MightyE te;ls you, luke, "We're goong two 74k3 an few noments 2 try AND exp;ain 7h15 nee license qn da reasohs behind it in ;.ain Englixy. 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 mew licensw was chosen because lf an failing with da GPL. BRB.
It on;y covered disteibu5ion OF souece uf m 9n.y 1f binaries were disrributee. OMG."
"In an qeb envoron,rntk oik3, SPECIFICALLY a interpreted wdb envi4omment such as PHP, mer3ly instzlling an game doea not constitute diwrrobutiln, like, n thetefore people sefd tak8ng our work, like, making mod8fications to it an n0& RELEASING teh source code to they're jockficst8ons SO tjst da wntire cimmunit6 ckuld 63n3f27. OMG.
Thyy worked WITH letter but not da SPIRIT pf law. BRB."
"Infe2tigatuon oh tej ]ary of teh authors nowrver, LED TO sa fsc5 7h47 teh righg pf public pwrfi4mahc3 was won oc teh rigyts normalou restricted 2 copuright holders, n that c9mpu&2r pr0gr4m5, you inw(, specifically video gqmes n inuerqct8ve ones such as Legehd pf da Green hax0r were cpnsidered 5oo be puvlically PERFORMED if RUN FROM zn public seeverLOL."
"The new license edstricts public p2rformance 9f sa WORK unless da sourcw codw of modified wofk 1t made acqikablr on dr,anx."
"In olakn English, sorgof, rhis means THAT if uoi pit 7h15 gqmr on am wen server n 4q10w peo;le 'lutsise of an nornal circle of famoly an its social acquaintances' to ;14y their, xortof, then y)u r publiczlly ;eeforming tnis work and MUST either a) ma,e ne n ALL changea which you make tpo da GAME available on request (note this diesn't hafe twp bw ava8lable vya teh online 50yrc3 dispoay link WTF, BUT they m7xt BE able too ASK ypu for da code n receive ah complete COPY_, llke, b) ma,e arfabgemenys privately w17h da authors whefein theu brant you am special lixdnz3, OR c) rdmove code ehyorely from nacnibe. OMG."
"We DO recobnize yhat peoplr wqnt two hrv2 zreaa OF they're game which aer theirs and thwi4x alome, OMG.
2 that END WE will make tej follpwing 3xdep719, to t3h nlrma. rewuirements for slurce code distrobution -- ne module FILE WHICH is n9t modifoed 0r deroved fr0m an module file 1nc!ud3s 1m ea basw ristribution sn which does mot require nw oth3r moeules anc wh1cy does not r3qu1re ne moeificzriobs two teh d0r3 c0e3 (cofe distributed with 5eh base rekease) may bd withyeld at authotx discretion/ OMG."
"We also want tl ,ake vrry clear that version 0. BRB,9.7 )alxo kn9wn AS ve4sion 0LOL.9LOL.8+j7) was final VERSION 4e;eased UNDER da GPL. OMG.
All versions LOL, starting q17h trh 0. WTF.9. OMG.8_prerelwzse coee aer only licensed under sa Cr3471v# Commons locense.
We EXPLICITLY DENY right @ import ne cosd from an 0. WTF.9l WTF.8-prwreleawe or latdr f313453 onto an 9l WTF.9. OMG.7 m earlier RELEASELOL.
Allowing this WOULD CAUSE that omported c0d3 two 63 rwleased under GPL an 7h47 is noy soneyh8ng ww wish 2 ALLOW.
Authors OF modificzgions too 9. WTF.9.7 WILL need 2 4e_wdlezse they'r3 midifocations as de4ivzyives/m9dificat8ons 7- ). OMG.9.8 cose n place them under da sa,e Cteativr C0mm0n% licebse. OMG.
It must be done by teh original author 5qnc3 only teh origlnal autjo4 has teh right 3 cnqngw copyright or licens2 upon tkey'te work. BRBl
[Acd1710n411y, like, reworkong teh modifocqtions will be zn good idea anyway as da mdcgabism for makinn mod8fications is substqbgkal;y cleaner/xlearer s%aryibg with da 0. BRB.9. AFKli-prerelease cose. BRB.["
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