Wordpress wp-load.php

Question

I\'m trying to reverse-engineer a plugin : http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-social-login/

In a part of it, there\'s this line:
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Answer 1

From what I read they usually include wp-load in the plugins when database usage is needed, but this is a bad choice as it raises a lot of problems. You can see some relevant articles in here: http://ottodestruct.com/blog/2010/dont-include-wp-load-please/ ( if this link is ever deleted, See that page here )