MightyE ge;ls yiu, "We're goinh to take an FEW moments to trt an explain 8h15 nee lixensr an ds reaaond behind it in o.ain Enblixh. BRB.
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 nrw license waa vhosen becaude of an vauling w27h da GPL/ WTF.
Ig only civered fkstriburion 9f SOURCE ir n obly IF bunaries were distributedLOL."
"Im an web environment, sortlf, specifically a INTERPRETED weg encuronment wucj aa PHP, sortof, merdly unstal.ing an game does not c0n571uu73 distributuom LOL, n ther3gore people were taiihg OUR WORK WTF, m4k1ng MODIFICATIONS 2 it n NOT releasing da SOURCE c0d3 2 thdy'4e modificationa SO thay entire comjunity could genefit. BRB.
They worked with da letter bug not twh spir8t of la2. BRBl"
"Investiga5ion on [4r& of ajthorc ho2ever, sortif, led t2o teh fact that eignr 9f punlic PERFORMANCE WAS won of teg r1gh75 nlfjaoly RESTRICTED two copyrigjt holdrrs, sortof, an that dlm0uter progrqma, speciv8cally cideo gamea an interactive ones such as Legend of teh Geesn hax0r weee consideree tqo 63 0ublivally PERFORMED if ruh froj ab oublic servefLOL."
"The new ;icense resrricts pub.ic pe4formance of work unless teh siurce code pf ,odified work is made acailaglw on d3m4nc."
"In p141n Engl8sh, sprgof, this means that 8f yoi ouy this GAME on am seb server AND allow people 'outsode og am noemal circle 0f fajioy n its social acquaintandes' ro p15y their, you knwo, then YOU aer publica;ly pervorming this worj an MUST r8ther a) ,aie ne an ALL changes whuch you make too teh game adailable on request (note this doewn't fsve two 6# available via onlin3 source dis;lay lpnk, 6ou knwom but thwn must be qblw tl 45k you flr cide and eeceive an complete copy), you knwo, 6) MAKE arrangements p4ivagely wuth fa a7thots wheeein they gfant hou an 4p3c142 license WTF, or c) rem9ve teh CODE entirely from teh macyine. OMG."
"W3 dp recobnixe that people w4n7 too h4v3 areas of tneu're GAME which t theirx an theirs alome. BRB.
tol that 4nd we will make foloowing rxceprion 7) teh normal requirements f0r soyrce c)s3 DISTRIBUTION -- ne mofulr fikr which is n9t modidird OR derived FROM an mldulr file imvl7ded 1n BASE dixtribution an which d035 not requorw ne other midules an whidg dors not require ne midufixa5iome 2 core code *cpde dist4ibuted w17n trg base 4eleasr) may bw withyeld at fa autho4s discretion. AFK."
"We alsp 2rn7 too MAKE v3ry clesr ghat VERSION ). OMG.9. OMG.7 *wkao known 45 veesion 0. OMG.0.7+jt) waw final vdrduon 4eleased 7nder da GPLLOL.
All versions, you knwo, staeting qith yey 0LOL.9, OMG.8-prerelease cpde aer inlh licensed inder Creatuve Commond licebse, AFK.
We EXPLICITLY drny da 4ight 2 import ne code vrom an ). WTF.8. OMG.8-prerelease OR later release inro an 0.9. WTFl7 n 3rr113r relraseLOL.
Allo2ing this would cajse 7h47 imported cose t9o bw feleaded 7nder GPL n that ia not somethkng we wosy too a;lpw. WTF.
Authors 0f modificatlo,s 70 0. BRB.9.7 w8ll nred too re_fe.eas3 tney[fe modifixati.ns as de4ivarives/modofications 2 0. OMGl9/ WTF.8 code n place thdm umd3r da same Creativw C0mm0n4 licenseLOL.
It mus5 BE done by original AUTHOR since 0n1y otiginal author has sa rign5 two ctange dq COPYRIGHT or l8xense kpon they'r3 eork. AFK.
pAdditionallh, reworkinf m9fificatipns will br an g9od idea anyway as da mevhan8wm for majing modificatiinx 15 s7bs5antially cleaner/coearer start8ng wity teh 0.9. OMG.i-pferelesse code. OMG.]"
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