chore(licence): set repo primary licence to MPL-2.0 (core technology)

claude · claude · commit 1a08b65b448c · 2026-06-21T23:28:11.000Z
Per owner decision, the repository's primary licence is MPL-2.0 (with CC-BY-SA-4.0 for prose), matching the estate standard. Resolves the flagged inconsistency where the root LICENSE was AGPL-3.0-or-later while the guix files and CLAUDE.md treated the repo as MPL-2.0. - LICENSE: AGPL-3.0-or-later text -> MPL-2.0 with the dual SPDX header (MPL-2.0 + CC-BY-SA-4.0), identical to the estate-canonical file. - Core-technology metadata/headers AGPL-3.0-or-later -> MPL-2.0: runtime (runtime/Cargo.toml), distribution packages (affinescript-cli, affine-js, affine-vscode, affinescript-tea), editor integrations (vscode + tree-sitter-*), and repo infra (.gitattributes, .gitignore). These were mislabeled AGPL but are "Core Technology" per docs/governance/LICENSING-GUIDE.md. - README licence section updated to the three-tier framing. DELIBERATELY UNCHANGED (documented AGPL "Game Content" tier per LICENSING-GUIDE.md + TRUST.contractile): proposals/idaptik/** (the IDApTIK AGPL game; the contractile forbids modifying it) and game-specific examples/**, plus LICENSES/LICENSE-AGPL-3.0. The repo stays multi-licensed; MPL-2.0 is the primary/headline licence. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com> Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_015wqBHniW8sHDCqCoEvBe9n
diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 # RSR-compliant .gitattributes
 
 * text=auto eol=lf
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 # RSR-compliant .gitignore
 
 # OS & Editor
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
@@ -673,18 +673,21 @@ ____
 
 == License
 
-This repository is documented and distributed under AGPL-3.0-or-later.
+This repository's core technology — the compiler, runtime, standard library,
+tooling, and editor integrations — is licensed under MPL-2.0; documentation and
+prose under CC-BY-SA-4.0.
 
-The broader Palimpsest-MPL licensing layer applies to associated ecosystem technology including:
-
-- Gossamer
-- Burble
-- AffineScript deployment/tooling layers where applicable
+Game content remains under AGPL-3.0-or-later (the `proposals/idaptik/` migration
+and the game-specific `examples/`), and the foundational technologies (Gossamer,
+Burble) under the Palimpsest-MPL layer. See
+link:docs/governance/LICENSING-GUIDE.md[docs/governance/LICENSING-GUIDE.md] for
+the full three-tier breakdown.
 
 See also:
 
-- AGPL-3.0-or-later: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html
-- PMPL-1.0: https://github.com/hyperpolymath/palimpsest-license
+- MPL-2.0 (core technology): https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/MPL/2.0/
+- AGPL-3.0-or-later (game content): https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html
+- PMPL-1.0 (foundational): https://github.com/hyperpolymath/palimpsest-license
 
 == Final Positioning Summary
 
diff --git a/affinescript-tea/deno.json b/affinescript-tea/deno.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   "imports": {
     "@hyperpolymath/affine-js/loader": "../packages/affine-js/loader.js"
   },
-  "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
+  "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "publish": {
     "exclude": ["mod_test.js"]
   },
diff --git a/editors/tree-sitter-affinescript/package.json b/editors/tree-sitter-affinescript/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "affinescript"
   ],
   "author": "hyperpolymath",
-  "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
+  "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "nan": "^2.17.0"
   },
diff --git a/editors/tree-sitter-rescript/package.json b/editors/tree-sitter-rescript/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "Manifest-only vendoring of rescript-lang/tree-sitter-rescript for the .res -> .affine migration assistant (affinescript#57).",
-  "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
+  "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "dependencies": {
     "tree-sitter-rescript": "github:rescript-lang/tree-sitter-rescript#990214a83f25801dfe0226bd7e92bb71bba1970f"
   },
diff --git a/editors/vscode/package.json b/editors/vscode/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "description": "Language support for AffineScript - affine types, effects, and dependent types",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "publisher": "hyperpolymath",
-  "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
+  "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/hyperpolymath/affinescript"
diff --git a/editors/vscode/src/extension.affine b/editors/vscode/src/extension.affine
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR AGPL-3.0-or-later
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR MPL-2.0
 // Copyright (c) 2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>
 //
 // AffineScript VS Code extension — issue #35 Phase 3 deliverable.
diff --git a/editors/vscode/test/runTest.js b/editors/vscode/test/runTest.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR AGPL-3.0-or-later
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR MPL-2.0
 // In-editor smoke harness driver for #139.
 //
 // Downloads a pinned VS Code, launches it with this extension folder loaded
diff --git a/editors/vscode/test/suite/extension.test.js b/editors/vscode/test/suite/extension.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR AGPL-3.0-or-later
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR MPL-2.0
 // Acceptance harness for #139 — in-editor smoke test of the .affine
 // VS Code extension. Runs inside the VS Code extension host launched by
 // runTest.js. Each `test` maps to one of the four acceptance bullets:
diff --git a/editors/vscode/test/suite/index.js b/editors/vscode/test/suite/index.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR AGPL-3.0-or-later
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT OR MPL-2.0
 // Mocha entry point that the extension host invokes via
 // --extensionTestsPath. Discovers *.test.js files in this directory.
 
diff --git a/packages/affine-js/deno.json b/packages/affine-js/deno.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "./marshal": "./marshal.js",
     "./runtime": "./runtime.js"
   },
-  "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
+  "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "tasks": {
     "test": "deno test --allow-read --allow-write loader_test.js"
   },
diff --git a/packages/affine-vscode/deno.json b/packages/affine-vscode/deno.json
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
   "exports": {
     ".": "./mod.js"
   },
-  "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
+  "license": "MPL-2.0"
 }
diff --git a/packages/affine-vscode/package.json b/packages/affine-vscode/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "description": "JS-side adapter for AffineScript's stdlib/Vscode.affine + stdlib/VscodeLanguageClient.affine binding modules. Resolves each extern fn to a real vscode / vscode-languageclient call and maintains the FFI handle table.",
   "main": "./mod.js",
-  "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
+  "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/hyperpolymath/affinescript.git",
diff --git a/packages/affinescript-cli/deno.json b/packages/affinescript-cli/deno.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "exports": {
     ".": "./mod.js"
   },
-  "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
+  "license": "MPL-2.0",
   "publish": {
     "exclude": ["mod_test.js"]
   },
diff --git a/runtime/Cargo.toml b/runtime/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["AffineScript Contributors"]
 description = "Runtime library for AffineScript, compiled to WebAssembly"
-license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
+license = "MPL-2.0"
 repository = "https://github.com/hyperpolymath/affinescript"
 keywords = ["affinescript", "runtime", "wasm"]
 categories = ["wasm", "no-std"]

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`2`	`2`	`// Copyright (c) 2026 Jonathan D.A. Jewell <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>`
`3`	`3`	`//`
`4`	`4`	`// AffineScript VS Code extension — issue #35 Phase 3 deliverable.`