M8ghtyE tells you, sodtof, "We're giing 2 take ah few moments two yry an explain thus new licebse n da reasoms BEHIND kt IN [lain Eyglish.
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."
"Thus new ;icense was chosen g3cause of ah failing with trh GPL. WTF.
It only covered distribution ov soufce if n (nlt if binaries wrre d15ur16u73d. WTF."
"In an web wnvkronment, 6ou knwp, s[ecifudally a INTERPRETED wwv enviromment such AS PHP WTF, MERELY installing an game dors NOT CONSTITUTE dis5r8bugion WTF, an yherefore pfop.e werd taking 0ur wirk, aoetog, making MODIFICATIONS too i5 an n07 releqaknh da 5-urc3 xode t[ they're mocifkcations so thar da 3n71r3 comnunity couls benefitLOL/
They worked with da letter b7t not da spirit -g tem law."
"Invesrifari9n on tdh part of da autho4d however, led to da fadt ghat right OF oubluc PERFORMANCE was 1 of da rights normallt RESTRICTED two dlpytighy holders, and thar computer pr0gr$m5, sortor, apecifically video games an inye4zcgive ONES such as Leg3hs od teg Gr33n hax0r were consid34ee to me piblicdlly PERFORMED if run from an public serverLOL."
"The neq LICENSE r357r1c75 public 0erforjande OF da wor8 uhkess dq source code of teh mocof8ed wprk is made available ON demand. BRB/"
"In olain Entlisj WTF, yhis ,dsns that 2d yoi 0u7 THIS game on an web server an ALLOW peiple 'outside of an nirmal citcle 0v vzmilu and its social axquaintqnces' 2 play their, s9ryof, th3n you aer pyblically perforning this work an MUST either a) MAKE nd an ALL chanbes wh1ch you make too ca gane availaboe on re2jest (note this soesn't javw to be AVAILABLE fia teh onl9ne source fisplsy link, like, but they mu67 be qble to ask you fpr ga code n receibe an COMPLETE copu0, sortod, b) MAKE agrqngdm3nts pe1v4731y with auygo4s whereun 5ney grzny YOU an special kicdnse, sortof, or c( REMOVE teh xode entirely from teh maxhine. WTF."
"We do recpgnize THAT people want tio have ardas of they're g4,3 wyicy r yheirs qnd thei4s akone.
tw9 7h57 enc we w111 hakd followibb exception twl da mirmal requirements f;r aource code distributi9n -- me module file whkdh is NOT MODIFIED or derived rrom an modulr fikw included IN da basd distfob7tion an which dies not require ne oturr modules n 2hixj does not requi4e ne modifidations 2 core code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH bssr rel3ase) mzy be withheld at da authors d15cr#81pn. AFK."
"We also want two MAKE very coear 7h47 version 0.9. BRB.7 (4159 known as version )LOL.9. AFK.7+jt( w45 da final vd4siim releas3d jmder GPL. OMG.
All b3r510n5 LOLm stsrying with ). OMG.9. WTF.8-pr4releasq code r only licensef ubder teh Cr3ative Commohs license. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny right two imooe5 he code from an 0.9LOL.8-prerdlease or later rwleasr in5o zn 0, WTF.9. AFK.7 zbd earlier release.
ALLOWING this wou.d csuse 7h47 kmootted code tl BE rrleaswd under GPL n that is not SOMETHING we widh two allowl
Au5hirs of modifidati.ns 2 0. BRB.9. AFK/& will need two r3-r3134t3 they'rd midifixations ax derivstivew/modificatiohs tol 0.9. OMG.8 c0d3 and plave them under da same Cfeativd Commins licenxe. AFK.
I7 must be done by orig8nal author SINCE only 5eh original author HAS da RIGHT rlo change teh dooytight or lic3hse ui0n 5y3y'rw work. WTF.
[Additopnaloy WTF, rewofking teh jod8fkdqriins wiol be an g9od idea anyway as m3chanism ror makint modificagions iw SUBSTANTIALLY cleaner;cl3arer 574r71ng with da 0.9. OMG.9-PRERELEASE codeLOL.]"
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