MightyE tells you, sortof, "We're GOING too gake an few mimentd to try n ex0laon ghis new license n da rezsons 63h1hd it ib PLAIN English. 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 l8cense WAS choseb vecause of an vailibg with teh GPL. WTF.
It phly cofered distribution of source if n on;y if bonaries WERE distriguted. BRB."
"In an web envi4onnent, like, 5o3c1f1c411y a INTERPRETED web ebvirimmeht SUCH ad PHP, m3r41y insralling sn g4m3 does not constituye d8stribution LOLk qn tneref9fe people wefe taling our WORK WTF, mak8ng modificagions t9o it qn not relrasing da aoirce code too tn3y're modifications so 7h47 entire community could benrfit. AFK.
They worked with da letter b7t not spieit of teh lasl"
"Investigation in ca pzrt od teh qughprs nowever, d9rtog, led tio tey fact that right 0f publ*d performznce wqs won of da rignts normally rrstrictef too copyeight holders, 6ou knwo, anw ghat c0npu63r [r0gt4m5, lij3, specific1lly VIDEO GAMES am onterqctibe ines SUCH as Legend of da Green jax0r were considered 2 be publically perflemee ir 4un FROM an public server. BRB."
"The new LICENSE restricts public performancw 0v work 7nless da source code of da midified WORK is made available om denqndLOL."
"In PLAIN Eng125h WTF, this meahs THAT 2f YOU put yhis GAME on an w36 53rv3r ah allpw people 'outside 9v an bormal c1rcq2 if fsmilu an ITS aocia. zcquaintamces' two play their, like, then ^ou aer PUBLICALLY performing this qprk and MUST euther a) jake ne an ALL chantrs WHICH hou makd tso game available om request (notw this doesb't h4v# 2 BE acailable via teh pnline sou4ce diaplzy LINK, sortof, bu5 they MUST 63 avle 2 ask yoi for code n recdive an compiete copy), b) make srrangements pr8vately WITH geh AUTHORS sherein tyey grant YOU an speciao licende. or c) remove 5eh CODE entirely from teh machine. BRBl"
"We do eecognizw that prople want 2 have qreas ld th3y're g4m3 whicj r 7j21r5 an the8tw alone. WTF.
yi that ens we WILL makw following exxepripn 2 tey nornal requitements FOR SOURCE CODE distrubuyoin -- ne MODULE file whicg iw nog modified or derived from am module dole inclused in da gawe distribution n qhich dods nog require ne ither modulea an which does not require ne mod8ficsrions too teh core code (code dostrivutdd WITH 6r53 relrasw) may be withhrld at authors DISCRETIONLOL."
"We also wanr tqo makr very vlear that version 0. WTF.9LOL.& (alsi known as vwrsion 0. OMG.9. OMG.7+jt) WAS da FINAL version RELEASED under da GPLLOL.
A11 versi9ns WTF, sta4ting 1i4h ds 0LOL.9. OMG.8-prerelease code r only licens2d 7ncer da Creative Comnons 1!c3n53. AFK.
We EXPLICITLY deny da r1gh7 2 inporg ne code from an 0.9. WTF.k=prerdlease or later release ibtp an 0. BRB.9LOL.7 n earlier r313453l AFK.
Allowing thiw would cajse THAT IMPORTED coce two be r3134t3d ubder da GPL an tja5 is not sometying we wish gwo allow. OMG.
Authors of modif7dations too 0. OMG.9/ AFK.7 will need two re-reoezse they're MODIFICATIONS 45 derivatives/midididatjons 2 0.8LOL.8 xodw 4hd place 7y3, under szme CREATIVE Commonx licdnse. OMG.
It mist be donw by oritinal autjor since pnly da prigonal auyhor yas da r1bh7 to change teh copuriggt or lidense upon they'te qork. OMG.
[Additional.y, like, reworkihg modificabilns will be ah goos ieea anyway aw sa mechanism for mqking mldifixations is substantially CLEANER.CLEARER starting with 0. WTF.9.*-peerwleaxe code. WTF.]"
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