CryptoValid Open Core
Copyright (C) 2026 Roberto Locatelli

This program is free software: licensed under the GNU Affero General Public
License, version 3 or (at your option) any later version (AGPL-3.0-or-later).
See the LICENSE file in this directory for the full text.

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AUTHORSHIP & ORIGIN
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Author and sole copyright holder: Roberto Locatelli, 2026.

This directory is the AGPL-3.0 carve-out of the OMEGA Ecosystem, relicensed by
its author on 2026-08-08. Everything OUTSIDE this directory remains under the
Business Source License 1.1 (source-available; see the repository root).

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ATTRIBUTION REQUIREMENT (AGPL-3.0 §5, §7, §13)
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If you copy, modify or redistribute this software you MUST:
  - retain this NOTICE, the copyright lines, and the license;
  - keep the source available under the AGPL to anyone you convey it to;
  - if you run a modified version as a NETWORK SERVICE, offer your complete
    modified source to that service's users under the AGPL (§13).

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PRIOR ART & HONEST SCOPE
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Hash-chained, append-only ledgers with signed records and standalone
verification are an ESTABLISHED pattern (e.g. Trillian / transparency.dev,
paragonie/Chronicle, and others). CryptoValid Open Core is an INDEPENDENT
implementation and does NOT claim to have invented that mechanism. Its specific
contribution is a small, vendor-free, auditor-readable evidence format and
verifier aimed at EU regulatory-compliance activities (MiCA, AI Act), with
provenance fields and optional RFC 3161 anchoring. The format proves what was
recorded, when, in which order, and that it was not altered afterwards — NOT the
truth of the recorded facts themselves.

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AUTHORSHIP TIMELINE
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The development history is recorded in this repository's public git log and
independently timestamped via OpenTimestamps (.ots receipts in the parent
project). These establish the authorship timeline; they do not restrict the
freedoms granted by the AGPL.
