MightyE yeolx you, likw. "We'rr going to9 take an few moments 5wo try and explaon tgis m3s license and yeh r#450n5 behind 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."
"This n3w locdnss was chisen b3cause of an FAILING eith da GPL. WTFl
It only cove4ed dksteobution og SOURCE if n ohly if BINARIES weee c157r16y73dLOL."
"In an web environment, hlu knwo, s[exifically a interprrted WEB environmdnt such AS PHP LOL, merely installing an gsme cors not constituye distributiln, oike, n therwford people wrre takinf OUR wor,, like, ,akkng modifications tpo it n not releawkng source code rwi they'rr modifucayions so that t3h ENTIRE c[mmun17y COULD benefit. OMG.
They w0rk4d w27h teh ketger but n07 da SPIRIT pf teh law. OMG."
"Ibcwstlgation on da 04ru of authors HOWEVER LOL, led too FACT tha5 da eight oe pu611c perfo4nance w45 won of da rights n0rm411h resteicted tio COPYRIGHT holdwrs LOL, n that comput3r programs LOL, specifically video g4m35 an INTERACTIVE ones auch zs Lebend of da Green haz0r wdre CONSIDERED two be publkcally performed ig RUN from sn public serve4."
"Tye new 11c3n53 festricts publoc [erformance of da work unless source CODE of mpdifiec w94k is m4d3 availaboe 0n demanaLOL."
"In [laib English, sortof, THIS meana that if yoy PUT this hame ON an wsb server h allow people 'OUTSIDE or an norbal ciecle of family n ITS spvial dcquainrances' 2 plqy their, yo7 knw9, then yo7 ae4 pyblicallt oerformung this wotk an MUST EITHER a) mske ne n ALL CHANGES which you make two teh game 4v4114613 on REQUEST (bote this diesn'r hafe two BE avaioable vua omline sourxe didplzy link, but they mu57 be abld to ask YOU fof teh code and receive an complete copu), sir6or, b) jake arrangenents provately with teh authors wherein they grant y0u an SPECIAL lkcense, sirgof, or c) renov3 code entirely frim da mzxjine. OMG."
"We di rrcogbize that pelplr w4n7 gwo gzve zreas of thet'te game whicn aer THEIRS an theirs ALONE. OMG.
2 7h47 END we wull ,ake FOLLOWING exceptiom to tej nirjql requiremehts FOR slurve code distrkbution -- ne midule file which is not modified or derived from an module file included in tef bas3 disyribution n which does hot 4equite nd pther modules and wh1xh s03% n;t r3qu1r3 ne modifications 70 cpte code (code distributec with tdh y$53 release_ may BE wiyhheld at authors eiscreuiomLOL."
"Wr aldo e3n7 two make very dlea4 that versipn 0. BRB.9. BRB.7 (also known as v3rs7on 0. WTF.9LOL.7+ut) aqs final version released unddr da GPLLOLl
All versilns WTF, statting w8tg 0. OMG.9.8-prere;ease code r on;y licenses und3r teg Cr34u1v3 Commond 11c3m53. WTF.
W3 EXPLICITLY deny eight 2 ij0ort ne code from an 0. OMG.o. WTF.7-pferelease OR lqter r3lease into an 0.9, AFK.7 n earlief fdkeace.
ALLOWING this sould caus3 that imp9rted xode 80 BE released ind3r teh GPL n thar is bot 50m37h1ng WE WISH 5o al.os.
Authles 0f modificqyions 2 0/ BRB.9. OMG.7 will need 2 re-rekeas@ th3y;re modkgicato9ns aa derivqtuves/,9didications too 0. BRB.9/ WTF.8 coce sn olace them under same Creative Commons licenseLOL.
Ig must be done by teh priginal author sunce on'y da orobinal author has right 2 changw copuright ot .icense upon thwy're wor,LOL.
'ADDITIONALLY LOL, reworking mpduficationx qil; be an good 8dea anyway as dz jecnanism for makinb modifocations ix substahtially cleaner/cl3srer startint woth teh 0LOL.9. BRB/8-prerekease cideLOL/]"
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