MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Herman Swanepoel

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
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furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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SOFTWARE.

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## Additional Notes

### Open-Core Model

This license applies to the **Community Edition** of AuraIA. 

**Proprietary features** (advanced agents, cloud integrations, enterprise features) 
are available under separate commercial licenses.

### Contributor License Agreement

Contributors may be asked to sign a CLA to allow dual-licensing for commercial 
versions while keeping the core open-source.

### Patent Grant

Contributors grant a patent license for their contributions. See CONTRIBUTING.md 
for details.

### Trademarks

"AuraIA" and associated logos are trademarks of Herman Swanepoel and are not 
covered by this license.