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- Ship each bundled font's license at 0:/os/licenses/: OFL-1.1 copies for JetBrains Mono, Noto Serif, and Roboto, and AGPLv3 + font-embedding exception for C059 (URW Base 35). - THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.txt gains sections for all four font families and now describes MontaukOS as source-available. - license.txt rewritten as the MontaukOS Software License: use, study, modify, and redistribute freely with attribution; selling or bundling into commercial products still requires permission. Replaces the previous no-copy/no-modify/no-redistribute EULA. - The MontaukOS license itself now also ships on the ISO (0:/os/licenses/LICENSE.txt, sourced from the website copy). - man legal updated: license pointer + full third-party component list. Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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MontaukOS Software License
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Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Daniel Hammer (the "MontaukOS Project").
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This document governs the use of MontaukOS, including its kernel, userspace
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programs, libraries, bootable images, documentation, artwork, and all
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accompanying materials (collectively, the "Software"), except for the
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third-party components described in Section 5. MontaukOS is source-available
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software: its source code is published for anyone to read, build, and modify,
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subject to the terms below.
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1. Grant of Rights
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Subject to the conditions in Section 2, the MontaukOS Project grants you a
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worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to:
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(a) use and run the Software on any device, for any purpose;
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(b) view, study, and build the Software from source;
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(c) copy and redistribute the Software, in source or binary form;
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(d) modify the Software and create derivative works of it; and
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(e) copy and redistribute your modified versions, in source or binary form.
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2. Conditions
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The rights in Section 1 are conditioned on the following:
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(a) Attribution. Redistributions, modified or not, must retain the above
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copyright notice, this license text, and the THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES file.
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You may not remove or obscure copyright or license notices in the
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Software.
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(b) No misrepresentation. You must not misrepresent the origin of the
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Software. Modified versions must be clearly marked as modified and must
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not be presented as official MontaukOS releases.
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(c) Noncommercial distribution. You may not sell the Software or modified
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versions of it, charge a fee for access to them, or distribute them as
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part of a commercial product or paid service, without prior written
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permission from the MontaukOS Project. Using the Software internally
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(including in a commercial setting) and distributing it free of charge
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are permitted.
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(d) Names and marks. This license does not grant rights to use the
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"MontaukOS" name or logos, except as needed for the factual attribution
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required above.
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3. Contributions and Feedback
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If you submit code, suggestions, or other feedback to the MontaukOS Project,
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you grant the MontaukOS Project a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide,
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royalty-free license to use, modify, and incorporate it for any purpose.
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4. Termination
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This license terminates automatically if you materially breach its terms and
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fail to cure the breach within 30 days of becoming aware of it. Upon
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termination you must stop distributing the Software; copies already lawfully
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obtained by others are unaffected. Sections 3, 5, 6, and 7 survive termination.
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5. Third-Party Components
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The Software incorporates or is distributed alongside third-party components
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that remain the property of their respective owners and are licensed under
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their own terms, including the Limine bootloader, BearSSL, stb_image, the DOOM
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engine (via doomgeneric), the Flat Remix icon theme, and the bundled fonts.
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Nothing in this license modifies, supersedes, or limits the license terms
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applicable to those components; to the extent of any conflict, the third-party
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license controls for that component. The applicable copyright notices and
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license texts are set out in the THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES file that accompanies the
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Software (also on the MontaukOS ISO at 0:/os/licenses/).
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6. No Warranty
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THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
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KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
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MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
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MONTAUKOS IS EXPERIMENTAL, HOBBYIST SYSTEM SOFTWARE THAT OPERATES AT A LOW
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LEVEL AND MAY CAUSE LOSS OF DATA OR DAMAGE TO HARDWARE; YOU USE IT ENTIRELY AT
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YOUR OWN RISK.
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7. Limitation of Liability
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TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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MONTAUKOS PROJECT OR ITS AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA,
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USE, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE
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THE SOFTWARE, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN
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IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF
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THE MONTAUKOS PROJECT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID, IF ANY, FOR THE
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SOFTWARE.
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8. General
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If any provision of this license is held unenforceable, the remaining
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provisions remain in full force and effect. The failure to enforce any
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provision is not a waiver of the right to do so later.
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For licensing inquiries (including commercial distribution), contact:
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daniel@nexlink.cloud
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