MLBRICKS SOFTWARE LICENSE NOTICE

Copyright © 2026 Zameer Hussain and Akhtar Hussain.
All rights reserved except as expressly granted under the applicable license.

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1. NONCOMMERCIAL LICENSE

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The MLBricks software, source code, optimized implementations,
kernels, libraries, tools, and other software components distributed
with this notice are made available under the:

PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0

Full license terms:

https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0

Use of the software is subject to the complete terms and conditions
of the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0.

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2. PERMITTED NONCOMMERCIAL USE

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Subject to the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0, the software
may be used for permitted noncommercial purposes, including, where
allowed by that license:

* Personal use
* Personal learning
* Academic study
* Student projects
* Educational activities
* Noncommercial research
* Research reproduction
* Academic benchmarking
* Experimentation
* Testing
* Hobby projects
* Noncommercial development

The actual rights granted are determined by the PolyForm
Noncommercial License 1.0.0.

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3. COMMERCIAL USE

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No commercial-use rights are granted by this notice beyond any
rights expressly provided by the applicable license.

A separate written commercial license is required for commercial
or business use of MLBricks software.

Commercial use may include, where applicable:

* Use in commercial products
* Use in paid software
* Use in SaaS products or services
* Use in cloud services
* Enterprise deployment
* Internal commercial business use
* Commercial AI systems
* Commercial model training or inference
* Paid consulting or client projects
* Integration into products offered for sale
* Revenue-generating applications or services
* Commercial redistribution
* OEM integration
* Commercial licensing or sublicensing
* Any other commercial exploitation of the software

Being a student, researcher, individual developer, or academic
does not automatically make a use noncommercial.

If the software is being used for a commercial or revenue-generating
purpose, a separate commercial license may be required.

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4. COMMERCIAL LICENSING

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For commercial licensing, enterprise licensing, OEM licensing,
partnerships, sublicensing, or other commercial-use inquiries,
contact:

[licensing@mlbricks.io](mailto:licensing@mlbricks.io)

Commercial rights may be granted through a separate written
commercial license issued by the copyright owners or by an entity
expressly authorized by them.

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5. COPYRIGHT OWNERSHIP

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Unless ownership is expressly assigned through a separate written
agreement, copyright in the MLBricks software covered by this
notice remains owned by:

Zameer Hussain
and
Akhtar Hussain

Publication of the source code, research paper, preprint,
documentation, benchmarks, or reference implementation does not
constitute a transfer of copyright ownership.

Access to the source code does not itself grant commercial-use
rights.

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6. THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE

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MLBricks may include, depend upon, interface with, or distribute
third-party software.

Third-party software remains subject to its respective copyright
notices and license terms.

This license does not replace, modify, or override the licenses of
third-party components.

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7. RESEARCH PAPERS AND DOCUMENTATION

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Unless another license is expressly specified, this software license
applies to software only.

Research papers, preprints, documentation, figures, datasets,
trained models, model weights, and other materials may be distributed
under separate licenses.

Users should refer to the applicable file, repository, publication,
or accompanying notice to determine the license governing each
material.

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8. NO IMPLIED COMMERCIAL LICENSE

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No commercial license is created merely because:

* the source code is publicly accessible;
* the repository can be cloned;
* the software can technically be compiled or executed;
* a research paper describing the technology has been published;
* the software has been referenced in academic work; or
* the software has been made available through a public repository.

Commercial rights must arise from the applicable license or from a
separate written commercial agreement.

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9. CONTACT

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Commercial licensing inquiries:

[licensing@mlbricks.io](mailto:licensing@mlbricks.io)

Copyright © 2026 Zameer Hussain and Akhtar Hussain.
All rights reserved except as expressly licensed.
