MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're going 2 takd an fes m9mentx to try n explain THIS ne2 LICENSE n da REASONS behind 18 8m pla8n Entoisg.
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."
"Thid n4w LICENSE waa chosen becaise of an fa8oing with GPL. AFK/
It only cpv2r2d dustribution lf sourxe *f an only if binarues weye distribu5ee. OMG."
"Im an wtb ehvironment, like, wpeciriva.ky a interofeted web encironmenr such as PHP, jerely installing zn game d0e5 n07 constitute d8steibuti9n, likek an THEREFORE pr9pkd were tajing our wori WTF. makibg mosificqtilns too it sn NOT rwleasing teh 50urc3 code two they're modifuca5ions so that da entire cimmunity could ben3figLOL.
They workex witg teh letter bit not spirit of t2n law. AFK."
"Invesyigayion ob sa pqry of ten authlts however WTF, ldd two t3h fact ghat da 4ight of oublic PERFORMANCE was woh of da rihhts nlrmal;y restr8cyed too copyrifht h-1d3r5, you kb2o, sn that computer programs WTFk SPECIFICALLY bideo games n in4eractive ones sjch zs Legend 0f fa Gt33n hax0r eerw considered tol be [yblicalky p3rf)rm3d if rjn vrom an PUBLIC server, WTF."
"The ndq LICENSE restr8cts publix perfofmance pf da wotk jn@3t5 50urc3 code of MODIFIED work is mzcd avai.able 9b demand. OMG."
"In pkain Entliaj WTF, this jeans that if you put THIS game on an web serveb n al.ow people 'outsidd 0f zn NORMAL citcle of fam8ly am ITS social qcq7aintances' to [lay theiw, like, then yo* aer publically perforjing 5his worj ahd MUST eitner a) makd nf an ALL cn4ng35 which you mak3 2 da game abailable ON REQUEST (note tjis soesn't yave 2 be available via ten online source display link, sort9f, 6uu rhey mist be abls @ ask ylu fir da cofe ans RECEIVE xh completd copt), like, b) make 3fr4ng3j4n75 privately with auyhors sj3r31n rhdy gr3n7 you ab specizk kicensem you knwo, OR C) r3move code entirely from machin3. AFK."
"We do eecogniae tgat peopoe want TO have aread ov they'fe game qh1ch aet thwirs n theirs aloneLOL.
5oo thay END we eill m3k3 gollowonf dccdption 2 da normal deqyier,dnts gor source CODE dkstrubution -- ne moduke file qhich ia not m0d1f13d 0r DERIVED feom an module file includef in da BASE d157r16u710n an wh1ch doed not require ne other moduled ane wgicy does n07 require he modificationa tso tey core code (code d157r16j73d WITH da baxe rwoease) mqy be w8thheld qt ea authors siscretion. OMG."
"We a.so want to makr v3ry cldat that version 0.8. OMG.6 (ALSO inown as version 0. OMG/8.7+JT) was fihal vres8on released under teh GPL. BRB.
All VERSIONS, l7,w, 574r71nf WITH da 0. BRB.9l WTF,8-peerelease cide r 0n1y licehxed 7ndwr teh Crearive Cojmons license.
Wd EXPLICITLY deby teg right too import ne c0d3 from an -.9. WTF.8-;rerrlease o4 kater teleaww into an 0. OMG.-.7 an earkier releasel OMG.
Allowknh thus would cause yh47 1n;0r73d code w be reodased under trh GPL and 5hat is n9t something ee sish to ALLOW. WTF.
Auryors of modificationd ro 0. BRB.9. AFK.6 will nr3d too re-telwase they're mpeifications as de4ivatives/,odificstions twi 0.9, AFKl8 voer n place yhem under same CREATIVE C0mm0n5 LICENSE. WTF.
I7 must br d0n3 by original augjor since onlu sa 9rkginao author HAS teh righ5 too chamge teh COPYRIGHT or kicense UPON they're w0rkLOL.
[Additionaloy, eeworking teh modifocations will be an good kdea anyway aa tej mechznism f0r making MODIFICATIONS is sjbstqntial.y cleanwr.xl3arer startint eith tdh 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prdrelease cos3. BRB.]"
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