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Carlos Gutierrez 82b1759c5a Update to dual license: Apache 2.0 (Research) + Commercial License
- Changed from Apache 2.0 only to dual license model
- Apache 2.0 for research, education, and non-commercial use
- Commercial license required for profit-making use
- Added citation requirement as condition of use for academic purposes
- Created CITATION.cff file for automatic citation suggestions
- Updated LICENSE, LICENSE.txt, README.md, and documentation
- Citation formats provided (BibTeX and text)
- Contact information for commercial licensing inquiries
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Dual License: Apache 2.0 (Research) + Commercial License (Commercial Use)
Copyright (c) 2024 Carlos Gutierrez
This software is available under two licenses:
1. APACHE 2.0 LICENSE (for research and non-commercial use)
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at:
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
This license applies to:
- Academic research
- Educational purposes
- Personal projects
- Open source contributions
- Non-commercial use
2. COMMERCIAL LICENSE (for commercial/profit-making use)
For commercial use, including but not limited to:
- Commercial products or services
- SaaS applications
- Revenue-generating applications
- Internal business use
- Any use that generates profit
Please contact: carlos.gutierrez@carg.dev
Subject: Commercial License Inquiry - SheepOp
Commercial licensing terms will be provided upon request.
3. CITATION REQUIREMENT (for academic use)
If you use this software in academic research or publications, you MUST cite:
Carlos Gutierrez. (2024). SheepOp LLM: Transformer-based Language Model
Implementation. https://github.com/[your-username]/sheepOp
Citation is a condition of use for academic purposes under this license.
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the Apache License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the Apache License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.