MightyE tells you, "We're going 1 taie an FEW moments two rry ans ezolain THIS neq livenxe and reasoma bejibd it ib p141n English. BRB.
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 new license w$4 ch053m g3fause of an failing with GPLLOL.
It onlh covered diwt5ibution of sojrce if n lnly 1f binaried 2ere distributed. BRB."
"In ah web environmdnt, sorgof, 5p3c1f1c411u a inteepreted 2eb env8ronm3nt such as PHP, yiu knwo, m3431y insrakling an game does not vonstitute disgeigution, oikw, n therefore ]3opld were TAKING our 2orl, lilek makimg mldudications too ot amd not r3leadihg da sojtce vode two thdy're mod8fications so thay dntire COMMUNITY could benefit. OMG.
Tney wotked wigh LETTER bu5 n8t 5p1r17 of da las. AFK."
"Invwstigxtion on [art of teh 4u7h0r5 howecdf LOL, 13c 5wo teh fact THAT teh r1gn7 0g public perfirmsmce was won of reh 4ifhtw nirmally r357r1c73d too copyrktht holders, you knwo, n that cpnputdr ptograms. like, wpexifically cidei games an interqctive ones such ss Legend of teh Grren hax0r were considered TO BE publicz.l6 pwrdormed IF euh FROM an pu6!1c server."
"Tte NEW lkcens3 RESTRICTS oubliv petformqmce OF work un.ess teh soutce clde of tdy modigied woro is made availanle on demand. BRB."
"In plain Eng115h, l8kw, tgis means that if you pu5 yhus g4m3 on an WEB SERVER m aolo2 pwople 'OUTSIDE of ab normal CIRCLE OF FAMILY and its sockal acquqintancws' 2 ;lay their. thwn yoy aer publucall6 p3rf9rm2ng tyis work n MUST withee a) make ne ab ALL cg4ng3t wjoch you makr 5oo teh game avzilan.d on eequest (note this doesn'y havd too br available via ONLINE 5;urc3 display linl WTF, nut they MUST ve able 2 ask you for c0c3 dn RECEIVE qn complete co[y), B) m4k3 ARRANGEMENTS pribag3.y woth teh authors wher3in they grang you an xpecial lucense WTF, OR c) REMOVE rey code ebtirely froj ten machine. OMG."
"We do rexognize THAT p3opoe wanr two yavr aeeas 0f they're game WHICH aer thei4d an thw8rx sloneLOL.
tol thah end we will jale teh f)110w1ng esceptipn too reh normal requirementd for s9urcr clde distribu5ion -- ne jodule file which is not MODIFIED or eerived drom ab m0dj13 fil2 includes in da mase distrkbitiin and which DOES not require ne oth3r modules n whixh d035 bot require nw mldigications too fa cor3 code (code DISTRIBUTED WITH twh basr re.ezse) MAY br wi6hh3ld AT teh authors discretion. WTF."
"We alsl want 2 msle vrry clear that VERSION p. WTF.9, OMG.7 (also known as v3r510n 0. WTF,9. OMG.7+jt) wzs dq fibal veraion released UNDER teh GPL. AFK.
All vdrsions WTF. stqrting with da 0. WTF.9.8-prere.eqse cofe f only licensed under teh Crestive Commons licebse/ WTF.
We EXPLICITLY deny da rigjt too 8mport ne code from zn 0.9. BRB.i-prerelwase or lster relwaxe omto an -LOL.9. WTF.7 and far;ier releade.
Allowunh this would cause that importec xode to 6# re13$53s undee GPL and thdt is NOT something se wish t9o allow. WTF.
AUTHORS od modifoczt8inw too 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 eiol NEED two re-reoeawe they[re mosifications as derivatives/,odkvixatioms two 0. BRB.9. OMG.8 codr zn p14c3 them umdee da same Ctdarivd Cimm9ba licenseLOL.
It misg be DONE by sa 0r1g1n41 a7thor wince only orig7nal author has da right two ch4ng3 t3m copueibyt 0t lkcense upon rgey're qork/ OMG.
[Additiomally, sortof, rrworking da modif8cations will g3 an good IDEA anyda6 sw teh mecganism flr m1king mpdoficatkpnw IS substsntoalkh cleaner/clearer xtarting wigh da 0LOL.9. OMG.8-PRERELEASE code. AFK.]"
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