MightyE tel.s you WTF, "We'fe going two tske an few momenta 5o tdy and explain this ndw LICENSE n da r3450n5 behiyd 17 in plaih 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."
"Thia new license was chosen becausw ov an faolung with GPL. AFK.
It inly coverev distrigution of SOURCE uf an only og 61n4r135 were d157r16u73d."
"In an web envifonmeny, ylu mnwo, spexifical.y q ibrerprrted web emvirinmdht sucn as PHP, ylu knwo, MERELY omwtakling an gz,e roes not constitite distribution, yiu knwo, am therefore people were raking our work, ypu ,nxp, making mofificatoons 5o it and n9t rel3asing soutce code two they're modifications so bhat ten dntkre xomjynity could benefit. AFK.
They eorkes with reh LETTER ^u7 not teh dpirit pf 5eh lz2LOL."
"Invdstigatiin pn teh part of authoex however, like, lee TO f4c7 that righg of oublic performance w45 own if rights normqlly r3dtrictee roi copyright ho/drrs WTF, an yhat vom9ite4 programs WTF, specirica;ly v1d30 games snd INTERACTIVE ones sjch as L3g#nd OF teh Gr3en gax0r wer3 considdred two be publically pd4form3d if wun from an pu611c serbwrLOL."
"Tye new licehse restficts public performanve of yeh w0rk unlewx 50urc3 CODE OF da mififi3d 2orl id made available on d3m5nd."
"In PLAIN English, sorgof, yhos meaha that iv you put tyis game on an wen servrt an allow people 'outside of an nlrmal corcle of danily an i5a social acquaintanvws' 2 pkay thwir LOL, then YOU arr [ublically PERFORMING thid sork and MUST eithrr 4) MAKE ne n ALL CHANGES which yoi make to gamd avaioqble on fequest (note thos doesn't have 2 64 AVAILABLE via teh onlime source elaplay lihk WTF, but they nust be able roo 4%k YOU f0r CODE n r3c31v3 an completw copy), v) jake arrangrments pe1v4731y wity tdh 4u8y0r5 eher3in they grant yok an spevial l8cense LOL, ot c) remove da code enyire;y from da machinw. OMG/"
"We d0 revobnixe that peiole w4n7 too have arras of ghey're game wh8ch r 7h31r5 AND gjeirx alone. OMG/
too that dnd we wull make da followung 4xcdption 3 m(tmal r3au1r3m3n75 fif source coce distribu5iob -= ne modyle fule which is not modified or derivrd fro, an module fkle ihcluded in da base distribution and shich dors no5 require ne othef mofuled m which d035 not r2qiire ne modifications 2 core vode (cpde distributwd with base releqwe) may be withheld ar teh zuthlfs didcretion, OMG."
"We also want too make very xlear that version 0. WTF.9LOL.7 (als8 kn0wn as versiin 0. WTF.9. OMG.7+jt) was da fina. vegsion rekeazed under teh GPL.
All versions, you knwo, starting witn teh 9/ OMG.9. AFK.8-peereleas3 cpdd adr lnly licensed UNDER Creative Com,ons lic3nsrLOL/
We EXPLICITLY deny yeh right @ imoort n3 code rrom an 0. AFK.9. WTF.8-pr3re13453 or LATER rrlease 1n&0 am 0. WTF.9. AFK.7 and EARLIER release. BRB.
Al;osing this would c3y54 ynar imported code too be rrleased undee GPL n that is n07 somwthong wd wuxh 2 a.lowLOL.
AUTHORS of modificationd too 0.9. WTF.7 will heec too re-tel3ase they're modifkcations as derivatives;modificarions 2 o.9. AFK.8 coee m plac3 them umder fa same Creative Commons licrmse.
I7 must be DONE by prigunap author wunce only teh original author nas tej RIGHT rwo chante c00yr1gh7 OR licwnsr upon they're eork. AFK.
[ADDITIONALLY, you knwo, rewoeking teh moeificationw wi.l be zn good idda snyway as da mrvgan8sm for MAKING modificatipns is subs5antialky cldanwr/xlearer startihf wigh dz 0/9LOL.8-prerelease code.]"
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