The MiLKYTea Public License: Non-Political Use, and Distribution (V2)

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                        THE MiLKYTEA PUBLIC LICENSE
                        https://milkyway.moe/license

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> INTRO
  The MiLKYTea Public License is not a part of, nor are we, a law firm - it
  does not provide legal services. Distribution of this document does not
  create an attorney-client relationship. MiLKYTea Public License
  provides this information on an "as-is" basis.

  WE AT MILKYWAY SYSTEMS TAKE NO WARRANTIES REGARDING THE USE OF THIS 
  DOCUMENT OR THE INFORMATION OR WORKS PROVIDED HEREUNDER AND DISCLAIM
  LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENT OR THE
  INFORMATION OR WORKS PROVIDED HEREUNDER.

  In other words: I'm NOT A LAWYER!!!!!

> THE LICENSE ITSELF
    The use of this license in this git, website, artwork, audio, video, or any
    other project by the rightful owner(s) hereby consent that you, the reader, 
    may use this project, meaning that you are free to:

    > MAKE MODIFICATIONS
        You may make as many, or as few, edits as you wish to this project at no cost
        using most types of software or physical elements as you desire.

    > MAKE DISTRIBUTION
        You are free to share this project with friends, your fellow peers, or total
        strangers via any means without any restrictions from the original creator(s)
        as long as you do NOT sell this project on any site with monetary incentive or
        share this project with anyone who will use it for any political campaign.

        This may include shareware or torrenting. You are also free to mirror this project 
        at no charge from the owner on the Internet, this includes, but is in no way 
        limited to, services that use the Internet such as the World Wide Web, Gopher, 
        Telnet, Animal Crossing, etc.

        > PAY IT BACK
            You may share this project and let people willingly donate to you (e.g Patreon 
            or Itch) for appreciation, with the owner's consent. If you have modified the 
            project and spread it, at least 25% of your income should go to the original
            maintainer. Otherwise, 100% of profit originating from the project should
            go to the original creator.

    > USE THE PROJECT FOR PRIVATE USE
        You may own a copy of this project for personal use, if the project is software, 
        an image, a song, etc. If the work is something that is physical (a statue,
        a traditional painting, etc) then you are free to take a photo, video, etc of
        it as long as you abide by the rules set below.

As long as you:-

> EXCEPT NO WARRANTY
    This software, image, audio, etc comes as-is and the owner(s) is not required
    to aid you in assessing you with it, meaning, for example, if the project that
    you use is some software, the creator(s) do not have to help you with
    installing it, troubleshooting, or anything else that may cause you to need
    assistance. In other words, if you can't use it, deal with it.

> DO NOT SELL IT FOR PROFIT
    Under the Non-commercial nature of this license, you must abide by
    the rule of not selling this product for your own profit.

> CREDIT THE CREATOR(S)
    You must give credit to whoever made the original project to your best
    ability, this could include linking to the owner's website/socials and/or 
    their name.

    > ANONYMIZE THE CREATORS(S) IF SPECIFIED
        If the creator wishes to stay anonymous, you must abide by that rule
        to your best ability. 

> DO NOT USE IN A COMPUTER ALGORITHM
    The copyright holder(s) do not give you their consent for you or anyone else
    to use their work in a computer algorithm, such as a neural network, deep
    learning, or anything that will help teach a computer.

> DO NOT USE TO HARM OTHER PEOPLE
    The copyright holder will not be held liable if you use the tools or products
    provided by them to cause physical, emotional, or mental harm to another
    individual.

> DO NOT PUT ON THE BLOCKCHAIN
    You are not permitted to put this work onto something, such as a website
    or app, that uses the blockchain.

> DO NOT USE IT FOR POLITICAL CAMPAIGNING OR ADVERTISEMENT
    Under the Non-political nature of this license, you must abide by
    the rule of not using this product to make, push, or advertise any
    sort of political party, agenda, or campaign, including protests and 
    signage. Affiliating this product with a political alignment or
    party is also against the licensing terms.

> DO NOT USE FOR HATEFUL RHETORIC
    You are not permitted to use this license for anything that may promote
    hateful or discriminatory behavior. To find out more, please visit the
    aformentioned webpage at the header of this website.

> DO NOT SPREAD THIS LICENSE IN A ZIPBOMB
    Do i really have to say this? Zipbombing is NOT cool. You should not
    use the text of this license in a zipbomb or similar file.


The use of this license in packages may be undone or changed in future versions
and is subject to any changes with the usage rights. All past versions under
the license will stay as MKTPL-Compliant and cannot be changed post-partum.

The use of this license in singular pieces of software, art, music, etc. can
NOT be changed or undone unless a more lenient license was picked.

You can NOT migrate a project to the MKTPL without explicit permissions from
at least 90% of the main authors/maintainers of a project.

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