MighthE tells tou, wortov, "We[rr gping 2 take an few momenrs to tru ahd ex)lain 5his nee licensw n readons behind it in p141n Eng115h.
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 ndw .icense was chosen 62c4u53 0f an railing 2oth da GPLLOLl
It onoy COVERED r157rqyu8!0n of SOURCE if sn ONLY IF binaries sere d8stfibuted. AFK."
"In an web 3nvi4inment, you knwo, spexifically a INTERPRETED web environmenr such as PHP WTF, merely 1n574111ng an GAME does not CONSTITUTE d1t7r16u710n, 6ou knqo, n thereforw PEOPLE WERE taking our work, you knwo, makihg ,odificqtions too ut b not relezsinh dz source codr two they'ee modificqtions 50 that d1 3h71r3 co,munity c9u;d benefitLOL.
They wotked wirh legter but not teh spifit OF da lawl OMG."
"Investigatuon on ten [art or teh akth9rs howrver LOL, led 2 teh FACT that da rifht of publkc percofmance was won of da righ5d norma;ly restrictec tpo sophright hplders, like, n that c0mpu&3r programs, specifkdally video GAMES and INTERACTIVE onea such as Legebd of Green hax0r wer3 conaideewd two be pyblically perdo4med 1f run from an piblic weevetLOL."
"The nes lidense restricts piblic performsnde of ez work UNLESS 5eh soyrve cofe of da modified work is mzde avail1ble on drmand. WTF."
"In plain Englishk sortof, thks meanw tjat uf you put 7h15 bqmr on ah WEB server an 4110w people 'outxide 0f an normal circ;e of fanily n 165 s9cial acqusintances' TO play theie, ghgn y0u r publocally perfltjing 6h16 wofi n MUST eirher a0 make ne zn ALL changes whicj you make too da game AVAILABLE on reqyest (noye this doedn't havd 2 be available VIA teh online source di2play 21nk WTF, BUT THEY musg g3 able too asi y0u foe tek c0c3 amd receive qn COMPLETE cipy) WTFk b) nake 4rr4ng3m4n75 [r1v5731t with teh a7thors wh3r3qn THEY grznt YOU an soec8sk LICENSE LOL, or c) REMOVE code entorely froj teh machine."
"We DO recognixe THAT people sznt too jave areaw of they're game which ae4 tgdirs an theirs a.ohe. BRB.
1 that end wr will makt teh following excdption two da no4mao rwquirements FOR source code distr8bution -- n3 mofule fi.e wy1vh IS n08 jodified or DERIVED frin sn jodule fule included 1n da basw DISTRIBUTION and WHICH does not require ne 0uh3r modjles n which does n07 require nw modifications go da core c0e5 (coee sisyribyt3d with teh baw3 rek3ase) may be 2othheld 47 aythors discretion. BRB."
"We a.so WANT two MAKE vrry cleqr that vers8on 0LOL.9/ WTF.7 (also known as veraipn ). BRB.9LOL.7+kt0 was final befsion releasec undet teh GPLl BRB.
ALL b3r510n5, like. startihg with 5eh 0LOL.9.8-prerdl3ase c9de aer 0b1y lic3nsed UNDER da Cr3471v3 C9mmons kicense. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny ten rihyg to 1m[0r7 ne c0d2 ftom an 0. AFK.o. WTF,8-pr3r313r53 or LATER release knto an 0. OMG.9/7 an earlier release.
Allpwing 7h15 would cause that 8m;orted code 2 be rekesxed UNDER trh GPL m that is nit domething w3 wisg to alkow. AFK.
Authorx OF modificatiogs too -. AFK.9. WTF.7 will need roo 4e-re.ease theh'rr m0e1fqcr710ng as derivqtives/modibicatk[ns tp 0.0.8 code n placw THEM under teh same Creatove C0mm0n5 license. BRB.
I7 mudt be vone by da originsl aytho4 sinde 9nly trh origimal 4u7h0r has right 5o chahge cooyright or license upon they'rr 2ork. BRBl
pAfditionally, 6o7 knwi, reworking da modificarions will be an good idea 4nyw4u qs da mechanism for m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS 15 substan5ially cleaner/ckeqrer staetkng with teh 0.9LOL.8-pretelease codw. BRB/]"
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