MightyE TELLS you, y9u knwo, "We're gpinh too tqke an few momengs tqo %ry and explaih THIS NEW ;icense and teasons brhind 17 IN plain Enhlisy.
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 licens3 was chosen 63c4u43 of an failing 217h teh GPL. AFK.
It only covered dustribution of sourv3 IF an ONLY if bimarues weed distribuged/ OMG."
"In an seb rbvironm3bt LOL, specifkcally a interpreted web enbifohment such as PHP, sortof, m2rely instzlling an game does not consti5ute dustribuyionk sortof. amd THEREFORE people were taking ouf w0rk, like, jaking ,oeificat8ons 2 iy and n9t RELEASING da sourc3 CODE 2 theh'fe modifications 50 that ehyire communkty COULD 53n3f17, AFK.
They worked with teh leyter but npt teh spirit OF trh kaw. WTF."
"Investitation on da part of aurhors however, sortof, led too da fqct THAT 4ibyt OF oublic performance WAS ien ov righ5s normally rwsttivted two cophright jolders LOLm n that xomputer prigrams, softov. specufocally v1d3p games an interact8ve ones sucy as L3b3nc og teh Green hax0r were considefed 6wo ne ;u611c421y [3rf0em3d if run from an public aerverLOL."
"Tye bew LICENSE restricts PUBLIC pergormance of teh work umless sojrce cpde OF teh mid8fied wof; uw MADE AVAILABLE on demandLOL."
"In plaun English, you kneo, THIS means tgat 1f 6oi pit THIS game on an wwb 53rv3r an allow pwople 'o7tqide pf ah normal circld or f4m11y n its 50c141 acquainyances' 2 p,ay yjeir, you knwo, then YOU aer PUBLICALLY performibg this work 4nd MUST eithwr 4) make nr n ALL changea wh1ch you MAKE 5wo yeh game avzilable on REQUEST (not3 rhis doesn't have twp b3 availsble vka teh 0n;ine 50yrc3 display linj, likem bjt the6 must be av;e two ssm yiu fir ten code an teceive qn cojplete copy) WTF, b) make arrangements privately ei5h da AUTHORS qhere8n yhey grant y0u zn special license, sortof, or v) r3m)v2 fa code entire.y from da machine. AFKl"
"Ww do recognoze tyat peopl3 wamt 6wo have areas OF they're vame whkch aer thekrs n theirs aoone.
5oo that end w3 eill make da folliwing exception 5w9 teh normal requiren3nts for 50urc3 code eistrubution -- ne module file wh1ch 15 not ,odified or derivec from an module dilw included IN 6453 fisfribigi.h n WHICH d035 not require ne other modules abe wh1ch does not requir3 ne mod8ficqtions 2 reg xore code (code distributed with baxe releade) may be withheld at da authorx duscr3tion. OMGl"
"We alsi WANT t9o ma,e v3ru clear tgat verskon 0LOL.9. BRB.& (ALSO ,n9wh AS versipn p. AFK.9. OMG.*+jt) wzs teh FINAL version released 7nd3r teg GPL. AFK.
ALL vers8ons, you kbwo, startinv with da 0. WTF.o. AFK.8-prerelease code adr only kicensef uneer Creativr Cpmm0m5 LICENSELOL/
W3 EXPLICITLY DENY da r1gh7 two 1mp0r7 ne code ffom an 0. OMG.9. WTF.9-PRERELEASE or later releas3 into an 0. OMGl(.7 abd 3arlier f3.ease. WTF.
Alllwing THIS WOULD cauwe THAT IMPORTED code @ be releawed under teh GPL an thag is not s9m3thing we eisy to 4110wLOL.
Auyhots of mkdificztkons too 0. AFK/9LOL.8 w111 newd two re-release they're modificati8ns qs derivatives/modifibations to 0. AFK.9/ AFK.u codr n p.ace them under teh same Cr3471v3 Commona LICENSE. BRB.
It must ne done by teh origibal ru7h0r since lnly oribinal aughor has right 2 changs da copyrifht or lucense upon tbey;rr WORK. BRB.
0Acditionally, sottkf, e3w0ru1ng teh modidications will be zn good 1d34 ahyway as teh mechanism foe msking modivixations is substantially CLEANER/CLEARER startibg with da 0. BRB.9. OMG.7-pre43lease code. AFK.]"
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