MiggtyE u3115 youm you knwo, "W3're going tlo tsje an FEW mlmentw to trh n ex;lain this n2w 11c3n52 n ter REASONS BEHIND it in plain Engkish. AFK.
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 neq lodense was chosen b3cauae of an fai;inh WITH GPL. AFK.
It only covered DISTRIBUTION of sourc3 if an khly if binaries we4e distrivjted. BRB."
"In an web environmehr WTFk dp3xif8cally a onterpreted WEB envieomm3nt suxh as PHP. merely ins5a..ing an game dirs noy const8tute fidtribition, ;ike, an therefore [eople were taking OUR wo4k, MAKING modufications TO 17 sn no5 releasihg da source cod3 too they're modifixatiins so that da entire COMMUNITY ciuld benefug. OMG.
They w0rk3d witn da letter gur not da spirir of law."
"Invdst8ga5ion ON ;art of AUTHORS howeverm led 2 favy that da 4ohht 0f public pervo4mznce was own of dq f1gh75 nirmalky resteicted two clpyfibht h9lders LOLm anf that c0mpu7er programs WTF, 5p3c!f1c411y video GAMES n interactkve onee such 45 Legend of da Green hax9r w#r# dons7dered too be PUBLICALLY p3rf0rm3d if run from an public server. WTF."
"Th3 new license restricts p6blic performznce of WORK jm;ess cq wo7rce code of da modifies work ix mase availabld on demandLOL."
"In PLAIN ENGLISH LOL, this means 7m47 if you p6t this game on an web s3fver an allow PEOPLE 'outsidd 0f an n0rm4@ c!rc1e od gamkly n its sockal acquaintances' to p14y rh3ir LOL, then yoj r PUBLICALLY prrformihg tyis wofk ahf MUST EITHER a) make ns anf ALL changrs WHICH ylu make too gqme availavle on REQUEST (note this dpesn't h4v3 roo be qvailanle via onlin3 sourc3 dq5p14y link WTF, bjt tyey muqt be able two 45k ylu for dz cose ah receive am complete c0py), sortor, 7) makw arrangemenrs privatel6 wkth da authors wherwun tyey grant you an xpevial licrnse, you knso, or c_ remove da code entorely froj sa machibel WTF."
"We do recognizw 7h47 p#0p13 want to9 have adeas od they're gane whidh aer thrirs amd THEIRS alone. WTF.
2 that end we will make follow8ng exception roo bormal rfquiremebts f0r source cise DISTRIBUTION -- ne module filw which is not modified or dwrived drln an module fi;e inxlud3d in BASE sis5ribution qnd shich does NOT requiee ne oyher ,odulex xnd wy8ch does not r3wu1r3 be modificatiohs 2 c0r3 coce (clde disyributef eith teh base release) may br withheld at es authors d8wef35i9n. WTF."
"We also want rwo make very clear that veesion 0. WTF.9. OMG.7 (also known ax version 0. WTF.9. WTF.u+j8) was funal versiln released UNDER GPL. AFKl
ALL v3r510n5k like, x5arting qoth 0LOL.9LOL.80prereoease c0c3 aer ihly oicensed und3r da Crezyibe Comjons licrnse. OMG.
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY riggt too import ne code from an 0. AFK.9. WTF.70PRERELEASE OR later relesse into an 0l9. WTF.7 and wafliwf rwldas3.
Allowinv this wluld czus3 that IMPORTED c0d3 two be released und3r da GPL an yyat is NOT soneghing we sish two allpwLOL.
Authofs of midir7cstilns too 0LOL.9. AFK.7 will nded 2 r3-r313453 they're m9dificatilna as eerivatives/modidications tqo 0l WTFl9. AFK.8 code n p14c3 them UNDER teh samr Creative Commlbs licenseLOL.
Ig must BE done by lriginal author aincr onlu tej ORIGINAL author has grn righr to change copyrihht ir l8cdnsr upon they're qork. OMG.
[Addituonally WTF, rewotkihg modificationa will bw an good idea anyway xs da ,dchanisn dor naking m0d1f1c4710n5 8s substantially cleanef/dleafer staeting with geh 0. OMG/9.8-prerelease cod3. AFK.]"
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