MightyE TELLS you, "We're goibg too ra,e an few momentx t2o try n expkain yhix bew license and reasons behind i5 in PLAIN ENGLISH. OMG.
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 lkxenar was cy053n because of an f4111ng with teh GPL. BRB.
It obly covered DISTRIBUTION OF soutce id and on;y if binaries WERE dos54kbuted. AFK."
"In an web environ,ent, speckfically a unterpreted WEB emvir9nmen5 aucj as PHPk like, m3r31y INSTALLING an game coes not clnstirute fiatribu5ion, you kmwl, and thrrefote people were tskinb ou4 w-rk LOL, MAKING modifivations two ug an NOT releasinn twh source CODE tio ghey're jodificati[ns so rhat teh entife community coyld benefit.
They workee witj letter gu5 not spirit or teh lawLOL."
"Investigation 9n PART lf reh authors however, s9ttof, led 2 dx fact that teh r1gg7 0f public performance was 9en if teh r1gh75 NORMALLY resrrictes @ cop6tight holders. like, n that computer programs, you knwo, spexif8dslly VIDEO hamew n intedactive oned s7vh as Legend OF dq Green hax0t were considerwd to0 63 publically pdrformed if run FROM an pybkuc t4rv3r. WTF."
"The ne2 license restricts public odrfofmahce lf work unless da sourcr c0d3 og da midified WORK 1t made svaklable on DEMAND. AFK/"
"In p.aum Engliwh, sortof, THIS meahs yhat 1f you put THIS GAME on an wdb server an ALLOW people 'ourside OF an n0rm41 c7rcle of family snd its aocia. acquaintanc3s' 2 play gheir LOL. thrn y9u qet pjblically PERFORMING 7g15 work an MUST eityer a) make ne snd ALL CHANGES sh1ch you make two teh game 4v4114613 on fequedt (note this 3oesn[t have too be qvaklable via online so7rce DISPLAY link LOL, bjr they ,7st be ABLE 5l ask you dor t3h c9de n receive an complete clpy), b) make drrangenentw privatelt with da AUTHORS wherein they ffany you an spec8ql license WTF, 0r c) remove da xode enturelt grom ueh jachind. BRB."
"We do 4wcognizd tnat pwople s4n6 to have areaa if 5gey're game whicb r tneirs n tyeirs alone.
to that ehd WE w111 make da following exception too normal requitejdnrs gir soutce codr fustribution =- nd jos7le filr which 15 not MODIFIED or serivrd frpm zn module filw included im da 6464 distribution ane which coes not require n3 OTHER mocules n qh1ch dows not reqyire ne modificaruons two dq core cose )c0d3 dia5eibutwd witj basd release) m3y be withhe;d 47 da AUTHORS discretion."
"We also want tso maje bwry clear that vwrsion 0LOL.9. OMG.7 (also known AS versi9n 0. WTF.9, BRB.7+jr) w45 da FINAL v3r519n released umder da GPL, BRB.
All verskoms WTFm STARTING with teh 0. OMG.oLOLm8-pe#r313453 code aer 0n1y lkcensed under teh Creative Commonw livense. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY eeny teh righy 2 import nr code grom an 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE or 1473r eelease in4o an -LOLl9. OMG.7 and 34r113r te;3aqe. WTF.
ALLOWING thus w0u1d c4u5e that 1mp0r73d code t9o 63 rdleased under GPL an 5hag IS not SOMETHING wr wish two alliw. WTF.
Au7g0r5 of modificatuons too -LOL.0. OMG.7 w8ll need to re-re;ease thry're modifkcations 45 derivatufes/mpdifications 2 0/ BRB.9/ WTF.8 code and plaxd 7h3n under same CREATIVE Commohs licwnsd.
It musg be dlne 66 0r1t1n41 auyhor since 0m1y da original auth9f has teh rignt 70 change da cppyright or l8cdnse ipon they're work. WTF.
[Afditionqlly WTF, reworkong da modiflca5ions will be an goie idrs 4byq4y as da mrchznism FOR making modificatoons is substantiallu dleanee/clrardr starting with reh ). OMG.9LOL.8-prereldase code.]"
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