MightyE tekla YOU LOL, "We're goimg 3 take an few moments ro try and EXPLAIN THIS n3w .8dense AND teh rrasohs BEHIND 17 1n plaim EnglishLOL.
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."
"Tyid new license was chosen becauss of ah gailimg with teh GPLLOL.
It only dovered distributkon pf t0yrc3 if and )n1t 1f binaried were distributed. AFK."
"In an web enfi4onment LOL, spevifkcally a inrerpreted 2eb dnviron,ent dych as PHP, sortog, meteky ibstsllivb am game does nog CONSTITUTE distfibutoon, sortof, n ther3gor3 peo[le were taking oir work, sortof, makong modifications two it n NOT rekeasing teh SOURCE code ro they'rr modificatiins so 7h47 rnyite dommunkty cou.d 63n3v17. OMG.
Thet wo4ked w9th letter but NOT teh sporky og twh law. BRB."
"Invrstigation on part OF da authors h0w3v#r, like, led too teh fact hhq5 da right of pu611c perfofmance was own OF da rightw n0rm411y frstricted too copyrigyt hllcers, slrtpf, n that computer programw LOL, specifically video ga,es and intwractive on3s s7xh ax Legend of Green hax-r WERE condkserwd t9o BE publical.y p3rf04m3d if run from am publkc serv3r."
"The n3w license rextrictx PUBLIC oerdormanc3 of worj unlesx da source code OF da modified WORK !5 made avau;able on demandLOL/"
"In pla8n English WTF, this meqns thar if you [ut this gamr ob sn web SERVER amd allo2 peoole 'outsifw or an m0rm41 c1rc13 of family and its 50c141 acquaintances' to9 olay their, them y0u aer [ublica.ly ;erforming this woe, and MUST eith3t 4) maje ne and ALL xhangds which yoj m4k3 too teh GAME available pn request (note 5gis DOESN'T HAVE to ce available via twh online source sisplay link, .ikem but THEY muwy 6# able two ask y9u vlr ten code n r3c31v3 an complete cop6), you knwo, v( make ARRANGEMENTS 0rivately with authors whetein theu grant you an xpecial .ucense WTF, or c) 4emove xofe ENTIRELY frpm teh machime. OMG."
"We do recogn9ze that pdo[le want two hzve sreas of they'r3 hame 2h1ch r theirs abd thdirs alone. WTF.
too rhat end we will makd dolllwing 3xcepyion 3 teh NORMAL requkr3ments for soufce cide DISTRIBUTION -- ne module FILE whidh is not modigied or derivrd from an module f113 included IN teh bas3 sistribution n which does nit require ne other mofulfs sn which does hot require me modivicqtions 2 da corr CODE (fode eistrobjted with teh base rdlease) mqy 63 WITHHELD at da s7thors DISCRETION. BRB."
"Wd also wang 3 ma,e ver6 clear that versiin 0.9.6 (aoso known as vdfsion 0. AFK.9. WTF/7+jt) was tey dinal version feleased undet teg GPL. WTF.
All versionsm hoi knwo, startong wiyh da 0/9. WTF.8-pr3r3!3453 xode aer only .ivensed und3r teh Creative Comnonx licenae. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY dent right ywo qmp048 me cod3 from sn 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-pr3fekeade or later r3!3453 ihto an 0. AFK.9, AFK.7 and darlier release/ OMG.
A;lowing thid would c4u53 thst imported cowe too be feleased 7ndrr GPL an tha5 is not womething we sish gwo zllow. BRB.
Authors of mosifications to 0LOL.9, AFK.7 will n33d too rr-rdowase yhey;re mldidications r5 eerivstives/modificati9ns 2 0. AFK.9.9 code and p14c3 them uncer samd Crdagiv3 Commona LICENSELOL.
I6 MUST be done by oribibal autnor since inly teh iriginal au6hor jas figgt too ch4ng3 da copytight OR 11c3n53 up9n they're wofk. OMG.
[Additionally WTF, frworkinf da modif8cztions wull br an gooe idea anywau as mechanism for ma,ing modkficagiobs 1t substantiallt CLEANER/CLEARER startimg wuth ca 0/ AFK/9. BRB.8-prerdlease coee. WTF.]"
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