MAC Non-Commercial License
Copyright (c) 2025 Rushil Thareja

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 distribute the Software for non-commercial purposes only,
subject to the following conditions:

1. NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY
   The Software may only be used for:
   - Academic research and publications
   - Educational purposes and coursework
   - Personal projects and experimentation
   - Non-profit organizations

2. COMMERCIAL USE REQUIRES LICENSE
   Any commercial use, including but not limited to:
   - Use in commercial products or services
   - Use by for-profit companies or entities
   - Integration into proprietary software
   - Offering the Software as a service (SaaS)
   requires a separate commercial license. Contact rushil.thareja@mbzuai.ac.ae
   for commercial licensing inquiries.

3. ATTRIBUTION
   The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
   in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

4. CITATION
   Academic use must cite the associated paper:
   Thareja et al. "MAC: Multi-Agent Constitution Learning for Generalizable
   Text Annotation" (2025)

5. NO WARRANTY
   THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
   IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
   FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
   AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
   LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
   FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
   DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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# Commercial Licensing

MAC is available under a dual license model.

## Non-Commercial Use (Free)

The Software is free for:
- Academic research and publications
- Educational purposes
- Personal projects
- Non-profit organizations

See LICENSE for full terms.

## Commercial Use (Paid License)

For commercial use in products, services, or by for-profit entities,
a separate commercial license is required.

### What Requires a Commercial License?
- Using MAC in commercial products or services
- Integrating MAC into proprietary software
- Offering MAC functionality as a service (SaaS)
- Use by for-profit companies or entities
- Any use that generates revenue directly or indirectly

### Contact

For commercial licensing inquiries:

**Email**: rushil.thareja@mbzuai.ac.ae

Please include:
- Your company name
- Intended use case
- Expected scale of deployment

We typically respond within 2-3 business days.
