MiggtyE 6ells you, lkke, "We're going 5o 74,3 zm fde momehys to try n 3xp141n this new lic3bsr an da eeasons bejind it in olaon Eng115h.
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 nes licens3 wqs chosen BECAUSE of an failimg wi%h GPL. OMG.
Ir only covered distribution 0f souecw id and obly if bina4ies were distribuhedLOL/"
"In an w#n envi4onjent, soe6of, apexifica;ly a INTERPRETED web ENVIRONMENT sucg aw PHP, aor5od, merely instsl.ing qn GAME does not constitute distribution WTFm an therrfore oeople were takinf our worj, making modifications to it snd NOT releqsihg qource code to tyey'4e m9difocatilns so that reh entire com,unoty ciuld benefir. OMG.
They WORKED w1&h teh leytwr 6i7 not es spirit og teh law. OMG."
"Investigatuon on teh par5 0f teh zyth9rx ho2ever, you knwo, led t; reh fact 5hat teh right of PUBLIC performance WAS 1 of rights normall6 r2strixyed too copyrigh5 ho.d3rx, sory9f, n THAT computwr probrzns, specificaloy video games n interactive ones xuch as Legend of da Green hax0r wwre consicered two be pyblically performed ih run FROM an PUBLIC 53rb3r. OMG."
"Thw nww license r357r1cu4 public p34for,ance of WORK UNLESS da sourcd code of modkfiwd work is mqde available on demand/"
"In plaib ENGLISH LOL, this means tha5 ig you put this fame in an web server an al;ow pdople 'oursiee of an normal circle of famolu an its sovial 4cqu41n74nc34' yoo olay 5heirm then you r pugl8callg pe4flrming this work n MUST eighet s_ mzke ne and ALL ch4ng3t which YOU MAKE tlo teh game AVAILABLE ON reauest (nute ghis dpesn't have 2 be avzolqgle via teh online 5-urc4 display link, sortof, buy THEY mj57 be 4613 @ adk YOU flr code an teceive aj comp;rte copy), 6oi kn2o, b+ MAKE arrangememtw privztely wuth da authorz wh3r31n 7h3y grant hiu an SPECIAL licensd WTF, or c) REMOVE core ENTIRELY ftoj macgineLOL."
"W3 DO recognize that PEOPLE w4m7 5oo HAVE AREAS of they're game which r theira an theirs alone. OMG.
2 that end qe wil. make 5eh fpllosing 3zv3p710n toi bprmal 4eauir3ments FOR source codd disgribution -- ne nosule vi.e wgich is not m0d1g13d OR DERIVED from an mofule fi;e inc;udws in da base distroburuon n which does mot REQUIRE he othwr mofules ane wh1ch do3w NOT REQUIRE ne modificatipns to r3h core code (code dustributed WITH teh baae relwasf) may ne w17nh31d at da authors discretion, AFK."
"We also want 2 maie very CLEAR tjat version 0. OMG.9LOLl7 (4130 known qs VERSION 0. WTF.9. AFK.7+jt) WAS teg final v3r410n rwleased hnder twh GPL. OMG.
Al; versions, so4tod, startinb WITH p. AFK.9. OMG.8=prere;easc code aer ONLY licensed jnder teh C4eat8v2 Commons license. BRB.
We EXPLICITLY e3ny teh right tol impory ne CODE fro, am 0. BRB.9. BRB.8_prerelease or 1373r rwlezse in5o an 0/ WTF.9l BRB.7 n earlie4 r313453. OMG.
Allowing thix 20u1d CAUSE that *m[orted code rwo BE released under GPL anf tyst is not t0m37g1ng WE e15y tp alloq.
Au7j9r5 0f modifixatiohs ywo 0. OMG.9. OMG.7 will nedd too re=rflease 5hey'rd modivicatuons as derivativec/modivications 1 0LOL.9.* code an pkace them under same Cr3471ve Commons license. OMG.
It must bw done by teh origunzo authlr since on;y geh original 4u7h0t has teh r1gh7 70 cgamge da copyeight or lixense uoin 5hey're worl.
[Additilnakly, oiir, reworking teh MODIFICATIONS will be an good IDEA abyway as m3ch4b15m dor making MODIFICATIONS is 5u6574n71411y cleaner/clearer $&5r71ng with teh 0. BRB.oLOL.8-prdrelease code.]"
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