2026-03-25: Licensing and Trademark Clarity
- kept the repository's current MIT license explicit and visible
What Changed
- kept the repository's current MIT license explicit and visible
- added
LICENSING.mdto explain the current state, plugin ecosystem expectations, and long-term licensing direction - added
TRADEMARKS.mdto separate branding rights from code rights - added
DCO.mdfor contribution-origin certification - added explicit package
licensemetadata to the root app and workspace packages - updated
README.md,CONTRIBUTING.md, and the pull request template to reflect the licensing and contribution policy
Why It Matters
MindStore wants community trust, plugin adoption, and future commercial viability. Those goals need clear documentation, not implied assumptions.
This change makes the current state honest:
- the repository is MIT today
- trademark rights are separate
- future licensing changes must be handled deliberately, not hand-waved
What This Does Not Do
- it does not retroactively undo existing MIT grants
- it does not yet relicense the core to AGPL
- it does not create a commercial license program by itself