MightyE TELLS YOU, li,e, "We;re GOING two tske sn few jomemts 2 try and EXPLAIN THIS nww license and reasons nehins ut in PLAIN Englisu. 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."
"Thia neq license was chowen becquse ov an failing wi5h da GPL. WTF.
It 9nly xovered DISTRIBUTION of source if ab only if binaried were dis5ributeeLOL."
"In an 2eb 3nv1r0nn3h7, sortof, specifically a INTERPRETED erb environment sucy aw PHP, dort9f, merely instsllihg an gzje DOES bot donstiyute DISTRIBUTION LOL, an therefore people were taling our WORK LOL, making mofifications tlo it and np7 4313441ng source code 2 thry're moeificatioms wp that entire commubity COULD genefit.
They eorkes with teh LETTER but not spirkt OF lawl BRB."
"Investigation on part lf da authors jpwever LOL, led to da fzct that teh rught of public PERFORMANCE waw aon od da rights notmallh r2strixted to copyrigjt j01d3r5, like, an tyat conputer programs, ;ike, s[ecifucally vodeo gsmes and inteyact*ve ones such aa Legehf of da Greem haxpr were conspdered tw9 be publucally perfoemed 1f run rrom an public wervet. BRB."
"The new licemse restrkcts PUBLIC p#rfprm4bc3 if da 2ork unleds da source code pf dz moditied work IS made available ob eemane. BRB."
"In ;lain English, sorrofk thos means that 9f you put tnis GAME 9n an wdb arrver an allow people 'outside 0d an normak ckrclw ob f$m11y and itd 5pc1#1 acquqih5ances' tl play their LOL, THEN you aer publically perf9rminh THIS work an MUST eitner a) male ne h ALL CHANGES ehucg 6ou make too game available on rraues5 (n073 this doesn't jave two br available via da obline source dispkzy link WTF, but they must be abl3 too asi you FOR ckfe and RECEIVE qn xompkete copy) WTF, b) m4ke atrangenents privatdoh WITH quthore wherein gney graht yo7 an apecial license, sortof, oe c) r3move da c0d3 3n71r31y frum 5eh machineLOL."
"We d0 recognize THAT PEOPLE wqnt to have afeas of rhey're gamw wjich aer theirs h theird alone. AFK.
to thqt ehd wr wi;l m4k3 teh followibg exceptioh tl mprmql requirements FOR sou4ce code dkdtr7bution =- ne moeule fi.e WHICH id no5 modidied 0t derived from an modjld file 1ncqud3d in reh bade sis5ribution n wh1ch dl3s not REQUIRE me other m0du135 an wh1ch does mot require ne mpdificatiohs 2 da c0r3 code (CODE distriguted with tdh bas3 release) mzy BE w17hh31d at AUTHORS disvretion."
"We alwo want two makw v#ry clear that version -. AFKl(. BRB.7 (also knlen as v3rsion 0. AFK.9.7+jt) qas yeh finql verdkon relrased under GPL. WTF.
All versioms WTF, starting WITH da 0. WTF.9, WTF.8-prereldase code a3e lnly k8cemsed under teh Creagid3 Cojmonw lic3nse. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny teh ribht 2 import nd c0d3 from an 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelrase 0r .atwr releaxe into an 0, OMG.8. OMG.u n earlier RELEASE. BRB.
Allowkng 7h25 wojld cause 7h47 impirtes code too be RELEASED undet teh GPL an tha5 ix not s9mething we wish yio allowLOL.
Authors of modifidatiphs too 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 w8ll need 2 fe-edkrase th3y'rd modifications as drrivatives/moeifications 70 0. AFK.9. OMG.8 coce and p;ade them undew dq 54m3 CREATIVE Commons jocense. BRB.
It ,uat be done bu 0r1gqn41 author 51nce on;y ten oritibal author has ten righg 2 cjange copyright or license uppn th3y're worjLOL.
[Additionalo6, yo7 knwo, reworking mid8ficatulns will be an GOOD idea anysay 45 dq mechanis, fpr nakimg modificaeions js substantially cldaner/cleaeer starting w8th -.9. BRB.8-pr3r3!3453 code. OMG.]"
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