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Dual license: MIT OR AGPL-3.0-or-later (your choice) Includes Palimpsest philosophical overlay (encouraged, not required) 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.ai/code) Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT AND Palimpsest-0.8
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This project is dual-licensed under the MIT License and the Palimpsest License v0.8.
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You may choose either license when using, copying, modifying, or distributing this work.
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SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR AGPL-3.0-or-later
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SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024-2025 hyperpolymath
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DUAL LICENSE: MIT OR AGPL-3.0-or-later
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Copyright (c) 2024-2025 The polysafe-gitfixer Contributors
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This project is dual-licensed under the MIT License OR the GNU Affero General
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Public License v3.0 or later. You may choose to use, copy, modify, and
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Copyright (c) 2024-2025 hyperpolymath
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Palimpsest License v0.8
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GNU AFFERO GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE v3.0 OR LATER
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Copyright (c) 2024-2025 The polysafe-gitfixer Contributors
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This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free
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Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
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PERMITTED USES
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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
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FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Affero General Public License for more
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- Acknowledge the contribution chain in derivative works
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https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.txt
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permission from the copyright holders
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You may choose to use this work under:
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1. MIT License - Standard permissive open source license
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2. AGPL-3.0-or-later - Copyleft license requiring source disclosure for
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For most uses, MIT License provides maximum flexibility.
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AGPL-3.0-or-later provides stronger protections.
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Training open-source AI models (where weights, architecture, and training code
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CONTRIBUTOR RIGHTS
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This project encourages (but does not legally require) adherence to the
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principles of the Palimpsest License - a framework for consent-based digital
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interaction and the future web.
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Contributors retain copyright to their contributions and may:
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Core Principles (Encouraged):
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- Respect for emotional and creative lineage
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- Transparent AI training practices with explicit consent
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- Preservation of metadata and attribution
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DISCLAIMER
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The Palimpsest principles represent our vision for a consent-based internet.
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While not legally binding for use of this software, we encourage all users
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THIS WORK IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE AUTHORS SHALL
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Learn more: https://github.com/hyperpolymath/palimpsest-license
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This dual license is compatible with:
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