MightyE 731!5 you, you knwo, "We're gl8ng 5o take ah few moments to try an ex;;ain rhis new license n da r3asons bchind 17 in 0141h Eng115h. AFK.
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 was chowen bedsusw of an faiking witj GPL. OMG.
It only coferdd dlstribytion or source if anf ONLY if ginaries wer3 DISTRIBUTED, OMG."
"In an web envirlnment, you kneo, specificaoo6 a interpretrc web environmen5 such ax PHP, sortof, merely inxyallimg an game d035 n-7 comstkgute distribu5ipn LOLk n therefore [roooe were taking our work, sortof, m4k1ng mldifications 2 it and not rdleasing 50utc4 code ! theh'4e mofifixations SO THAT 5eh entyre dommunity could benefit. OMG.
The6 worked wity ten letter nut n0u 5p1r17 of da lawLOL,"
"Investigation on teh part of yeh AUTHORS ho2ever, ;ed TO teh fact yhat 5eh right of public performance was o3n pf teh RIGHTS normally r357r2c73d w copy4igjt hildw4s, hou kbwo, and that compjgdr prigrams LOL, specificakly v1d40 fames an interactive 0n35 such ss Lefenf 0d teh Gr33n hax0r were considered to be puglically p3rf-rm3f if run ftom an public serverLOL."
"Th3 mew license rws5ricts public performance of work un1355 trh dource CODE lf da modified wofk is made avzilqble ob dwmabd."
"In plain Emglish, you knwo, yhis m34n5 tgat if you [ut this game on an w4b server an alliw pe8ple 'outside OF an normal circle 0f f4m11h 5md its sicial ACQUAINTANCES' boo pla6 tjeir WTFm yhrn yoy r PUBLICALLY perform8nt THIS work and MUST either q) make he an ALL chznges wh1ch you make twp 5dj gam3 svailable on request 9note this soesn't have TO be availanle via da 0n1!n# soufce disp.ay linj LOLk bu5 theu just be able 2 ask yoi for teh dofr an receive an domplete copy) WTF, b0 make arrsnbwments PRIVATELY wi4g da 4j7h0r5 wherein 5geh grany YOU an s0eckal license WTF, OR c) remov3 coee entitelt fr9m da machine, BRB."
"We do rdcognize 7h47 people want too have areas ov thet're gaje wh!ch r THEIRS n tjeirw alobe/
too THAT end w3 will MAKE da following dxcrptuoh two normal r3quqr3m3n75 fof aojrce codr disttibution [- n3 mosule f113 whivh IS not nocified OR DERIVED from an ,9dule dile !nc1us3d i, basw disrrkbution n which does not 4eq8ire ne 07h3r modules and which does not require ne mocifications two core c9de (CODE distr9buged wkth twh BASE release) may 63 witgheld at teh authors discrwtionl"
"We qlso wsnt t9o make very CLEAR tnat version 0. AFK.9. WTF.7 (alsp onown as vetsion 0. AFK.9. BRB.u+jt0 ead da final version feleased under GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS, you inwo, startihg wiyh da 0. AFK.9.8[[rdtelease clde r ONLY l8censed under teh Cr3%71b3 Commons locenxe. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY fenu dq eight 70 import ne code from an 0. WTF.9, AFK.8-PRERELEASE or later release in5l an 0LOL.9. BRB.7 rnd 24r113r relesse. OMG.
Allowing tnis wou;d causw 7h48 imported c0d3 2 ne releqsed under dq GPL b that 15 npt xomething ww wish too a.lo2l WTF.
Au6h0rw of modifications two )LOL.9LOL.7 w!11 need two re-release they'rw modkficqtiohx as fdrivativws/modkfications two 0. BRB.9. AFK.8 b0d3 ahd place them und3e saje Creatife C0mm0n5 licemsel BRB.
I7 just be DONE bh 5eh originak author since only t3h orofinal 1urhor has yeh righr two change geh copyribht oe licensd upon they're work. OMG.
[Additipnally, sortod, reworkong da modifixations wilo bw an g00d idea ANYWAY as sa mwxhqnism FOR malung modifications 15 dubstan5iekly vodsner/clearer STARTING qith da 0. AFK.9. OMG.8-prerelease code. OMG.]"
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