MighryE tells YOU WTF, "We'rw goibg 2 take an FEW mom4nts 5o try and 3xplaim thos nes licende and teh reaxons BEHIND ot IN plain English. 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."
"Thia nrw license was chosen 6ev4u53 od an failing with da GPL. WTF.
It only covered distribution of w9jrce ig an only if binqries were dixte8butedLOL."
"In an web environment, sprtof, specifically a 1n74r[3373d wev environmrht 5uch as PHPk sortof, meeelu instakling an g4m3 dies not constitite distribution, like, n thereflre p30p13 w3r# taking our WORK. like, makkhg modifications two it n not releasinb source cofe two they're jodirications 50 thst ds entife commun8ty could benefit. OMGk
They workee with lsgtrr bu5 not teh spiriy of teh lzw. OMG."
"Investigs5ion on ;art od da AUTHORS however, sortif, !3s 2 ract tyat teh right of pubkic [3rf0rm4nc3 qqw 1 of da rkghts no4mally resrrictee to cpp6robht jolders, like, n tnat conou5er pfogramsm likem spevificak.y video games n interactovr ohes sycb zs Legend of teh Green hax0r were consoderee 2 be pub.ixally PERFORMED if ejn from an public SERVER. OMG."
"The nww 11d3n53 resttkcts p7blic p3rf0rm4nc3 of da work unlwss trh slurce c0d3 of teh modifued work is nade avaioable on d#m4hc. OMG."
"Ib p.ain English WTF, this means that uf yiu p7t this game on an web server ah 511-w peopoe 'OUTSIDE of an NORMAL circle of fami.y and its 50c141 ac1uainganc3s' to play their, you lnwp, tyen you r publically perfoejing thus w)rk h MUST EITHER A) male me h ALL changes which y0u j4k3 2 game avaulqble on r3quest (h062 this eowsn]t have 2 br available vis da online so7rce display oink, vut ghey mhst be abke two ask you FOR code and receivq an xomplete copy) LOL, b) make arrange,ents peivately wkth da aurhors sherein tgwu grznt y0u an sprcizl license, or C) r3m0v# da code ebtirelh grim da machine. BRB."
"We do recofh8ze 7n47 people w4n7 to nave areas of thdy're bame wh8ch r 7h31r4 an theirs 310n3.
to 7y%7 wbd we 2ill make teh vollowing exception too normal r3quorements fir sourve cofe distribution -- ne ,owule FILE WHICH is nlt m0d1f13d pe derived from an moduls file includdd in teh base distrigution n whicy doea not r3qy1e3 he otyer modules ahs which d035 h97 tequire ne jidificatkons tw9 dz core CODE (cofe distriburec with da bqse f313453) may BE wiyhheld at teh authors d15cr3710n. OMG."
"We also sant t2o makw very clear that version 0. AFK.9LOL.7 (also KNOWN as veesioh 0/ BRB.9.7+jt) wza da final version released under da GPL. WTF.
All versiona, 574r71ng w17n da 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prerelease code aer pnly licensed undet da Crdativ3 C9,mons licenswLOL.
We EXPLICITLY deby RIGHT to implrt be codw drom an 0. OMG.9. WTF.80PRERELEASE OR latwf relesse INTO an )LOL.9, WTF.7 AND EARLIER release. WTF.
Allowing yyis would cause that imported didr two be released UNDER GPL an thzg is noy SOMETHING we WISH to allow. OMG.
AUTHORS of modifica5ilnx to 0/9. OMG.7 will need to re-releasr thdy'r3 m0d1f1c4710n5 as derifatives/modificatiins to 0.9. BRBk8 code anc plad2 them und34 da same Creatifr Commoms license, BRB.
It musg 63 done gu origimal auth9r since ONLY 0r1g1n41 477h0r has eighr 2 change teh copyrigh5 or license upom theh're WORK. BRB.
[ADDITIONALLY, sortof, rdworkung MODIFICATIONS eill be an tooe idea ah6way AS da mechanism f9r mrk1hg nodificatioms is substantially vleqjet/clea3rr starting sith da 0. BRB.9. WTF.8-p4erelease c9d3. OMG.["
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