# License

## MIT License

Copyright (c) 2025 Ralph Orchestrator Contributors

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

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

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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## Attribution

Ralph Orchestrator is based on the Ralph Wiggum technique created by [Geoffrey Huntley](https://ghuntley.com/ralph/). The original concept and technique are used with permission and gratitude.

## Third-Party Licenses

Ralph Orchestrator uses the following open-source libraries:

### Python Standard Library
- **License**: Python Software Foundation License
- **URL**: https://docs.python.org/3/license.html

### Optional Dependencies

#### Rich (Terminal Formatting)
- **License**: MIT
- **URL**: https://github.com/Textualize/rich
- **Copyright**: Will McGugan

#### Click (CLI Framework)
- **License**: BSD-3-Clause
- **URL**: https://github.com/pallets/click
- **Copyright**: Pallets

#### Plotly (Visualization)
- **License**: MIT
- **URL**: https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py
- **Copyright**: Plotly, Inc.

#### PyYAML (YAML Processing)
- **License**: MIT
- **URL**: https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml
- **Copyright**: Kirill Simonov

#### Pandas (Data Analysis)
- **License**: BSD-3-Clause
- **URL**: https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas
- **Copyright**: The Pandas Development Team

### Development Dependencies

#### Pytest (Testing)
- **License**: MIT
- **URL**: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
- **Copyright**: Holger Krekel and others

#### MkDocs (Documentation)
- **License**: BSD-2-Clause
- **URL**: https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs
- **Copyright**: Tom Christie

#### Material for MkDocs (Theme)
- **License**: MIT
- **URL**: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material
- **Copyright**: Martin Donath

## AI Agent CLIs

Ralph Orchestrator integrates with the following AI agent CLI tools, which have their own licenses:

### Claude CLI
- **Provider**: Anthropic
- **License**: See Claude CLI documentation
- **URL**: https://claude.ai/code

### Gemini CLI
- **Provider**: Google
- **License**: See Gemini CLI documentation
- **URL**: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli

### Q Chat
- **Provider**: Q Chat Team
- **License**: See Q Chat documentation
- **URL**: https://github.com/qchat/qchat

## Documentation License

The Ralph Orchestrator documentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

You are free to:
- **Share** — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- **Adapt** — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially

Under the following terms:
- **Attribution** — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made

## Contributing

By contributing to Ralph Orchestrator, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the MIT License.

## Patent Notice

This software is provided "as is" without any patent licenses or grants. Users are responsible for ensuring their use of Ralph Orchestrator does not infringe on any patents.

## Trademark Notice

The name "Ralph Orchestrator" and the Ralph Wiggum technique are not registered trademarks. The Simpsons and Ralph Wiggum are trademarks of their respective owners and are referenced here for descriptive purposes only.

## Export Compliance

This software may be subject to export control laws and regulations. Users are responsible for compliance with all applicable export control laws and regulations.

## Disclaimer

The authors and contributors of Ralph Orchestrator:
- Make no warranties about the suitability of this software for any purpose
- Are not responsible for any damages or losses arising from the use of this software
- Do not provide any guarantee of support or maintenance

## Questions

For licensing questions, please:
- Open an issue on [GitHub](https://github.com/mikeyobrien/ralph-orchestrator/issues)
- Contact the maintainers through GitHub discussions

## Summary

- **Software**: MIT License (permissive, commercial use allowed)
- **Documentation**: CC BY 4.0 (attribution required)
- **Dependencies**: Various open-source licenses (mostly MIT/BSD)
- **Contribution**: By contributing, you agree to MIT License

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*Last updated: 2025-09-08*