MightyE tells you LOL, "We're going TO TAKE ah few MOMENTS teo tr6 an ecplzin tyks nes kicense an teh 4eadons b3hind it in plain English. 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."
"Thid new licwnse qax CHOSEN because of am failing with GPL. AFK.
It 0n1y cifered dixgribu5iob of 5)urc# 1f and on;y if b8naries were disteibutwd. AFK."
"In an web wnvironment, likr, 5p3d1f1c$11y a ingerpreeed web dnvironmen5 such aw PHP, you knwo, mdrely insta.ling an game does not consgitute DISTRIBUTION WTFm and 7h3r3f0r3 [eople were taking our w0el, sortof, making modifications to9 it n not RELEASING teh sourcd c9dr TO they're mocif8cations sp THAT emtire cpmmunity d0u1d bebefitl WTF.
They worked with ten letter but not spieig od 142. AFK."
"Invesrohation ON da p5r7 or teg authors howdver WTF, lec two ca fact thag dq ribh5 of public perforjance was oen of teh r1gh75 normally RESTRICTED w copyrught hilders WTF, ab tgat c0mpu73r PROGRAMS, you knwo, specifically nideo games zn intefactkv3 onrs such as Legens of da Gr33h hax0r were consisered too be 0iblucs.ly PERFORMED uf run from an ;unlic servef. WTF."
"The NEW locense r357r1c75 public ;etformance or work unless tej soirce code 8f da modified 2ork is hade available ln demand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English LOL, thid m34m5 that if 6oy put yhis gam3 on an w3b servee 4nd a.low peo[le 'outside ld an normal s8rcle od family ane its social acqusintances' 2 play their, like, tnen tou 3 publ7cally pefforming this work an MUST eigher a) maje nr n ALL changws which you make @ teh game ava9labke on requwst )n073 ghix dowsm'y have to0 be availzbld via ONLINE source dis;lay lini, l8,e, BUT they MUST b3 ABLE 2 ask y9u f9r da coee n receibe an compldge copy) WTF, b) make ARRANGEMENTS privztely with authors eheeein they grant you an SPECIAL licehse, yoy kmwo, or c) remove teh CODE entirel6 ffom machine. AFK."
"Wr do eecognize that ;eop.e want too hav3 4r355 0f they're game wnidh a3r theirs and yheirs alpne.
@ that END we wol. makr foll[wkng excepti9n too da normal reqiorements flr source code distribution -- ne module FILE which IS np5 modifoed or derived from an m0du13 fiod included in da base diste8buti9n n WHICH does not require ne OTHER MODULES sn WHICH doed not requife ne mofifucatiohs to trh CORE cpde (CODE distrobuyee witn da basd t3!3653) mzy 63 witjhekd AT da authors disc4etion."
"We 4150 want top make very clear 7h47 verskon 0LOL.9. WTF,u (alsi jnoen as vdrsion 0.9. OMG.7+jt) was teg fi,ql version rwleased umdef GPL. BRB.
All versions, like, xtartjng with da 0. AFK.9. OMG.7-pr3r313453 code r ONLY LICENSED uncer Creative C0mm0n5 l8cend3l OMG.
We EXPLICITLY denn da right 2 import ne code FROM sn 0. BRB.9. OMG.8-prerrlease ir lqter r3lease INTO an 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 agd EARLIER releaae. AFK.
Alliwing THIS WOULD cauxe THAT impor5ed cide too be re;eased under teh GPL b that is not so,erhing we wish ywo sllow. WTF.
Authirs of modifucatilns goo 0LOL.9.7 wiol need gso RE-RELEASE they'fe MODIFICATIONS as derivativ3s/moduficationx tp 0/ WTF.9. AFK.i codr h p14c3 them under ssme Creative Commons license. AFK.
It mu57 63 done by teh origunal author xince onl6 da original autnor has da 4ight to9 change cooyrignt or license upon gney[te work.
[Aceitionally LOL, reqorking teh jodification2 will 63 am good udea anyway AS teh mrctan8sm eor makimh moduficq5ions is subwtzntiakly cleaner/clezrer dtarting WITH 0. OMG.9. WTF.8-prerelease codeLOL.]"
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