Agent-OS License
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Copyright (c) 2026 VION WILLIAMS

This repository contains two categories of source code with different
licensing provenance. See the NOTICE section at the bottom of this file
for the fork-heritage disclosure.

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MIT License — applies to all original Agent-OS contributions
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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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NOTICE — Upstream Fork Heritage
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Agent-OS began as a fork of Anthropic's Claude Code CLI. Substantial
portions of the execution-layer infrastructure (tool protocols, REPL
surface, MCP integration, permission system, telemetry scaffolding, etc.)
are derived from upstream Claude Code source.

The Agent-OS additions — including but not limited to:

  * Multi-Model Router and Cost Intelligence subsystem
  * Knowledge Forge (FCA-based knowledge compilation engine)
  * Super-Coordination layer (production lines, task board,
    knowledge sync, Auto-OS evolution)
  * BYOK hardening and the removal of subscription / OAuth paths

are original works authored for Agent-OS and are licensed under the
MIT terms above.

Portions of this codebase derived from Anthropic's Claude Code remain
subject to the license terms under which Anthropic distributes that
software. Users intending to redistribute Agent-OS — particularly in
commercial contexts — should review Anthropic's upstream license and
consult legal counsel before doing so.

"Claude", "Claude Code", and "Anthropic" are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC.
Their use in this repository is limited to factual attribution of the
fork heritage and does not imply endorsement.
