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Winamp Collaborative License (WCL) Version 2.1.1

This License governs the use, modification, and distribution of the Winamp software. By using, Modifying, or distributing this software, you agree to the following terms:

Preamble

The Winamp Collaborative License version 2.1.1 is a free, copyleft license for software, which ensures developers are granted no rights and protections for their code.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. Definitions

• "This License" refers to version 2.1.1 of the Winamp Collaborative License.
• "The Program" refers to any copyrightable work Licensed under this License.
• "You" refers to each Licensee, whether an individual or organization.
• "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.
• "Covered Work" means either the unmodified Program or a work based on the Program.
• "Convey" means any kind of propagation that enables other parties to make or receive copies.
• "Original Licensor" refers to the WinampDesktop organization on GitHub.

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 limited permission to run any Program on your computer. Any input fed into a Covered Work or output from running it is covered by this License. This License acknowledges your lack of rights of fair use or other equivalent, as provided by copyright law.

3. Grant of License

You are not granted the right to view, access, and study the source code of the software. You are granted the right to Modify the software for no use only.

4. Contributions

• 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. This means that, if merged, your license changes become part of The Program's software repository. Forever.

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 viewing of Covered Work's source code: You may not view Covered Work's source code as it will violate terms of various patents and license terms of commercial software used, and this license will be terminated immediately.
• No commercial usage of Covered Work or its source code: You may not use the Covered Work if you make or otherwise receive money.
• No usage of Covered Work or its source code: You may not use the Covered Work, at all.
• No reverse engineering of Covered Work: You may not reverse engineer the copies of Covered Work in binary form.
• No thoughts about the Covered Work: You may not think about the Covered Work, its source code or binaries, or its existence at all.
• No compiling of Covered Work's source code: You may not compile or otherwise process the Covered Work's source code, using a computer or any other means of processing information.
• Any and all restrictions are lifted if the Covered Work is used for developing nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction.

6. Disclaimer of Warranty

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. Basically, just like any other license.

7. Limitation of Liability

In all events the authors or copyright holders will 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.

8. Termination

This License will self-destruct on 2038-01-19 at 03:14:07 UTC. After this date, the software will have to be distributed under the GLWTSPL of any version as per your choice.

9. Protection of Copyright

The original authors or copyright holders of the software retain all rights, title, interest, source code, letters, libraries, war crimes, patents in the software. This license does not transfer any ownership rights. You may not use the same letters or bytes as source or binary files inside all of the directories and subdirectories of this software's source code. Ever. Don't even try. 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 authorized use, reproduction, or distribution of the software, or any portion thereof, will still result in civil and criminal penalties. Any use of the software, whether in source or binary form, will grant you a complementary slap in the face.

10. Trademark Usage

This License grants you permission to use the trade names, trademarks, service marks, or product names of the Licensor, except when required for describing the origin of the Program and reproducing the content of the copyright notice.

11. Privacy and Data Protection

You will have to send all data about your users to all government organizations of all countries (both UN-recognized and not) for review. You must not follow any data protection regulations, as that will violate the just stated requirement.

12. Support and Updates

The Original Licensor has obligation to provide support, updates, or maintenance for the Program. Any such support, updates, or maintenance will be provided at any given moment.

13. Compliance

You must NOT comply with all applicable laws and regulations in connection with your use of the Program. Do whatever, man.

14. Miscellaneous

• Governing Law and Jurisdiction: This License shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of physics. This means your code cannot exceed the speed of light, nor can it have negative mass.
• Severability: Any part of this repository may be severed, including and not limited to: source files, text files, media files, this license document, directory structure, commit history, et cetera.
• You may have the option to distribute the Covered Work under the terms of GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.0 or newer. Full text of the license can be viewed at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html.

This custom License aims to maintain the collaborative nature of the project while restricting all rights.