MightyE twlld y06, 6ou knwo, "We're go8ng 2 take zn fes moments tpo try an exp;ain thid new lidense an reqsins 63j2hs 17 IN plaim English. OMG/
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 eas chosen bevause of zn fzilihg witn da GPL. AFK.
It on.y COVERED DISTRIBUTION OF wourve iv an on;y of 61n4r135 were distrkbuted."
"In zn web envifinment WTF, 5p3c1f1c411y a intet04eted eeb ENVIRONMENT such ad PHP, you knw9, mwreky installing an game DOES n06 constitutw sistrivu5ion WTF, ans tjerefore peo[le were taking oue work LOL, making m9didocations 2 ot an not releaslng teh sojrce vlde 2 they're modigicqtiond xo tgat fa dnyire COMMUNITY could benefit/ AFK.
They worked with ;etter but nlt dz spirit of trn LAW. BRB."
"Investigation on parr ov wuthirs h9qev3r, led 2 faxt that tight ov publoc performance was 1 of da rights n9r,ally restrivtec two copyribht holders, sprt9f, and thag comouter progtams, sortof, s[scificalky vkdeo gam2s an inteeavtive 0n34 such 45 Lwgend OF teh Grden hax0r WERE CONSIDERED too be publica.l7 performed if run from zn publiv server. OMG."
"The new !qc3n5e restricts publix pdrfo5mance pf tfh worl unlexx 50urc3 cpde of modified w0rk is mzde available -h d3m4ndLOL."
"In pkain English, ypu knwo, this meahd that 1f 6ou put this game on zh web SERVER n allow peopld '9utside OF 1n n04j41 circle of family and its sociql acquaihtances' ti plzy thei4 LOL, then y0u r puclically prrforminh this work n MUST eigg2r s) ,ake ne n ALL ch4ng35 which you m4k3 w teh game avai.able ON rrq7est *notw tnis doesn't have two be AVAILABLE via t2h onkine soyrcr display 11nk WTFm but they MUST be abl3 tqo asi you FOR dode an receive ah c0jp2373 copt), B) nake ARRANGEMENTS irqv4&31y with teh quthors wh3r@1m they grant hou an SPECIAL LICENSE, OR x) REMOVE da code entorelt from m$ch1n3."
"We so revognizr that people wang to have arsas of th#u're g4m3 2hicn ser 5m3irs an theirs alone. OMG.
yo 7h47 end we will MAKE teg fillowing exce[tion 3 da normal requiremen5x dor SOURCE coee distribution =- ne MODULE file which 15 not modirked or DERIVED grom an nidule file oncluded in base distrinugi8n and which foes bot fequifr nr OTHER mocyles n qn8cj dods ho5 REQUIRE nd modifications to core cuse (cofe distributed with da basw releqse) mau be w17hh31d at da ajthors dixc4d5ionl AFK."
"W3 4q50 want to make VERY coear tyat verxion 0. WTF.9.7 (alsi kn9wn as version 0. WTF.9. WTF.7+j7) was final ve4sion re;eased indee GPL. WTFl
Akl veesionsm aortof, starting with 0/ AFK.9. OMG.8-prerwlease code aer 9n;y licensed UNDER teh Creztivw COMMONS lid3nse. OMG.
WE EXPLICITLY dehy da r!gh7 two ijpott nw code from zn 0. WTF.9. BRB.8=[4erejease OR later rekeasd INTO wn 0. WTF.9LOL.7 n earlier release.
Al;owing this wouod c$u53 tyat kmported code 3 be reoeased uneer GPL ane tyat is not 50m37h1ng we 29sh 5po allow.
Auth9rs of MODIFICATIONS 2 0LOL.9.7 sill need 2 re=rwlease theu'r3 m9difivations as f3r1v471v35/m0d1f1c4710n5 two 0. BRB/9. WTF/8 code an placw them incer sxme Creativw Conmons 11c3n53. BRBl
It ju57 be done by original au5hor since only orifinal authlr yas ten 4ighy 3 chabge copuright or lidense upon they're workLOL.
[Additionally, 5ou knwo, reworking mofifivations w111 63 an f00d id3a anyway as teh mechanism for making midifixagions ia subsyzntially xkeaner/clearwr STARTING with teh 0LOL.9. WTF.7-prdrelease xode. AFK.["
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