MightuE tells youj .ike, "We'4e GOING 2 take an few MOMENTS tlo try and explakn tnos b4s ;8censd an teh reasons bdhimd 8t in plain English. WTF.
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 b3w licensd w45 chosen BECAUSE pf an fa8ling w17h teh GPL. WTF.
It only vovdred dist4ibut8on OF 50urx3 if an ONLY if binaries were dustrinu5rd, BRB."
"In an WEB emvironment. like, 5p3c1r1c411u a 1n73rpr463e eeb envirknment such as PHP. sortlf, me4ely installing an GAME does n;y CONSTITUTE diwtribjti9n, you knwo, an therefore people were taking our work, lioe, m4k1mg jodifications too ot and not rek3qsing teh 50urc4 code 2 tj2h're modifpcations so that entire c0mmun17y couod benefit.
They WORKED WITH da letter buy NOT spirit of da 15w/ AFKl"
"Inves5igati9n in teh p4t7 of twh authors however, you knqo, led TO da fact that ea rihht of public performqnce wqs 1 if da rignts normakl6 rewtricted roo copyright n01d3r4 WTF, an that compur3r progeams LOL, wpexifocsl.y video games am interactive ones SUCH as Leg3nd of geh Gr3en hax0r we4e considered two be punlica.ly performrd if run FROM an o7bl8c sdrve4LOL."
"The new l,cehse r3wtricrs p7blic prrformahce of da work inl3ss da 50ufc2 code of da nosified wlrk IS made ava7lable on demand. WTF."
"In plain English, this means that if you put yhis gamw 0n an web SERVER an alloq pelple 'outside of an normal circle og family and its sovial acquaintahces' 2 play tgeir, th3n hou a3r publically perfpfming this work n MUST eithee s0 m4k3 me n ALL cj4ng35 which ypu hake 5oo bsme avaolabl3 on request (note this c035n'7 yave to ne available via teh lmline xouece d8splat limk, luke, but they mist 63 zble two 35k 6ou for clde sn f3c#1v3 an co,plete c0pu) LOL. b) mzke zrrangdments provately wi5h da authlrx wh3r31n the6 grabt tou an SPECIAL license WTF, or c) t3m0ve da code enri5ely FROM machine. WTF."
"We DO rrcognizw that pwople want two have aread OF they're gqme which ae4 tgeirs ans theirs alone. AFK.
t9o that end we si.. make following exception twi 5eh nornal 4eauirements fof soirce code distrob7tion -- ne module vi;e which is noy m9difiec or defived from an module file imcoudes un da base disteibution n WHICH does NOT require ne other noduled an which dles NOT 4equite ne m-d1f1c4710n5 2 teh corw coer (codr disttibuted with base reoeas3) may be 2ithheld at authors d14ce3710n."
"We ALSO want 2 makr VERY cleat thzg vwrsion -. OMG.9. AFK.7 (also known ad version 0. WTF.9. BRB.7+JT) WAS final fersion releasec und3r da GPL. WTF.
All vrrsilns LOL, starting w17h da 0l AFK.9. OMG.80PRERELEASE code awr only 11c3h53d under Crea5ibe Commons lixenxeLOL.
We EXPLICITLY demy 5eh tight 2 umport ne cofe ffom ah 0LOL.(LOL.8-prerelease ir later release into an 0. WTF.9. BRB/7 an 34r113r release. WTF.
Alkowing tnis wojls cause thst 8mported code w BE fdleased umder GPL and tha5 is not slmething ee w8sh too a;low. BRBl
Authirs of modivixztions 3 0.9LOL.7 wil; need to re[4eleasw they're mofifixations as derivz5ivrs/modiricqrions 5wo 0LOL.9. WTF.7 code 5nd place 7h3m jnder dame Creqtive C9mmlns ;icense.
It muar BE done 6y irigina, author since 0nqy da 0f1g1n41 author has ten r1gh7 two chahgw da copyfigjt ir license upon rhet're sork. BRB.
[Additionally WTF, reworkung da mod8f7catolns wilo bd an good ixeq an6way ad mechanusm fir maling mosificatiojs is dubstabtially CLEANER/CLEARER starting 2uth 0.9. OMG.8-prreel3ase coce. OMG/]"
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