Normalize licensing to MPL-2.0 (code) + CC-BY-SA-4.0 (docs)

Make the repo's licensing single and consistent, matching the wokelangiser
reference policy and the merged iseriser pattern:

- Remove contradictory PMPL-1.0-or-later / Palimpsest self-claims from README
  badges/footers, QUICKSTART, RSR_OUTLINE, STATE-VISUALIZER, and machine-readable
  governance (META, stapeln, deny.toml allow-list, copilot/AGENTIC SPDX
  directives, Trust/Must LICENSE-content checks, per-project CLAUDE.md).
- Encode the docs split in REUSE dep5: *.adoc/*.md/docs/** -> CC-BY-SA-4.0,
  everything else -> MPL-2.0.
- READMEs show MPL-2.0 (code) + CC-BY-SA-4.0 (docs) badges; full texts live in
  LICENSES/; root LICENSE stays MPL-2.0 for GitHub's licence chip.

Preserves legitimate non-self references: cargo-deny's AGPL deny-list, the
"never use AGPL" estate policy, and the Contributor Covenant CoC.

Verified: standards/scripts/check-licence-consistency.sh passes; no residual
PMPL/Palimpsest self-claims remain.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01DF9CcCuL4YJoqs26eHsYiA

Author: Jonathan D.A. Jewell

.claude/CLAUDE.md

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ cargo test
 ## Key Design Decisions
 
 - Follows hyperpolymath ABI-FFI standard (Idris2 ABI, Zig FFI)
-- MPL-2.0 license
+- MPL-2.0 license (code) + CC-BY-SA-4.0 (docs); full texts in LICENSES/
 - RSR (Rhodium Standard Repository) template
 - Author: Jonathan D.A. Jewell <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>
 

.github/workflows/rhodibot.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Reads root-hygiene rules and auto-fixes what it can:
 #   - Delete banned files (AI.djot, duplicate CONTRIBUTING.adoc, stale snapshots)
 #   - Rename misnamed files (AI.a2ml → 0-AI-MANIFEST.a2ml)
-#   - Fix SPDX headers (AGPL → PMPL in dotfiles)
+#   - Fix SPDX headers (AGPL → MPL-2.0 in dotfiles)
 #   - Create missing required files (SECURITY.md, CONTRIBUTING.md)
 #   - Report unfixable issues as PR comments
 #
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
           for dotfile in .gitignore .gitattributes .editorconfig; do
             if [ -f "$dotfile" ] && grep -q "AGPL-3.0" "$dotfile" 2>/dev/null; then
               sed -i 's/AGPL-3.0-or-later/MPL-2.0/g; s/AGPL-3.0/MPL-2.0/g' "$dotfile"
-              FIXES="$FIXES\n- Fixed SPDX header in \`$dotfile\` (AGPL → PMPL)"
+              FIXES="$FIXES\n- Fixed SPDX header in \`$dotfile\` (AGPL → MPL-2.0)"
               CHANGED=true
             fi
           done

.machine_readable/compliance/reuse/dep5

@@ -52,3 +52,10 @@ License: MPL-2.0
 Files: cliff.toml
 Copyright: {{CURRENT_YEAR}} {{AUTHOR}} ({{OWNER}}) <{{AUTHOR_EMAIL}}>
 License: MPL-2.0
+
+# Documentation prose is CC-BY-SA-4.0 (code/config is MPL-2.0).
+# Last-match-wins in the Debian copyright format, so this overrides the
+# `Files: *` default above for prose docs.
+Files: *.adoc *.md docs/* docs/**/*
+Copyright: {{CURRENT_YEAR}} {{AUTHOR}} ({{OWNER}}) <{{AUTHOR_EMAIL}}>
+License: CC-BY-SA-4.0

.machine_readable/contractiles/must/Mustfile.a2ml

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ These are hard requirements — CI fails if any check fails.
 - severity: warning
 
 ### no-agpl
-- description: No AGPL-3.0 references (superseded by PMPL)
+- description: No AGPL-3.0 references (superseded by MPL-2.0)
 - run: "! grep -r 'AGPL-3.0' .gitignore .gitattributes .editorconfig 2>/dev/null | head -1 | grep -q ."
 - severity: critical
 

.machine_readable/contractiles/trust/Trustfile.a2ml

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ is traceable.
 - severity: warning
 
 ### license-content
-- description: LICENSE contains PMPL identifier
-- run: grep -q 'PMPL' LICENSE
+- description: LICENSE contains MPL-2.0 identifier
+- run: grep -q 'MPL-2.0' LICENSE
 - severity: warning
 
 ### ci-pipeline-present

contractiles/trust/Trustfile.a2ml

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Maximal trust by default — LLM may read, build, test, lint, format.
 
 ### license-content
 - description: LICENSE contains expected SPDX identifier
-- run: grep -q 'SPDX\|License\|MIT\|Apache\|PMPL\|MPL' LICENSE
+- run: grep -q 'SPDX\|MPL-2.0' LICENSE
 - severity: critical
 
 ### no-secrets-committed

docs/RSR_OUTLINE.adoc

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 = RSR Template Repository
 
-image:[Palimpsest-MPL-1.0,link="https://github.com/hyperpolymath/palimpsest-license"] image:[Palimpsest,link="https://github.com/hyperpolymath/palimpsest-license"]
+image:https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MPL--2.0-blue[MPL-2.0,link="LICENSES/MPL-2.0.txt"] image:https://img.shields.io/badge/docs-CC--BY--SA--4.0-blue[CC-BY-SA-4.0,link="LICENSES/CC-BY-SA-4.0.txt"]
 :toc:
 :sectnums:
 
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ just validate-rsr
 |Container build (Wolfi base, Podman)
 
 |`LICENSE`
-|MPL-2.0 (Palimpsest MPL)
+|MPL-2.0 (code) / CC-BY-SA-4.0 (docs)
 
 |`EXHIBIT-A-ETHICAL-USE.txt`
 |Ethical use guidelines (LICENSE Exhibit A)

docs/STATE-VISUALIZER.adoc

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ CONTAINER ECOSYSTEM (Phase 2)
 
 REPO INFRASTRUCTURE
   .machine_readable/                ██████████ 100%    STATE/META/ECOSYSTEM active
-  Governance & License              ██████████ 100%    PMPL & Ethical use verified
+  Governance & License              ██████████ 100%    MPL-2.0 & Ethical use verified
   Development Shells (Nix/Guix)     ██████████ 100%    Reproducible env stable
 
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