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# Winamp Collaborative License (WCL) Version 1.0.1 # Winamp Collaborative License (WCL) Version 1.0.2
This License governs the use, modification, and distribution of the Winamp software. This License governs the use, modification, and distribution of the **Mighty Winamp** software. By using, modifying, or distributing this software, you agree to the following totally reasonable and not at all confusing terms:
By using, Modifying, or distributing this software, you agree to the following terms:
## Preamble ## Preamble
The Winamp Collaborative License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works. It is designed to ensure that you have the freedom to use, Modify, and study the software, but with certain restrictions on the distribution of modifications to maintain the integrity and collaboration of the project.
## TERMS AND CONDITIONS Welcome to the **Winamp Collaborative License**! It's free, it's copyleft, and it’s all about making sure you have fun with code (while following the rules, obviously). We want you to use, tweak, and study Winamp until your heart's content, but we’ve got a couple of quirks—just like that one dev who swears by semicolons in Python.
## TERMS AND CONDITIONS (Don’t worry, it’s not *that* bad)
### 1. Definitions ### 1. Definitions
- "This License" refers to version 1.0.1 of the Winamp Collaborative License.
- "The Program" refers to any copyrightable work Licensed under this License. - "**This License**" means version 1.0.2 of our fine-tuned legalese masterpiece.
- "You" refers to each Licensee, whether an individual or organization. - "**The Program**" refers to the glorious software licensed under this. You know, the thing that whips the llama's a**.
- "Modify" means to copy from or adapt all or part of the work in a fashion requiring copyright permission, other than the making of an exact copy. - "**You**" refers to anyone who dared download or fork this, also known as "The Brave Developer."
- "Covered Work" means either the unmodified Program or a work based on the Program. - "**Modify**" means you tried to break... er, I mean improve the code.
- "Convey" means any kind of propagation that enables other parties to make or receive copies. - "**Covered Work**" refers to the unmodified Program or any frankensteined version of it you come up with.
- "**Convey**" means you sent it to someone. Carrier pigeon, email, floppy disk... it's all Conveying.
### 2. Basic Permissions ### 2. Basic Permissions
All rights granted under this License are granted for the term of copyright on the Program and are irrevocable provided the stated conditions are met. This License explicitly affirms your unlimited permission to run the unmodified Program. The output from running a Covered work is covered by this License only if its contents constitute a Covered work. This License acknowledges your rights of fair use or other equivalent, as provided by copyright law.
Feel free to run Winamp all day and night! Loop it, script it, go wild. Whatever comes out of it is yours... unless it’s still our code—then it’s ours. Your fair use rights are safe, too; we’re not monsters.
### 3. Grant of License ### 3. Grant of License
You are granted the right to view, access, and study the source code of the software.
You are granted the right to Modify the software for private use only. You may make, run, and propagate Covered works that you do not Convey, without conditions, so long as your License otherwise remains in force. You get to peek at the source code! Yes, we mean the *good stuff*. Modify it all you want, **in private**. No distributing your “1337” mods though—we prefer to avoid Winamp turning into some weird Frankenstein’s monster of code spaghetti.
### 4. Contributions ### 4. Contributions
- Contribution to Project: You are encouraged to contribute improvements, enhancements, and bug fixes back to the project. Contributions must be submitted to the official repository and will be reviewed and incorporated at the discretion of the maintainers.
- Assignment of Rights: By submitting contributions, you agree that all intellectual property rights, including copyright, in your contributions are assigned to Winamp. You hereby grant Winamp a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, copy, modify, and distribute your contributions as part of the software, without any compensation to you. - **Contribution to Project**: Fix that bug? Add that feature? You rock. Send it back our way, and we’ll think about adding it to the official version. We might say, “Oh, cool!” or “Nah, we’re good.”
- Waiver of Rights: You waive any rights to claim authorship of the contributions or to object to any distortion, mutilation, or other modifications of the contributions. - **Assignment of Rights**: By contributing, you're basically giving Winamp your secret sauce. We get to use it forever (muhahaha), and no, you won’t get a parade for it—but thanks anyway!
- **Waiver of Rights**: You won’t have to deal with people calling your code “ugly” or “mangled” because you won’t even get the chance to complain. Fair? Not really. But hey, legal stuff.
### 5. Restrictions ### 5. Restrictions
- No Distribution of Modified Versions: You may not distribute modified versions of the software, whether in source or binary form.
- Official Distribution: Only the maintainers of the official repository are allowed to distribute the software and its modifications. - **No Distribution of Modified Versions**: You’re a wizard at modifying code, but alas, no public showcase. Only the official team gets to spread the gospel of Winamp.
- **Official Distribution**: Let the official repo handle distribution. Trust us, it's safer this way.
### 6. No Sublicensing ### 6. No Sublicensing
Sublicensing is not allowed; section 5 makes it unnecessary.
### 7. Protecting Users' Legal Rights From Anti-Circumvention Law You can’t pass this license off like a hot potato. Section 5 already has that covered—no need to complicate things.
No Covered work shall be deemed part of an effective technological measure under any applicable law fulfilling obligations under article 11 of the WIPO copyright treaty adopted on 20 December 1996, or similar laws prohibiting or restricting circumvention of such measures. ### 7. Anti-Circumvention Shenanigans
### 8. Disclaimer of Warranty No, you can’t lock up our software with DRM or make it the Fort Knox of apps. This is an open party. Bring chips, not walls.
The software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and noninfringement. In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages, or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort, or otherwise, arising from, out of, or in connection with the software or the use or other dealings in the software.
### 8. Disclaimer of Warranty (The “Good Luck” Clause)
Here’s the deal: the software is *as is*. If it breaks, you’re holding the pieces. No warranties, no promises, not even a smiley face sticker. Use it at your own risk.
### 9. Limitation of Liability ### 9. Limitation of Liability
In no event will the authors or copyright holders be liable for any special, incidental, indirect, or consequential damages whatsoever (including, without limitation, damages for loss of business profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or any other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of or inability to use the software, even if the authors or copyright holders have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
If Winamp causes your server to spontaneously combust, wipes your hard drive, or just refuses to whip the llama, we are *so not responsible*. You’ve been warned.
### 10. Termination ### 10. Termination
This License and the rights granted hereunder will terminate automatically if you fail to comply with the terms and conditions herein. Upon termination, you must cease all use of the software and destroy all copies, full or partial, of the software.
### 11. Protection of Copyright Mess up with these terms, and we’ll have to say goodbye. At that point, you’ll need to destroy every copy of Winamp you’ve got, including that one backup you forgot about from 1999.
The original authors or copyright holders of the software retain all rights, title, and interest in the software. This license does not transfer any ownership rights.
You must retain all copyright, patent, trademark, and attribution notices in the source code and documentation of the software. ### 11. Copyright Protection
By submitting contributions, you agree that the contributions are your original work and you grant the project a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, copy, modify, and distribute your contributions as part of the software.
Any unauthorized use, reproduction, or distribution of the software, or any portion thereof, may result in civil and criminal penalties. We’re keeping the rights to this masterpiece. You can use it, but don’t go claiming you wrote Winamp from scratch at a hackathon. Keep all the little legal notices intact. You break it, you lose it. Simple.
### 12. Patent Rights ### 12. Patent Rights
Each contributor grants you a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free patent license under the contributor's essential patent claims to make, use, sell, offer for sale, import, and otherwise run, modify and propagate the contents of its contributor version.
If you initiate litigation (including a cross-claim or counterclaim) against any party alleging that the Program or a contribution incorporated within the Program constitutes direct or contributory patent infringement, then any patent licenses granted to you under this License for that Program shall terminate as of the date such litigation is filed. Got a patent? Cool! But let us use it if it touches the Program. Start a patent lawsuit? Oops, you just lost your patent license. Maybe stick to coding instead of suing.
### 13. Trademark Usage ### 13. Trademark Usage
This License does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor, except as required for describing the origin of the Program and reproducing the content of the copyright notice.
You can’t just slap the Winamp name on your app and call it a day. Trademark rules still apply, so don’t embarrass yourself.
### 14. Privacy and Data Protection ### 14. Privacy and Data Protection
You must comply with all applicable privacy and data protection laws in connection with your use of the Program.
If the Program collects user data, you must provide clear notice and obtain any necessary consents for such collection. If you decide to collect data with Winamp, remember: privacy laws are a thing, and you should follow them. Yes, even if it’s just for the email addresses of your closest 10 friends.
### 15. Support and Updates ### 15. Support and Updates
The Licensor has no obligation to provide support, updates, or maintenance for the Program. Any such support, updates, or maintenance will be provided at the sole discretion of the Licensor.
### 16. Compliance Support? Updates? From us? Don’t hold your breath. If we’re feeling generous, we’ll throw you a bone, but otherwise, you’re on your own.
You must comply with all applicable laws and regulations in connection with your use of the Program.
### 16. Compliance (A.K.A. “Be Cool”)
You need to follow all the rules and laws, okay? Don’t go all cyberpunk rogue on us.
### 17. Miscellaneous ### 17. Miscellaneous
- Governing Law and Jurisdiction: This License shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Belgium. Any disputes arising out of or in connection with this License shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Brussels, Belgium.
- Severability: If any provision of this License is held to be unenforceable, such provision shall be reformed only to the extent necessary to make it enforceable. - **Governing Law**: Belgium’s got dibs. Any problems? Take it up with the fine folks of Brussels.
By using, Modifying, or contributing to the software, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions. - **Severability**: If a part of this License gets trashed in court, the rest will keep on truckin’.
This custom License aims to maintain the collaborative nature of the project while restricting the distribution of modified versions. By using or contributing to Winamp, you’re basically nodding and saying “Sure, I’ll follow the rules, but I also love reading lengthy legal documents.”