| # Research and Personal Use License |
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| **Material-Field Governance Reference Implementation** |
| Copyright (c) 2026 Ryan S. Walters / Verhash LLC |
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| ## Grant of Rights |
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| Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to use, copy, modify, and study the Software for **non-commercial purposes only**, subject to the following conditions: |
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| ### Permitted Uses |
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| ✅ **Research and Academic Use** |
| - Study the code and underlying algorithms |
| - Modify for research experiments |
| - Publish academic papers citing this work |
| - Use in educational settings (courses, workshops) |
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| ✅ **Personal Use** |
| - Run for personal learning and experimentation |
| - Modify for individual projects |
| - Share results and findings publicly |
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| ✅ **Open Science** |
| - Fork and improve the implementation |
| - Publish modified versions with attribution |
| - Contribute bug reports and issues |
| - Participate in technical discussions |
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| ### Prohibited Uses |
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| ❌ **Commercial Deployment** |
| - Integration into commercial products or services |
| - Use in production systems serving customers |
| - Deployment for profit or commercial advantage |
| - Providing as a paid service (SaaS, API, etc.) |
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| ❌ **Redistribution for Profit** |
| - Selling copies or access to the Software |
| - Bundling with commercial products |
| - Sublicensing for commercial purposes |
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| ## Conditions |
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| 1. **Attribution Required** |
| - Retain this license notice in all copies |
| - Credit original author (Ryan S. Walters / Verhash LLC) |
| - Cite patent application when publishing research |
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| 2. **Patent Notice** |
| - This software demonstrates concepts covered by pending patent applications |
| - Patent priority date: January 25, 2026 |
| - Title: "Deterministic Material-Field Governance for Computational Systems" |
| - Applicant: Verhash LLC |
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| 3. **No Warranty** |
| - THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND |
| - Use at your own risk |
| - No guarantee of fitness for any particular purpose |
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| ## Commercial Licensing |
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| For commercial use, production deployment, or integration into commercial products: |
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| **Contact:** ryan@rswlabs.org |
| **Organization:** Verhash LLC |
| **Address:** 9343 Klusman Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730 |
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| We offer commercial licenses for: |
| - Enterprise deployment |
| - Integration into products |
| - Production use in safety-critical systems |
| - Custom development and support |
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| ## Definitions |
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| **"Non-commercial"** means: |
| - Not primarily intended for or directed toward commercial advantage |
| - Not involving monetary compensation |
| - Research, educational, or personal purposes |
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| **"Commercial"** means: |
| - Used in a business or profit-making context |
| - Deployed to serve paying customers |
| - Integrated into products sold for profit |
| - Any use generating revenue |
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| ## Why This License? |
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| This software is a **reference implementation** of novel research. The goal is to: |
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| 1. **Enable scrutiny** - Let researchers verify and challenge the claims |
| 2. **Accelerate research** - Provide working code to build upon |
| 3. **Support education** - Help students learn alternative AI approaches |
| 4. **Protect innovation** - Maintain rights for commercial deployment |
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| We want the research community to have full access while preserving the ability to support commercial development through proper licensing. |
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| ## Questions? |
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| If you're unsure whether your use case is permitted: |
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| - **Academic research?** → Yes, permitted |
| - **Personal learning project?** → Yes, permitted |
| - **Startup product?** → No, requires commercial license |
| - **Company internal R&D?** → Contact us to discuss |
| - **Open source project?** → Yes, if non-commercial |
| - **Publishing modifications?** → Yes, with attribution |
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| **Verhash LLC** supports development and research in deterministic systems. |
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| Last updated: January 27, 2026 |
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