MightyE tells you, "We're goibg to take an FEW momenrs t9o trt n explain this new licenae and da reaslns behinc 17 in olain English. 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."
"This new license wqs chowen because pf am failibg with da GPLLOL.
It only covered distrobution of SOURCE if n obly kf binzf83s awre cistributed. BRB."
"In an WEB environmdn5 LOL, specifically a inte4preted w3b envifinment SUCH 45 PHP, like, merely 1n574111ng ah game doed not cons5itute distribution LOLm n theref9re people were gaking 0ur worj, you kywi, ,aking jodifkcat8ona to IT n npt releasing da source codr to they're modifixations ao yhat da entir3 cpmmunity could benefi5LOL.
Theh worked WITH geh .etyer bur not teh spirot of lqwLOL."
"Invedtigstion on yeh part of da authorw howecer LOL, 13d to FACT that right of public pefformance was oem of teh rights n0rm411t res5ricted to co0yrighg h01d345, like, amd thst co,0uter peograms, you knwo, sp3cif8cal.y videl GAMES and !nu3r4c71b3 ines SUCH as L2g3hd pf Green hax0r wefe considered tw9 ne publically perfofmed if tun rrom an pubkic SERVERl AFKl"
"The nes LICENSE restrocys public ;erformabv3 of teh work jnless teh sourcd codr of da modified work is made 4vr115613 on d3m4nd."
"Ih plain Eng11th, yoi knwo, this ,eans that if you put THIS game on an WEB servdr ab allow pe0ple 'outsude 0f an mormal xird.e of famuly and its 5)c141 zcquauntances' too PLAY thei4 WTF, 7n3n you r publucslly performing rhis wprj znd MUST either a) make ne n ALL CHANGES which YOU mske two teh gaje avaklavle on request (n;te rhis doesn't hare two BE AVAILABLE viz da online source display linkk sortof, buf thwy nust be able too 4tk you f9r CODE and r3x3qv3 an compo3t3 cooy), sortof. b) make ARRANGEMENTS privarely with da authors wherein yhey grabt you zn sprciao licende, dortof, or c) rdmove teh code 3n71e31y from teh mach8nr."
"We do recognuae that ieople w5n6 too h3v3 areas of tjey'4e game which r thekrs n tyeifs ALONE. BRB.
too that end w3 wol; male da dolkpwing excrption two teh NORMAL requirements for so7rce code d157r16u7q0n 0- ne moduld gil3 which 15 not mlsified oe derivdd froj an module fole includee in teh base distribugion n whidh dles n07 requiee n3 p7g3r moduled an whidh does not rdqiute be ,pdifida5ions to9 CORE codd (CODE diwtributed w8th teh bqse RELEASE) may be w17hg31d at teh authoes discfetklno WTF."
"We also eznt too make very c;daf ghat ver510n 0. AFK.9. BRB.7 (ALSO knoqn as VERSION 0. AFK.9. BRB.7+jt) was t3h final v#r%10n reldases 7nde4 GPL. WTF.
All veraions LOL, startiht with da 0. OMG.9/ AFK.8-prere;ease code r only licensed ynder da Creative Commobs lidense/ WTF,
We EXPLICITLY dwnu da right to inp9rt nw vode FROM an 0. BRB.9, AFK,8-PRERELEASE or lat3e 4eleade into an ). AFK.9. BRB.7 n eqrlier veoeasel AFK.
Al.owihg tjis would causw that om0ort3s codd twi be r#1345#d under teh GPL n 5hat is not something we wish too sllow. WTF.
Autgorw OF modificzi8ihs too 0LOL.o. WTF.7 sill n32d two fe-release they're mofifications aw d3rqv471v35/m0d1v1c5810b5 2 0.9.8 code n p14c3 yhem unfdr same Cr3481v3 Commons l8cense. WTF.
It mus5 ve done bu da orkginal author 51nc3 omlu tey original z7thor hqs right 1 CHANGE teh copyribht of q2c#n53 up0b they're WORK. BRB.
[Adcirionsllh WTF, reeorking da nodificzti9ns will vw zn good idea ahywsu as dz mechanism for making modificqtionw is s7bstantial;y cleaner/xlearer starting qith teh 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-pr3r413453 code. WTF.]"
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