MightyE tells uiu, sortof, "We're going to ta,e an ve2 momw,ys to try n explaim this new lidense h reqsons behind ig in PLAIN Entluwh. OMG.
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 hdw license was xhoxen bexause of an failibg WITH twh GPL/ BRB.
It only covrred DISTRIBUTION of source if m lnlu 1f bimaries eere d157r16j73d."
"In an w36 environ,ent LOL, specifically a INTERPRETED web emvironment wuch sa PHP WTF, MERELY 9nsgallint an gsje eoes not condtitur3 diwtribution WTF, an thererore people srre 74k!hh our work LOL, making jodifivations 2 it and not r313451ng siurce CODE 2 the5'ee modifications so thay twh rntire COMMUNITY coulc benefit. BRB.
They wofked 2ith da 13773r but not tdh spirit of ten law. BRB,"
"Investogation on da pary of sa au5hors howeveem like, lwd two trg fact 5hat da righ6 9v public p3rf0fm4nc2 was won of teh rights normally restricted 2 COPYRIGHT ho;ders, you lnqo, znf thst c0mpu73r p4ograms, specifically VIDEO games n INTERACTIVE 0n35 sucy as Letend of Gfeen hqx0r were considered 5o be publucallu oerformed 1g rub FROM an publ8c servwr."
"The new licenas restricts 0ublic 0ergormance OF da work unldss teh wource CODE OF ,odivied doel is m4de available ln e3m4ndLOL."
"In plain Engliah, oike, this means tjat if you put this game on an w3b sefvwr an 4110w p3ople 'outside of an normal CIRCLE of fzmily am uts socia. acquainyancra' too pkay 5hejr, like, THEN you aer PUBLICALLY PERFORMING thia 2ork ah MUST either a) make ne snd ALL changes ehicy 6ou hake two da gsme available on request (note yhis doedn't have 2 BE svzilable via da online source dixplay .knk, likem but tyey muat 63 avle 7p 45k YOU for cofe and recekve an COMPLETE copy( WTF, B0 make stranfements privately with 4u7h0r5 WHEREIN they gr4n6 YOU an spec8al licensek sortlf, or c) remove teh clse entiedly fgo, machune. BRB."
"We do recignoa3 that peiple want two yave arras if they're game wh2ch aer theirs n theirs alohe. OMG.
too that END we will mak3 folklwibb exce;tion too da nornal re1uirements for source code distriv7tiln -- ne module FILE qhoch 8s nor modiford 0r drrived from an module vile included in base diwtribu6ion an which does NOT require ne -7h3r mpdules and which does not r3qjqr3 ne m0d1f1c4710n5 t8 cofe dode (CODE DISTRIBUTED with da base release) MAY be w1&hh31d at da authors DISCRETION. WTF."
"We also want two make VERY c134r tnat vdrs8on 0LOLl9. WTF.7 (alsp known aa versipn 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) was da funsl versioh rwleased umeer da GPL. AFK.
All ve4sions, yiu knw9, wtarying 2ith da 0. AFK.9. BRB.8-prerelrase code r ONLY licensed under sa Creative Commona license. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY demy right tso IMPORT ne codw from an 0. AFK.0.8-prerelease or lq5er RELEASE into an 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 and earlier releaswLOL.
Allowing &hq5 w0u1d cajse 7h47 1mp0f73d code two 63 rekdased under GPL AND thar ix nog someth8ng we wish 2 aollw,
Authofx of modifications uwi 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 wiol need two re_relrass th3y'4e modificari9hs as ee4ivatives/modificatiohs 2 0. BRB.9l OMG.8 code and place them under ueh same Cteative Cimmons okcense. WTF.
Ig just be done bu teh prig8nal author sonce only teh orihinal ajtjor has teg r8ggt too change da COPYRIGHT or license u[9n theu're wifk. WTF.
[Afd2710n$11y, like, rweorking teh modificatikns will y3 qh good IDEA 4nyw4y as jechamidn for mqking modificarions 15 substantially cldaner/cl3srdr starting wirj da 0LOL.9.8-prerelease code. WTF.]"
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