Business Source License 1.1 (BUSL-1.1)

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Licensor:        Denzil James Greenwood / CognitiveInsight.ai
Licensed Work:   CIAF (Cognitive Insight Audit Framework) +
                 LCM (Lazy Capsule Materialization)
                 The Licensed Work is © 2025 Denzil James Greenwood
Repository:      https://github.com/DenzilGreenwood/pyciaf
Change Date:     January 1, 2029
Change License:  Apache License 2.0

Terms
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The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative
works, redistribute, and make non-production use of the Licensed Work.

The Licensor may make an Additional Use Grant, above, permitting limited
production use.

Effective on the Change Date, or the fourth anniversary of the first publicly
available distribution of a specific version of the Licensed Work under this
License, whichever comes first, the Licensor hereby grants you rights under
the terms of the Change License, and the rights granted in the paragraph
above terminate.

If your use of the Licensed Work does not comply with the requirements
currently in effect as described in this License, you must purchase a
commercial license from the Licensor, its affiliated entities, or authorized
resellers, or you must refrain from using the Licensed Work.

All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works
of the Licensed Work, are subject to this License. This License applies
separately for each version of the Licensed Work and the Change Date may vary
for each version of the Licensed Work released by Licensor.

You must conspicuously display this License on each original or modified copy
of the Licensed Work. If you receive the Licensed Work in original or
modified form from a third party, the terms and conditions set forth in this
License apply to your use of that work.

Any use of the Licensed Work in violation of this License will automatically
terminate your rights under this License for the current and all other
versions of the Licensed Work.

This License does not grant you any right in any trademark or logo of
Licensor or its affiliates (provided that you may use a trademark or logo of
Licensor as expressly required by this License).

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE LICENSED WORK IS PROVIDED ON
AN "AS IS" BASIS. LICENSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND
TITLE.

Additional Use Grant
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You may use the Licensed Work for the following purposes without obtaining a
commercial license:

1. Non-Commercial Research: Academic research, educational purposes, and
   non-commercial evaluation.

2. Internal Evaluation: Internal business evaluation and testing for up to
   90 days per organization.

3. Personal Use: Personal, non-commercial use and experimentation.

4. Open Source Contributions: Contributing improvements back to the Licensed
   Work under the same license terms.

Prohibited Uses Without Commercial License
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You may NOT use the Licensed Work for the following without obtaining a
commercial license from Founder@cognitiveinsight.ai:

1. Commercial Services: Operating any commercial service, product, or
   application that incorporates the Licensed Work.

2. SaaS/Hosted Services: Offering the Licensed Work as a service or hosted
   solution to third parties.

3. Revenue Generation: Using the Licensed Work to generate revenue, including
   consulting services, implementation services, or support services for fees.

4. Competitive Products: Creating or distributing a product that competes
   with CIAF or LCM, or using the Licensed Work to build competing AI
   governance solutions.

5. Circumvention: Attempting to circumvent, disable, or modify the
   cryptographic receipt mechanisms, LCM anchoring system, or audit trail
   functionality.

6. Production Deployments: Any production use in commercial environments
   beyond the 90-day evaluation period.

7. White-Label Solutions: Rebranding or white-labeling the Licensed Work for
   commercial distribution.

Commercial Licensing
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For commercial use, production deployments, or any use case not covered by
the Additional Use Grant above, you must obtain a commercial license.

Commercial licenses include:
- Full commercial usage rights
- Production deployment rights
- Priority support and SLAs
- Security patch priority access
- Integration assistance
- Legal indemnification
- Custom terms available for enterprise needs

Contact: Founder@cognitiveinsight.ai
Website: https://cognitiveinsight.ai

Trademarks
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"Cognitive Insight™" and "LCM™" (Lazy Capsule Materialization) are
trademarks of Denzil James Greenwood used in connection with
ongoing research on verifiable AI governance and auditability.

This License does not grant permission to use these trademarks except as
required for attribution and reasonable use in describing the origin of the
Licensed Work.

Attribution Requirements
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All copies and substantial portions of the Licensed Work must include:

1. This License file (LICENSE)
2. Copyright notice: © 2025 Denzil James Greenwood
3. Attribution to original author: Denzil James Greenwood
4. Reference to CognitiveInsight.ai
5. Trademark notices for Cognitive Insight™ and LCM™

Defensive Publication Notice
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This Licensed Work serves as a defensive publication establishing prior art
for the CIAF framework and Lazy Capsule Materialization (LCM) process. The
cryptographic audit structures, anchor derivation methods, and evidence
materialization techniques described herein are published to prevent
proprietary capture and establish public prior art.

No patent claims are asserted by the Licensor, and this License does not
grant any patent rights beyond those necessary to use the Licensed Work in
accordance with the terms of this License.

Technical Documentation and Specifications referenced as part of this
defensive publication include:
- Complete implementation in this repository
- CIAF Data Structure specifications
- LCM Technical disclosure
- Evidence chain cryptographic mechanisms

Questions and Support
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For questions about this License: Founder@cognitiveinsight.ai
For commercial licensing inquiries: Founder@cognitiveinsight.ai
For technical support: Founder@cognitiveinsight.ai

Source Code Repository
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https://github.com/DenzilGreenwood/pyciaf

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Business Source License 1.1 (BUSL-1.1) is available at:
https://mariadb.com/bsl11/

This License is based on the Business Source License 1.1, adapted for the
CIAF + LCM framework with specific terms appropriate for AI governance
software and cryptographic audit systems.

Document Date: March 27, 2026
Licensor: Denzil James Greenwood
