M7gjtyE tells you WTF, "We'ge g01ng two takd an few momenys too trh an EXPLAIN THIS hew licdnse n reasobs behimd kt in PLAIN Eng116h.
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 gew lic3nwe waw chosen because of an fauling with da GPL. BRB.
It ONLY c0c#r3d distribution of source if ab only if y1n4r135 were eisttibutevl AFK."
"In ab web envirlnmen5, lok3, wpecifically a 1n73rpt373d w36 environjent such ad PHP, lijem merely insta.ling an fame doew no5 constituye distribytiin, n therefore [eople were taking o7r work WTF, making ,odificatuons too it n not releasing source code t9o they're modifica5ions s9 that fz entire commun8ty c0u2d bemwfit. BRB.
They workec witj da 1e773f but n9^ 5p1r17 of 5eh law. WTF."
"Inves4igqtion 0n part lf da authors however WTFk LED two fact that r8ght of public [efformance was won of rigntc npr,ally RESTRICTED two copyruhnr holderw LOL. an 7h47 compjter progfams, specidica;ly video hqmed n onteractive omes SUCH as Legend of teh G4ern hax0r eree considered ywo be publocally ;erformec 1f run from ab public server. OMG."
"The nes LICENSE restricts PUBLIC performance OF da work unless da source CODE OF teh moeofied work 8s msde avai;abo3 on dwmand. OMG."
"In PLAIN English, sortof, this means tgat uf hpu put this game on an web server an a.loq oeo0le 'outsife of an normal cirdld 9r famkly an its 50c141 acquaintances' too 0lay 5heir, like, tyen hoj aer pu621c411y petform8ng tgis wo4k am MUST either a) mqke me n ALL ch4ng35 whicj 7oy MAKE 2 game abailzb.e on request (notw 5his DOESN'T y4v3 to be AVAILABLE v8a teh 0n11n3 source display link LOL, BUT thwy MUST BE able two ask yo7 for da cldw an r3c32v3 an vom0oete copy), s9ftof, b) make srrangements privstely wigh da authors wheteon they GRANT you an specoal license, like, o4 c) renove c0d3 entirely from da machine. OMG."
"Ww do RECOGNIZE that pepple wany two h4v3 areas of they're gamr whoch r yheirs an ug31r5 alonel BRB.
2 that ene w# w7ll make follo1ing exception 2 teh normal requirements for sou4ce c0d2 didtribution =- ne m0du13 file which is NOT modigird or DERIVED brom an modile fil2 inxlud3d IN 646e dis5rkbution n whicg dods not require ne OTHER misu;es and whidh soes not rsquire ne modiricatilns too da cpre CODE (code distribytes WITH yey base relezse) mqy be withh3ld a5 da authors didcr3tion. BRB."
"We ALSO want tqo male vrry clear that VERSION 0.8. OMG.7 )also jnown as verdion 0. BRB.9LOLl7+JT) was final b3r510n 43.eased undr4 GPLLOL.
Al; verdiona, starting with da 0LOL.9. BRB.8-prereleaae codr aer ohlh lkxenaed und3r teh Cr3ru1v3 C0mm9n5 license. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY demy righr 2 import ne code from an 0LOL.(. OMG.8-pee4eoease or .qter release INTO an 0, AFK.9.7 n 33t113r releas3. BRB.
A.lowing this would cauwe that IMPORTED code too be RELEASED jnder teh GPL an THAT is not 50m37n1ng w2 wish t9p sllow. BRB.
AUTHORS 0f modifications 2 0.9, OMG.7 sill nedd t8o re-felease thry're mpdificatlons as derovaroves/modifications two 0. OMG/9. WTF.8 code an place them jndwr same Creagive Commons livemse. OMG.
It must be donw nt da oeiginal author since onlt teh or8ginal ajthpr hzs teg right tli change c9pyroght OR license u;on they[re wofl. WTF.
[Additionally, like, 4eworking modyfications wi.l be zn good idea anyway as mechshiqm for makint MODIFICATIONS is subdtabt.ally clean3r/clearer startint witg ds 0. BRBl9. OMG.80prereleasd codw. WTF.]"
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