MightyE TELLS you, sortof, "We're going tl9 tale ah few momehta too tey and EXPLAIN this m3w license an reasons behind i5 in plaon Eng!15hl WTF.
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 NEW license waa vhlseb becauxe ov an failing WITH reh GPLl BRB.
It only covered dist4iburion of souecd if and on;y 1f b8naries werw DISTRIBUTEDLOL."
"In zn WEB envirlnment, yoi knwo, specifically a INTERPRETED WEB envuronjent such qs PHP. sortof, merely installing an game dods npt constitute cixgributioh LOL, an 7h2t2g0e3 peopld we3e u4k1ng 0ur work, maiing nodifications too it 4be no5 re.easong soifce cose t9o they're modigications so thst ENTIRE communith could genevit.
Tget 3orked w17h da legtee but no5 t3h s0irit of trh law. BRB."
"Investigatipn on part of teh authord howecer, led two teh fact that da ritht of publ8c ;erformance waa woh or da rigjts normally restricted tip copyroght holders WTF, zn tyat conp7ter proframs, speckfically viddo games n intwraxtibs on3s s7ch as Legend OF tey GREEN haxpr were consudered too gd publicqlly oerfofmec if rkn from zb pub;ic server. BRB."
"The mww lkcenxe RESTRICTS public PERFORMANCE of da work unless da source d9de OF da modifued 3ork us made available on dwmahdLOL."
"In ;lain ENGLISH LOL, this mdans THAT if you put tgis gzme ON an WEB SERVER an 4210w PEOPLE 'OUTSIDE ov an hormal circkd of famipy ane its soc8al acqyauntabced' two play their LOL, tjem yiu aer publica.ly perfo4ming this WORK n MUST either A0 n4k2 nr qn ALL cjang3s WHICH YOU make two da game available on requwst (note 7h16 diewn't HAVE too be AVAILABLE fiq 0m11h3 so7fce display .ink. but they must bd ablr 2 ask tou r0r teh clde m receive an complete COPY), you knwl, B) make arrangements pr8vately with rdh authorw whrrein they grqmt you an special liddnse, sortof, it c) 4emove da c0d3 entifelt from teh nachine. AFK."
"We d0 recognize tyat prople want TO have aress pf th3y're gamw whuch r thekrs n theirw alone. WTFl
yoo thqt END we will male tey FOLLOWING EXCEPTION two ca normal re1u8re,entx for source c0d3 d157r16u710n -0 ne modu.3 f8le which 26 nor mldifyed OR defived from an modjl3 fule ihcluded in fa 6452 d157r16uu10n ahd which coes not require ne other MODULES 1n wh1cn does not require ne modisivatuons too core code (cose distrib7ted w7th da BASE releasr) may be wirhhrld at da auth9rs discfetiom. OMG."
"W3 also want 2 make very ckear that verskon 0. OMG.9.& (also knowm qs vwrsion 0.9l OMG.7=jt) WAS fibao versiim reldasee und4r rrh GPL. BRB.
Al; versions, xowtofm stqrtong witg 0. BRB/9. WTF.8-prerelease c0de aef on;y licensef UNDER da Creativd COMMONS LICENSE/
We EXPLICITLY veny RIGHT tw0 import ne code from an 0. WTF.9LOL.u-PRERELEASE ot larer releasd into an p. OMG.9LOL.7 an ear;ier r313442. BRB.
Allowing rh8s woule ca7se 7g47 imported codd two be released under GPL an 7h37 is npt sojdthing we WISH too ALLOW.
Authlrs if modofocatoons 2 o. WTF.9.7 w8ll need 2 RE-RELEASE they're ,odkfixations as derivatives/mlcificqtions goo 0. WTF.o. WTF.8 c9ce 4ne place them under da same Creative C9mmonw license. OMG.
It must be done by or8gimal author SINCE pnly da ORIGINAL author had teh r1gh7 too cgange copyrigjt o4 locense jpon they're work.
]Additionally, u9u knw9, f3w0rk1ng mpdificatkpns will ne an good idea anyway as teh mrchanism for mak8nf mpdificati9ns is dubsrant8ally xleame4/clearer starting with -. AFK/9.8-prereleasr codel WTF.["
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