legal: add dual MIT+Apache 2.0 license, trademark policy, and CLA (#941)

- LICENSE: add trademark notice and dual-license reference to MIT file
- LICENSE-APACHE: add full Apache 2.0 license text with ZeroClaw
  trademark clause in section 6
- TRADEMARK.md: define permitted/prohibited uses of the ZeroClaw name,
  list known unauthorized forks (openagen/zeroclaw), and document
  contributor trademark protections
- CLA.md: add Contributor License Agreement granting rights under both
  MIT and Apache 2.0, with explicit patent grant and attribution
  guarantees; contributors retain copyright ownership
- NOTICE: add official repository notice, dual-license summary, and
  contributor protection statement
- README.md: add impersonation warning section with official repo link,
  replace single MIT badge with dual-license table, add trademark and
  contributor protection summary, link CLA.md from Contributing section
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NOTICE
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@ -3,6 +3,26 @@ Copyright 2025 ZeroClaw Labs
This product includes software developed at ZeroClaw Labs (https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs).
Official Repository
===================
The only official ZeroClaw repository is:
https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw
Any other repository claiming to be ZeroClaw is unauthorized.
See TRADEMARK.md for the full trademark policy.
License
=======
This software is available under a dual-license model:
1. MIT License — see LICENSE
2. Apache License 2.0 — see LICENSE-APACHE
You may use either license. Contributors grant rights under both.
See CLA.md for the contributor license agreement.
Contributors
============
@ -10,6 +30,10 @@ This NOTICE file is maintained by repository automation.
For the latest contributor list, see the repository contributors page:
https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/graphs/contributors
All contributors retain copyright ownership of their contributions.
Contributions are permanently attributed in the repository commit history.
Patent rights are protected for all contributors under Apache License 2.0.
Third-Party Dependencies
========================