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🚀 OS Launch: Clean documentation and refined licensing

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This OS launch commit includes:

âś… **Cleaned Documentation**
- Removed inflated claims and marketing language
- Added honest research status and limitations
- Created professional model card and validation reports
- Streamlined licensing to AGPLv3 + commercial contact

âś… **Refined Codebase**
- Complete experimental bit-native transformer implementation
- 57 Python files with comprehensive research framework
- Safety telemetry and monitoring systems
- Distributed training and development tools

âś… **Professional Standards**
- Empirical validation of all claims
- Clear experimental vs production distinctions
- Rigorous research methodology requirements
- Community contribution framework

Ready for serious research evaluation and academic investigation.

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  # Commercial License for BitTransformerLM
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- © 2025 WCNEGENTROPY HOLDINGS LLC – All Rights Reserved
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- > **Clarification (dual‑license):** This clause applies only to commercial deployments.
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- > Open‑source users remain bound by the GNU AGPL v3 in `LICENSE`.
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- > For holders of a **paid Commercial License**, BitTransformerLM is also provided
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- > under the **Apache License 2.0** (the “Commercial License”), **subject to the
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- > Alignment & Transparency Agreement (ATA)**.
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- BitTransformerLM (the “Software”), including all source code, documentation,
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- and associated assets, is the exclusive property of WCNEGENTROPY HOLDINGS LLC
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- (“WCNH”). Commercial use, reproduction, modification, distribution, or
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- sublicensing requires an executed Commercial License Agreement with WCNH.
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-
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- ## Patent Grant (Defensive)
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- WCNH hereby grants Licensee a perpetual, worldwide, non‑exclusive, no‑charge
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- patent license to make, use, sell, offer to sell, import, and otherwise
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- exploit the Software **provided** Licensee complies with this Commercial
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- License and the ATA. **This patent license terminates automatically** if
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- Licensee initiates patent litigation alleging that the Software infringes any
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- patent claim.
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-
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- ## Export‑Control & Sanctions Compliance
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- Licensee shall comply with all applicable export‑control and sanctions laws,
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- including but not limited to U.S. EAR, EU dual‑use regulations, and OFAC
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- sanctions lists. Licensee must not export, re‑export, or provide the Software
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- (or derivatives) to any prohibited country, entity, or individual.
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- ## Alignment & Transparency Obligation
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- Commercial usage is conditional upon adherence to the ATA (see
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- `ALIGNMENT_AND_TRANSPARENCY.txt`). Failure to comply constitutes a material
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- breach and grounds for immediate license revocation.
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- For commercial inquiries contact **WCNegentropy@gmail.com**.
 
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  # Commercial License for BitTransformerLM
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+ © 2025 WCNEGENTROPY HOLDINGS LLC – All Rights Reserved
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+ ## Dual License Structure
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+ BitTransformerLM is available under two licensing options:
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+ 1. **Open Source License:** GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 (AGPLv3) - see LICENSE.txt
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+ 2. **Commercial License:** Separate commercial licensing agreements available
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+ ## Commercial Use
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+ If you wish to use BitTransformerLM in commercial applications without the copyleft requirements of AGPLv3, or if you need additional rights and warranties, a separate commercial license is required.
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+ Commercial licenses provide:
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+ - Permission to use in proprietary applications
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+ - No requirement to open source derivative works
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+ - Commercial support options
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+ - Additional warranties and indemnification
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+ ## Contact for Commercial Licensing
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+ For commercial licensing inquiries, please contact:
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+ **contact@wcnegentropy.com**
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+ Include the following information in your inquiry:
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+ - Intended use case and application
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+ - Expected deployment scale
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+ - Timeline for implementation
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+ - Any specific licensing requirements
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+ We will respond to commercial licensing inquiries within 5 business days.