# Business Source License 1.1 (BUSL-1.1)

## Parameters

- **Licensor**: Denzil James Greenwood / CognitiveInsight.ai
- **Licensed Work**: CIAF (Cognitive Insight Audit Framework) + LCM (Lazy Capsule Materialization) Agentic Executor
  - The Licensed Work is © 2026 Denzil James Greenwood
- **Repository**: https://github.com/DenzilGreenwood/ciaf_agents
- **Change Date**: January 1, 2029
- **Change License**: Apache License 2.0

## Terms

The Licensor hereby grants you the right to copy, modify, create derivative works, redistribute, and make non-production use of the Licensed Work.

The Licensor may make an Additional Use Grant, below, permitting limited production use.

Effective on the Change Date, or the fourth anniversary of the first publicly available distribution of a specific version of the Licensed Work under this License, whichever comes first, the Licensor hereby grants you rights under the terms of the Change License, and the rights granted in the paragraph above terminate.

If your use of the Licensed Work does not comply with the requirements currently in effect as described in this License, you must purchase a commercial license from the Licensor, its affiliated entities, or authorized resellers, or you must refrain from using the Licensed Work.

All copies of the original and modified Licensed Work, and derivative works of the Licensed Work, are subject to this License. This License applies separately for each version of the Licensed Work and the Change Date may vary for each version of the Licensed Work released by Licensor.

You must conspicuously display this License on each original or modified copy of the Licensed Work. If you receive the Licensed Work in original or modified form from a third party, the terms and conditions set forth in this License apply to your use of that work.

Any use of the Licensed Work in violation of this License will automatically terminate your rights under this License for the current and all other versions of the Licensed Work.

This License does not grant you any right in any trademark or logo of Licensor or its affiliates (provided that you may use a trademark or logo of Licensor as expressly required by this License).

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE LICENSED WORK IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. LICENSOR HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND TITLE.

## Additional Use Grant

You may use the Licensed Work for the following purposes without obtaining a commercial license:

### 1. Non-Commercial Research
- Academic research and educational purposes
- Non-commercial evaluation and proof-of-concept development
- Learning and training within educational institutions

### 2. Internal Evaluation
- Internal business evaluation and testing for up to 90 days per organization
- Performance benchmarking for internal purposes
- Security testing and vulnerability disclosure

### 3. Personal Use
- Personal, non-commercial use and experimentation
- Hobby projects and personal research

### 4. Open Source Contributions
- Contributing improvements back to the Licensed Work under the same BUSL-1.1 license terms
- Participating in the development community

## Prohibited Uses Without Commercial License

You may NOT use the Licensed Work for the following without obtaining a commercial license from **founder@cognitiveinsight.ai**:

### 1. Commercial Services
- Operating any commercial service, product, or application that incorporates the Licensed Work
- Offering commercial support, consulting, or implementation services based on the Licensed Work

### 2. SaaS/Hosted Services
- Offering the Licensed Work as a service or hosted solution to third parties
- Operating a managed service based on the Licensed Work
- Cloud-hosted deployments for commercial purposes

### 3. Revenue Generation
- Using the Licensed Work to directly or indirectly generate revenue
- Consulting services, implementation services, or support services for fees
- Bundling with paid offerings or revenue-sharing models

### 4. Competitive Products
- Creating or distributing a product that directly competes with CIAF or LCM frameworks
- Using the Licensed Work to build competing AI governance or audit solutions
- Developing alternative implementations that directly substitute for the Licensed Work

### 5. Circumvention and Tampering
- Attempting to circumvent, disable, or modify the cryptographic receipt mechanisms
- Tampering with LCM anchoring systems or audit trail functionality
- Removing or disabling security, verification, or audit features

### 6. Production Deployments
- Any production use in commercial environments beyond the 90-day evaluation period
- Scaling beyond internal evaluation limits for commercial purposes

### 7. White-Label Solutions
- Rebranding or white-labeling the Licensed Work for commercial distribution
- Removing attribution or obscuring the origin of the Licensed Work in commercial offerings

## Commercial Licensing

For commercial use, production deployments, or any use case not covered by the Additional Use Grant above, you must obtain a commercial license.

Commercial licenses include:
- Full commercial usage rights
- Production deployment rights and scalability
- Priority support and Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Security patch priority access and expedited fixes
- Integration assistance and implementation support
- Legal indemnification for approved use cases
- Custom terms available for enterprise needs
- Advanced features and deployment configurations

### Commercial License Contacts
- **Licensing Inquiries**: founder@cognitiveinsight.ai
- **Enterprise Support**: founder@cognitiveinsight.ai
- **Website**: https://cognitiveinsight.ai

## Trademarks

"Cognitive Insight™" and "LCM™" (Lazy Capsule Materialization) are trademarks of Denzil James Greenwood used in connection with ongoing research on verifiable AI governance, cryptographic auditability, and agent control boundaries.

This License does not grant permission to use these trademarks except as required for attribution and reasonable use in describing the origin of the Licensed Work.

## Attribution Requirements

All copies, substantial portions, and derivative works of the Licensed Work must include:

1. This License file (LICENSE.md)
2. Copyright notice: © 2026 Denzil James Greenwood
3. Attribution to original author: Denzil James Greenwood
4. Reference to CognitiveInsight.ai
5. Trademark notices for Cognitive Insight™ and LCM™
6. Clear indication of any modifications made to the original

## Defensive Publication Notice

This Licensed Work serves as a defensive publication establishing prior art for:

- The CIAF (Cognitive Insight Audit Framework) for agent execution control
- Lazy Capsule Materialization (LCM) process for verifiable evidence
- Cryptographic audit structures and chain-of-custody mechanisms
- Identity and authorization models for autonomous agents
- PAM (Privileged Access Management) for AI systems
- Tamper-evident receipt and verification systems

The cryptographic audit structures, anchor derivation methods, and evidence materialization techniques described herein are published to prevent proprietary capture and establish public prior art.

**No patent claims are asserted by the Licensor**, and this License does not grant any patent rights beyond those necessary to use the Licensed Work in accordance with the terms of this License.

Technical documentation and specifications referenced as part of this defensive publication include:
- Complete architectural documentation in `/docs`
- Implementation in this repository
- API Reference and design specifications
- Evidence and cryptographic receipt structures

## Questions and Support

- **Questions about this License**: founder@cognitiveinsight.ai
- **Commercial licensing inquiries**: founder@cognitiveinsight.ai
- **Technical support**: founder@cognitiveinsight.ai
- **General inquiries**: founder@cognitiveinsight.ai

## Source Code Repository

GitHub: https://github.com/DenzilGreenwood/ciaf_agents

## Reference

Business Source License 1.1 (BUSL-1.1) is available at: https://mariadb.com/bsl11/

This License is based on the Business Source License 1.1, adapted for the CIAF + LCM framework with specific terms appropriate for AI governance software, cryptographic audit systems, and agent execution boundaries.

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**Document Date**: March 18, 2026  
**License Version**: 1.0  
**Licensor**: Denzil James Greenwood

