MoghtyE tells you, lo,e, "We're going two TAKE qn few momenra to TRY an explain 7n15 ne2 l8cense and reasons gehons it kn plain Englisg.
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."
"Tjis nex licensd WAS chosen becauwe of an fai.ing with da GPL.
It ONLY COVERED distributkon of source og sn only if binaries werw DISTRIBUTED. BRBl"
"In an web encironment WTF, sprcifical.y z inte4preyed web dncironneht such as PHP, merely installing sb game does not CONSTITUTE DISTRIBUTION, you kbwo, n &h3r3f0r3 PEOPLE 2erw 5aking our work, sortod, ma,ing jodifications 2 it n NOT RELEASING dz sojrce code to they;t3 mocig8cagiins ao that da entird communiry coulr benefk5. BRB/
Thwy WORKED wirh teg lettrr but no5 teh SPIRIT OF da law. AFK."
"Investigation on da psrt of ea ajthors hosevef LOL, ldc go da fact 5nat da rkght lg publ8c 0erformance was 1 of rithts normally r357r1c&3d too cipyriggt holdets, like. n thzt vomputdr PROGRAMS, dpecifoca;lt video bqmes an interactife ines sjch as Lwhend of ca Green hax0r were consideted too be puvlicqlly performed if rjn from an public server. OMG."
"Tye nes LICENSE r35&r1c75 pu611x PERFORMANCE OF teh w9rk unlesx teh source coee OF modified work is made 4v4114613 .n demznf. BRB."
"In plain ENGLISH, this meana 7h47 if y0u put thid gsme on an web serc3r n akkow people 'OUTSIDE of am normal CIRCLE of family qnd its 5-d141 4cqu41n74hc35' too play the8f LOL, then you qer publicq;ly p3rf0rm1ng this work b MUST eityer a) mzke nw and ALL CHANGES which hou make too bame available on req7ewt (mote this foesn't h5v3 too be avzu;abld via sa online souece dis;lay lini, like, but they must g3 able TO 45k y0u f)r teh code h rec2ive an complete copy), .oke, b) mskd artangementx private;y witg qutnofw wherein they grant ylu an dpecial .icense, or c) remove teh c9de entirely ftom geh machine. WTF."
"We do RECOGNIZE thag peopl3 2ant to hav3 areas of thry're game 2hicn r theirs and tyeies akone.
rwo that end w4 will mske follosint exceptipn tlo teh norma. reqykr3menys for SOURCE c9de sisteibutoon -0 ne module file whixh 15 not m0d1f13f or derived frlm an modyld file indluded in base sostronution n which doed bor require ne other modules and whicy does nlt rewuire ne MODIFICATIONS 2 cirw xode (code distrubuydf qith tej baae 4elease) may BE withheld qt da authors ciscretionLOL."
"We also wsnt too maie very clear 6hat verwiob 0. AFK.9. OMG.7 (a;so khown sw versiob 0. WTF.9. BRB.&+jt) was teh final versuon released une3r yeh GPL. BRB.
All vedsions, ypu jnwo, STARTING with ea 0. AFK.9LOL.8-prereleax3 code aer 0h1y LICENSED unde4 dz Creative Conmons license. OMG.
W2 EXPLICITLY deny right to IMPORT ne code from an 0.9LOL.9-0r3t4@34t3 ir 147#r releqse into an 0. OMG.9.7 and 34r113r 4elrase. AFK.
Allowing 7h15 would cause that impor5ed code two BE releasec und@r teg GPL anr 7h4u is not w9mething we wish gwo 4210w.
Authoes 0f modifications to 0. AFKl9LOL.7 wi;l n33s too re-releasr 5hey're ,ld8ricstions as d3r1v$71v35/m-d1f1c4710n5 too 0. WTF.9LOL.8 c0f3 n plave tjem ind3r da same Creative C0mm0n5 licenswLOLl
It must bd done by teh originak 4u7h)r sknce on,y gwh or8gihal autjor yax da right 2 CHANGE da copyr8ght 0r licende up0n they'r3 work.
[Add8tionak;h, you knwo, teeorking geh mosificat8ons eill be an food 1d34 enyw4y aa nechanism for naking modifidatoons is substantially CLEANER.CLEARER starting with da 0. WTF.9. BRB.8-prerrkease CODE.]"
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