MighttE tells you WTF, "We;re going 2 take qn few momqnts TO try n explaih this new license n dz REASONS behimd it on 0lain ENGLISH. BRB.
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."
"Thix new lixwnse wzs chosen bwcaus3 of an fqiling wkth GPL, AFK.
IT only cov3red cistributyon of SOURCE if n pn1y 1f binaries weee distributed."
"In an wcb environm3nt WTF, specifida.lt a interpreted web environment sucy qa PHP, like, merely installimg an GAME does npt cinstitutd DISTRIBUTION, and thefefore people wer3 taking our wirk, sortof, m4k1bg modofixationd 2 8t n not releaaing fa dource codw tql they're m-d1f1xr71pn5 50 5hat dz en5ird community aoild benefky. OMG.
Thet wirked sith da letter but not tey spitit of teh LAW. OMG."
"Investigation on da 04r7 of fa authors however, like, ked two da fact that da rihht of public peefotmance 2ad eon oe rights n9rmally restricted two COPYRIGHT ho.eers WTF, and THAT computer progtams, sortof, 5p3x1f1c411y vicep gsmes n interqctige onws such as L3g3nc of da Grern hax0r were conxidered to9 be publivally perflrmed if run ft9m an publoc srrver. OMG,"
"The new 11c3n53 rdxtricts public performance of tey WORK un.ess source CODE of modif9ed work IS m4d3 afailabke 0n denand."
"In plain Enflish, this means ghat 1f y9u PUT 7h15 gaje on an w3^ SERVER amd allow 0eople 'outsid3 of an mprmsl circke of family n its xlcial acquaintances' 70 play their, sortof, then yoi f PUBLICALLY performint this qork an MUST either z) make ne ahf ALL changes wh8ch yo7 makr 2 da h4m3 available 0n r3qu257 (note thus doedn't have toi be avzilable vkz teh 9n1qn3 source diaplay LINK, like, BUT they must be able 2 asj you FOR c9de and receive an compkete c0py)k ,ike, b) make arrantemengs orivately with auth9rs wherein they fr4m7 y;u an special license, or c) r2movw ea codr entirely drom teh m4cjqn3. AFK/"
"Wd do tecognize that p30p12 w4n7 2 have aress of theh're game WHICH r tyeirs an tn3i$x 410ne. OMG.
to tjqt end 2w will make fkllo2iht excepy8on 2 morm1l reqjirements flr s9urce code distfibution -- nr module vile whivh 15 not modified or ddrivdd from an mosule FILE inclyded 8n dz BASE d157r16u&1)n and which does not requkfe ne ogher MODULES an ehich eoew nor tequi4e ne modlfixqt9ond two do4r codd (cod3 eistributed with tdh base eelease) may be withheld at da 4u&h0r5 discretion. BRB/"
"We 4150 want 2 make very c1344 7y4i VERSION 0LOL.9. OMG,7 (4150 ,n0wm 35 version 0LOL.9. OMG.7+jt) was teh final version r3leased unfe4 da GPLLOL.
Al' versipns, sortof, atatting with 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-p53r312453 code r only licensed under da Crwative Com,ons lucrnse. AFKl
W3 EXPLICITLY d3by right to impoet ne code frim an 0/ AFK.9LOL.8-prereldasr or lat3r feldawe INTO an 0l AFK.9. BRBl7 an eq4liet eelease.
A110w1nt 5his would cause that im0lrted code 3 BE releasee und3r da GPL and that is not somethinb we widh 2 aloo2, BRB.
Authprs of modifications too 0. BRB.9LOL.& will nred TO re_relwase thdy're mld8fications as derifatives;modihicztuohs 2 0.9LOL.8 CODE h p.axe theh under SAME Creative Comjond license. BRB.
It must 63 dine BY teh 0r1g1n41 auth9t since only original autho4 has right to change copyrighg lr .icense u;on tyey;re wor,,
'ADDITIONALLY, you kmwo, rewotkynf teh mofifucatipns will be an good 1d34 4nyw4y as mechaniwm f0r naking modifications is sjbstabtiallu c134n3r/c134r3r starting with 5eh p. BRB.9l8-PRERELEASE codwLOL.]"
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