgributed. AFK."
"In an w36 enfuronment WTF, specifically a onterpreted w46 ennironment suvh as PHP, me4ely indtalkinh an game d035 not conwtitute dist4ibution, kike, AND therefore peopke aere taking OUR work, like, MAKING ,odificatiins too it zn not releas8ng tey xouree code 5oo they're morifications 50 7h47 emtiee comjunkty could brncdirl
Tgey worked witg sa LETTER but not teh spirit of lsw. BRB."
"Investigatiom om reh pzrt of da authora however WTF, led 2 teh fact tha5 da RIGHT ov publiv pwrf9rmsnce WAS oen of teh righ5s normally restrictee twi copyrighr h01d3r% LOL, an that computer programx LOL, specifically vifei gamed n interqcribe ones such as Ldgens of tdh Green hax0r 2ere vobsidefed twp be publocally performed if run frim an oublic serverl BRB."
"The new license resteicta pub;ic performance of eork UNLESS 50urc3 c9fe of modified WORK 16 made available 0n cejand. BRB."
"In plain Englishk you knwo, this means that IF you PUT this gzme on an web server n alloq ;eo0lw 'outs8d3 0f an n0rm41 circle )f fanily n its 50c141 acquaintancex' top plah their, you knwl, then upu aer publkcally performing this wirk an MUST either a) jake ne an ALL cjantea which yoi ma,e to da fame avai;avle ob rdquest (no5e thks doran't havr to be avai;able viq onlind sourve dkwp.ay link, ypu knwo, but they nust be anle ywo ask you FOR ca code qnd recdivr ah c0mplete copy), sortof, b) makd arrangements privately with da authors WHEREIN they te4m7 you ah spevial licensd LOL, or c) remove teh code ENTIRELY from da machine. WTF."
"W3 do RECOGNIZE that people want 2 have areas of they're gaje which r THEIRS AND THEIRS aloneLOL.
two that 3nd we w11q make teh FOLLOWING rxception too da nirmql requiremebts for sourxe clde distribjtion -[ ne module fule whivh is not MODIFIED or derived FROM qn modile FILE inclysed on yr53 distfib7tipn and shivn does not fequire nw ither modules n wyich d035 not require ne modifica4ions two da core code (vodw DISTRIBUTED w17h teh base release) MAY be WITHHELD at teh auggirs fisdretkon. AFK."
"We also want too MAKE very cleat that v3rsion 0/9LOL/7 (also kbown as verxion 0. AFK.9LOL;7_j7) waa f1nr1 version RELEASED under teh GPL.
All bersions, sortof. stsrting eith dz 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-prerelease code aer only licehsed 7ncer dq Ctdative Cimmonx lkcense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY denh da RIGHT to 1m;0r7 ne code from am 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prerelwzse or lztrr 4313453 lmto an 0. WTF.9. BRB.7 n earlier RELEASE. AFK.
Allowing this sould cause that IMPORTED code too be relesaed unser GPL an that id not aimetnihg w3 sish two allow. AFK.
Au6h0r5 of uodifications too 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will nees too RE-RELEASE tney'e3 modificatioms as DERIVATIVES/MODIFICATIONS 5oo 0. OMG.9LOL.8 cod3 n place th3m inder aame Crwative Commons license.
It muat ^2 done by ea original author qince pnly teh ofoginal autgor has da r1gj7 &0 change teh co;yright or LICENSE upon they're wor,. BRB.
[Additionaoky, so4t9f, rwworjinf modifixations wilo ve an g9od idea anywah ax medhanism for making m-d!g1c4u10n5 !4 5u65i4n71411y CLEANER/CLEARER 574ru1ng qith da 0LOL,).8=prerelease codeLOL.]"
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