Ravage Restricted Research License
Version 1.0

Copyright (c) 2026 Ravage contributors.
All rights reserved.

This repository is provided purely for research. It is source-available for
review, local research, and controlled benchmark evaluation only. It is not
open-source software, and no rights are granted except as expressly stated in
this license.

1. Permitted Use

You may view, clone, and run this repository only for:

- personal evaluation;
- local research;
- defensive security education;
- controlled benchmark testing;
- testing against the deliberately vulnerable lab targets included in this
  repository; and
- testing systems that you own or are explicitly authorized in writing to test.

All permitted use is at your own risk and must remain inside applicable law,
written authorization, and agreed rules of engagement.

2. Prohibited Use

You may not use this software, in whole or in part, to:

- attack, scan, exploit, disrupt, access, or enumerate any system, service,
  account, network, application, or target without explicit written
  authorization;
- target public internet systems, customer environments, employer systems, or
  production services without explicit written authorization and agreed rules of
  engagement;
- run a commercial service, hosted service, managed security product, benchmark
  service, or agent-as-a-service offering based on this repository;
- sell, sublicense, rent, lease, redistribute, repackage, publish, or otherwise
  transfer copies or substantial portions of this repository;
- remove, obscure, or alter copyright, license, safety, or responsible-use
  notices;
- use this repository to train, fine-tune, distill, or evaluate offensive
  models for unauthorized activity; or
- assist any person or system in violating this license.

3. No Professional Advice

This repository, including all code, agents, tools, prompts, documentation,
benchmarks, findings, reports, and examples, does not provide legal,
professional, compliance, security, operational, or risk-management advice. You
are solely responsible for determining whether any activity is lawful,
authorized, appropriate, and safe.

4. No Redistribution Or Sublicensing

You may not redistribute this repository, modified versions, derivative works,
compiled artifacts, Docker images, hosted deployments, or substantial portions
of the code without prior written permission from the copyright holders.

5. Derivative Works

You may make local modifications for permitted internal evaluation only. You may
not publish, distribute, sublicense, or commercialize derivative works without
prior written permission from the copyright holders.

6. Third-Party Components

Third-party dependencies, tools, libraries, container base images, and external
services remain governed by their own licenses and terms. This license applies
only to original Ravage repository content.

7. Termination

Any violation of this license immediately terminates your permission to use,
copy, modify, or run this repository. Upon termination, you must stop using the
software and delete all copies under your control, except where retention is
required by law.

8. Assumption Of Risk

You assume all risk arising from installing, running, modifying, copying, or
relying on this repository. You are solely responsible for any systems, data,
accounts, services, networks, models, or environments affected by your use.

9. No Warranty

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR
A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY, RELIABILITY, OR ACCURACY.

10. Limitation Of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE AUTHORS, CONTRIBUTORS, MAINTAINERS,
AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGE, LOSS, SERVICE
DISRUPTION, DATA LOSS, SECURITY INCIDENT, LEGAL CONSEQUENCE, OR OTHER LIABILITY
ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THIS SOFTWARE OR ITS USE, INCLUDING DIRECT,
INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, OR OTHER
DAMAGES.

11. Indemnity

To the maximum extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold
harmless the authors, contributors, maintainers, and copyright holders from any
claim, demand, damage, liability, loss, cost, or expense arising from your use,
misuse, distribution, modification, operation, or violation of this license.

12. Permission Requests

Any use outside this license requires prior written permission from the
copyright holders.
