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+MontaukOS Software License
+==========================
+
+Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Montauk Operating System Project (the "MontaukOS Project").
+
+This document governs the use of MontaukOS, including its kernel, userspace
+programs, libraries, bootable images, documentation, artwork, and all
+accompanying materials (collectively, the "Software"), except for the
+third-party components described in Section 5. MontaukOS is open-source
+software: its source code is published for anyone to read, build, and modify,
+subject to the terms below.
+
+
+1. Grant of Rights
+------------------
+Subject to the conditions in Section 2, the MontaukOS Project grants you a
+worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to:
+
+  (a) use and run the Software on any device, for any purpose;
+
+  (b) view, study, and build the Software from source;
+
+  (c) copy and redistribute the Software, in source or binary form;
+
+  (d) modify the Software and create derivative works of it; and
+
+  (e) copy and redistribute your modified versions, in source or binary form.
+
+
+2. Conditions
+-------------
+The rights in Section 1 are conditioned on the following:
+
+  (a) Attribution. Redistributions, modified or not, must retain the above
+      copyright notice, this license text, and the THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES file.
+      You may not remove or obscure copyright or license notices in the
+      Software.
+
+  (b) No misrepresentation. You must not misrepresent the origin of the
+      Software. Modified versions must be clearly marked as modified and must
+      not be presented as official MontaukOS releases.
+
+  (c) Noncommercial distribution. You may not sell the Software or modified
+      versions of it, charge a fee for access to them, or distribute them as
+      part of a commercial product or paid service, without prior written
+      permission from the MontaukOS Project. Using the Software internally
+      (including in a commercial setting) and distributing it free of charge
+      are permitted.
+
+  (d) Names and marks. This license does not grant rights to use the
+      "MontaukOS" name or logos, except as needed for the factual attribution
+      required above.
+
+
+3. Contributions and Feedback
+-----------------------------
+If you submit code, suggestions, or other feedback to the MontaukOS Project,
+you grant the MontaukOS Project a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide,
+royalty-free license to use, modify, and incorporate it for any purpose.
+
+
+4. Termination
+--------------
+This license terminates automatically if you materially breach its terms and
+fail to cure the breach within 30 days of becoming aware of it. Upon
+termination you must stop distributing the Software; copies already lawfully
+obtained by others are unaffected. Sections 3, 5, 6, and 7 survive termination.
+
+
+5. Third-Party Components
+-------------------------
+The Software incorporates or is distributed alongside third-party components
+that remain the property of their respective owners and are licensed under
+their own terms, including the Limine bootloader, Flanterm, BearSSL, stb_image
+and stb_truetype, the DOOM engine (via doomgeneric), the NetSurf web browser and
+the NetSurf project libraries (libcss, libdom, libhubbub, libparserutils,
+libwapcaplet, libnsutils, libnslog, libnspsl, libnsgif, libnsbmp), utf8proc,
+zlib, the Tiny C Compiler, Lua, the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), GNU Binutils,
+the Flat Remix icon theme, the bundled fonts, the Mozilla CA certificate bundle,
+Intel Bluetooth and Wi-Fi (iwlwifi) firmware, and the default wallpaper
+photograph. GCC and GNU Binutils are
+included as the native MontaukOS SDK toolchain (GCC 14.2.0 and Binutils 2.43.1)
+under the GNU GPLv3, with the GCC Runtime Library Exception where applicable.
+Copyright (C) 1987-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.; additional copyrights
+belong to the respective GCC, GNU Binutils, and other contributors. The NetSurf
+application is included under the GNU GPLv2; its visual artwork is under the MIT
+License. Copyright (C) the NetSurf Browser Project and its respective
+contributors.
+Nothing in this license modifies, supersedes, or limits the license terms
+applicable to those components; to the extent of any conflict, the third-party
+license controls for that component. The applicable copyright notices and
+license texts are set out in the THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES file that accompanies the
+Software (also on the MontaukOS ISO at 0:/os/licenses/).
+
+
+6. No Warranty
+--------------
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.
+MONTAUKOS IS EXPERIMENTAL, HOBBYIST SYSTEM SOFTWARE THAT OPERATES AT A LOW
+LEVEL AND MAY CAUSE LOSS OF DATA OR DAMAGE TO HARDWARE; YOU USE IT ENTIRELY AT
+YOUR OWN RISK.
+
+
+7. Limitation of Liability
+--------------------------
+TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+MONTAUKOS PROJECT OR ITS AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA,
+USE, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE
+THE SOFTWARE, WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN
+IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF
+THE MONTAUKOS PROJECT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID, IF ANY, FOR THE
+SOFTWARE.
+
+
+8. General
+----------
+If any provision of this license is held unenforceable, the remaining
+provisions remain in full force and effect. The failure to enforce any
+provision is not a waiver of the right to do so later.
+
+For licensing inquiries (including commercial distribution), contact:
+[email protected]