zeroclaw/LICENSE
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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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MIT License
Copyright (c) 2025 ZeroClaw Labs
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
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.
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TRADEMARK NOTICE
This license does not grant permission to use the trade names, trademarks,
service marks, or product names of ZeroClaw Labs, including "ZeroClaw",
"zeroclaw-labs", or associated logos, except as required for reasonable and
customary use in describing the origin of the Software.
Unauthorized use of the ZeroClaw name or branding to imply endorsement,
affiliation, or origin is strictly prohibited. See TRADEMARK.md for details.
================================================================================
DUAL LICENSE NOTICE
This software is available under a dual-license model:
1. MIT License (this file) — for open-source, research, academic, and
personal use. See LICENSE (this file).
2. Apache License 2.0 — for contributors and deployments requiring explicit
patent grants and stronger IP protection. See LICENSE-APACHE.
You may choose either license for your use. Contributors submitting patches
grant rights under both licenses. See CLA.md for the contributor agreement.
================================================================================
This product includes software developed by ZeroClaw Labs and contributors:
https://github.com/zeroclaw-labs/zeroclaw/graphs/contributors
See NOTICE for full contributor attribution.