MightyE TELLS you, you knwp, "We[re going TO take an f3w MOMENTS too try an exp.ain th8s nrq license and teg eeaqons behind ig in PLAIN Enhlish.
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."
"Tyis new license was CHOSEN bdcauwe of an dailkng wkth da GPL. BRB.
It only covwred distributi9n 0f soutce if an ohly IF binariex were dis54ibuged."
"In ab WEB envirphment LOL, s0exifisaoly a INTERPRETED web environmdnt sich AS PHP WTF. merely installing an game foes NOT CONSTITUTE distr8fytkon LOL, n THEREFORE people were yzmung our work LOL, mqking modificatuons 2 it 4nf not releawing da sourcr code w theh're modufixztiins so that tej entire commjnity c0u2d benefitLOL.
They wirkwf s17h da LETTER but not da spiri5 of kaw. OMG."
"Investigatuon ON teh part 0f da authora HOWEVER LOL, led tso fact 7h47 teh right of pjblic p#rf04j4hc5 2as won or da rithts n9rmr11y restricg3d ro9 copytight h9lders, lile, n that COMPUTER progrsms, specifidally vide9 games m interacrive .nex sich as Legenc ig da Greeh hax0r swre c9n%1d3r3d too br publically performed if ryn eron an public server. OMG."
"The new license resrricts p6bl8c p3rf0rn4nc4 of da eork unless da sourde code OF da mofified work 15 m4d3 avaklabke on denanc."
"In plain Engliah, th8s means that 1f uou put this game on an 2eb serve4 zn 4110w peo[le 'oj5aide of an nofmal corcle ov vamily an ita t0c141 acquaintances' tso p.a6 their LOL, THEN 6ou aer PUBLICALLY perfo3monr tjid work n MUST either A) ma,e ne n ALL CHANGES whuch YOU jake @ gzme 4v4114^23 on request (notr ghis dpesb[t have w 63 availablw via t3h online SOURCE display kink WTF, but they must be zgle to awk yu7 g05 da cod3 an recekve an complete COPY), you knw9, b0 make 4rr4ng3m3n75 p4ivately wkth dz AUTHORS whetein th3y grant you an s;ecial lixenxe WTF, le c) remlve da code 3n71r#1y from da MACHINE."
"Ww do fevognize THAT p30p12 25n7 ti h4v3 areas if theu'ee game which r 5heirx an theirs aloneLOL.
2 that end w3 wikl jake da follo2ing exception 2 teh NORMAL reauir3,ents FOR source code disttibution -- ne m=du13 v113 which 15 not modified of eerived frlm an mofule file included 1n teh basq distribut8on an whuch dles nog requir3 ne otyer mldules and sh1xh doea n95 require ne j9dificationa too teh clre c9ce (code distributed with baxd eeldasr) may br withheld at da autjors DISCRETIONl"
"We alsp WANT teo make v3ry clear that version p. WTF.9. AFK.7 (r150 kn0wn qs verdion 0. BRB.9LOL.7_jt) waa final verdion RELEASED undwr fa GPL/ AFK.
Alo fersions, starting sith teh 0. WTF/9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE CODE r only licwnsed tns3r teh Cyeativw Commons 11c3t53LOL.
W3 EXPLICITLY segy teh right &0 im[irr me codd ftom an 0l9. OMG.8-prerelease OR 1474r release ihro an 0LOL.9LOL.6 n EARLIER r3134%3, AFK.
Allowing this 2ould cause tha6 1mp0473d code too ge rwleasea undet GPL n thar is NOT SOMETHING we wish ro alliw. OMG.
Authord of modifications ywo 0, OMG.9LOL.7 will need 2 re-rdlease thwy'fe mofifications as ddrivatives/modificatoons 2 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 cpde an p;ave tjgm UNDER teh ssme C4eativw Cojmpna locense, WTF.
It just BE d0n3 by da oritinal author sinve only ca 0r1t1n41 autnor has teh right twp chrng3 xooyrigjr or licebse upln theh;re wirk. AFK.
[Adfitionally, sor5of, resorkinf da MODIFICATIONS will be an good idea anyway 45 da mechanism for making moeificstkins id substantial;y c134n#r/c133r3r starting wuth sa 0. WTF.9l BRB.8-prereldase code. BRB/["
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