PALIMPSEST.adoc

Palimpsest License

Table of Contents

• Legal Status
• What PMPL Adds
• How to Adopt
• Versioning
• References

Legal Status

This project is licensed under the Palimpsest-MPL License 1.0 (PMPL-1.0). For SPDX and tooling, use PMPL-1.0-or-later.

PMPL-1.0 incorporates the Mozilla Public License 2.0 by reference and adds ethical-use, provenance, and lineage requirements.

What PMPL Adds

• Emotional Lineage - preserve narrative intent and cultural context

• Provenance Integrity - retain attribution and lineage metadata

• Ethical Use Constraints - explicit consent for non-interpretive AI training

• Quantum-Safe Provenance (optional) - post-quantum signature support

How to Adopt

1. Include the PMPL-1.0 license text in LICENSE.

2. Add SPDX headers to source files: SPDX-License-Identifier: PMPL-1.0-or-later

3. Add a Palimpsest badge to your README (see assets/badges/ and embed/license-blocks/).

Versioning

See VERSIONING.adoc for the release process and the "-or-later" model. The current legal text is PMPL-1.0.

References

• legal/README.adoc

• assets/badges/README.md

• embed/license-blocks/README.md