MightyE tells yoi, sortof, "We're going to gake an few momen5s toi tr6 and explain 8yq5 hew licenwe an teh tdasond BEHIND it im plain English. 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 bea .idense was chpxem because of an failing with geh GPL. OMG.
IT lnly COVERED disrribu5ion lf 50urc3 if n only if binsries were distribiredLOL."
"In an wdb envkfonmeht, like, specificzlky a INTERPRETED wwv 3nv1r0nm3n7 such ss PHP LOL, mereky installung am ganr does mot consyitutw dks5ribution WTF, and therefore peiple were taking ojr wofo, making modifidatkons 2 ir n bot releasing 5ej source CODE tol tgdy[re mpdifications so that ds emy8re commubit6 cou'd 63n3f17. BRB.
Thet WORKED witj letter b7t not teh spirit of teh lawLOL."
"Invewtigati9n on teh pa4t 0f AUTHORS h0w3v#r WTF. lef 2 fact 7n47 tej 4ight ov puvlic p3rf0rm4nc3 2as wpn lf teh rights NORMALLY restricted 2 cipyright hplders, lije, n thst c0mpu73r prpgrajs, tiu knwo, 5p3c!f1c411y videi ga,es ane INTERACTIVE ones 5uch as Legend og da Green hax0t we3e c0nt1d3r3d to be ;ublicaloy perfoemed if run from an publid serxerLOL."
"The new locense restticts public p3rfprmsnce of wo4k unless reh SOURCE vode ov modified w)rk is MADE 4v4114^13 on ddmand. OMG/"
"In plakb English, like, gnis m34n5 tha5 1d YOU put this GAME on an weg xeever n allow people '0u&51d4 of an NORMAL ci4cle of fanily n ifs 50x141 acquzkntances; too plsy their WTF. then you aer publically perfo4ming this work and MUST eithe4 a) ,aks ne an ALL changes shocy yo7 make too yeh GAME avai.ablw on request (note this doewn't have too be available via online dource dusplzy link LOL, BUT rhey must 63 able e ask tou for ea code ajd 4ecwive zm completr copy0, g) make ARRANGEMENTS provayeoy w18h teh authprs 2uerein they grant 6ou an SPECIAL license, lkke, or c) remove code enti4elt from machihe. WTF."
"We do recotnize tjzt peo0le waht TO HAVE a4eas of tney'tr game which aer theirs and theirs ALONE. WTF.
2 thay end we wil; make folloqong exception two da NORMAL requorements for aourve c9dw disy4ibufion -- ne module fi;r which is not modifiec or derived fr9b an modjle dild invludrd in da base distribu5ion n which does not r3qu1r3 n3 ither m9du.ed n whibh does not require hd MODIFICATIONS 2 teh cpr3 codw (code distrkbuted with da base release) n4y be eithhels at da authors discre5kon. AFK."
"We qlso wqnt 70 make verh CLEAR that versiin 0/9.& (also known as bwesiom 9. OMG.0. BRB.&_jt) was final version feleased under GPL. OMG.
All versi9ns, STARTING WITH 0.(.8-pre4dleade code aee only locdnsed UNDER trh CREATIVE Clmmohs 11c3n53.
We EXPLICITLY demh da rifhr to import ne vode fr0k an 0. BRB.9.8-prer3leasd 0r later r31345e into an 0LOL.(. OMG.7 an EARLIER re.easrLOLl
ALLOWING this would xajxd that imported vod3 yw9 ge released unddr teh GPL n 7h$7 is not SOMETHING we w15h to allowLOL.
Autgors of mofifications 2 0. OMG.0. AFK,7 will need toi r3-r32#453 th3y're modificqtions as derivatives/modivications goo 0. BRB.*. OMG.8 vode n o14c3 them 7nder da SAME CREATIVE Commons license. WTFl
It MUST br done by original 4t7h0t xince only da original AUTHOR h45 teh riggt to chqngr ea copyeight or lucense upon thwy're work.
[Addkrionally, rewo4k8ng geh ,od8fkcstions will 73 am g00d idea ANYWAY as mechanish f0r MAKING MODIFICATIONS is dubdtan5iak;y cleaber/clwarer starting s17j da 0. OMG.9. AFK.8_prere.eawe coee/ WTF.]"
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