Restrict repository license to noncommercial use

COMMERCIAL.md

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+# Commercial Use
+
+This repository is licensed for non-commercial use only under the
+[PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0](LICENSE).
+
+Commercial use is not granted by the repository license. This includes, without limitation:
+
+- Selling, reselling, or sublicensing the software or derivatives.
+- Hosting the software as a paid or revenue-generating service.
+- Using the software to deliver paid client work or consulting deliverables.
+- Embedding the software in a paid product, platform, internal commercial tool, or commercial workflow.
+- Using generated derivatives of this repository for commercial advantage.
+
+Any commercial use requires separate written permission from the copyright holder.
+
+This file is explanatory. The controlling license terms are in [LICENSE](LICENSE).

LICENSE

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-MIT License
-
-Copyright (c) 2026 Vipra Singh
-
-Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
-of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
-in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
-to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
-copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
-furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
-
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
-IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
-FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
-AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
-LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
-OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
-SOFTWARE.
+PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0
+
+Required Notice: Copyright (c) 2026 Vipra Singh
+
+https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0
+
+## Acceptance
+
+In order to get any license under these terms, you must agree to them
+as both strict obligations and conditions to all your licenses.
+
+## Copyright License
+
+The licensor grants you a copyright license for the software to do
+everything you might do with the software that would otherwise infringe
+the licensor's copyright in it for any permitted purpose.  However,
+you may only distribute the software according to [Distribution
+License](#distribution-license) and make changes or new works based on
+the software according to [Changes and New Works License](#changes-and-new-works-license).
+
+## Distribution License
+
+The licensor grants you an additional copyright license to distribute
+copies of the software.  Your license to distribute covers distributing
+the software with changes and new works permitted by [Changes and New
+Works License](#changes-and-new-works-license).
+
+## Notices
+
+You must ensure that anyone who gets a copy of any part of the
+software from you also gets a copy of these terms or the URL for them
+above, as well as copies of any plain-text lines beginning with
+`Required Notice:` that the licensor provided with the software.  For
+example:
+
+> Required Notice: Copyright Yoyodyne, Inc. (http://example.com)
+
+## Changes and New Works License
+
+The licensor grants you an additional copyright license to make changes
+and new works based on the software for any permitted purpose.
+
+## Patent License
+
+The licensor grants you a patent license for the software that covers
+patent claims the licensor can license, or becomes able to license,
+that you would infringe by using the software.
+
+## Noncommercial Purposes
+
+Any noncommercial purpose is a permitted purpose.
+
+## Personal Uses
+
+Personal use for research, experiment, and testing for the benefit of
+public knowledge, personal study, private entertainment, hobby
+projects, amateur pursuits, or religious observance, without any
+anticipated commercial application, is use for a permitted purpose.
+
+## Noncommercial Organizations
+
+Use by any charitable organization, educational institution, public
+research organization, public safety or health organization,
+environmental protection organization, or government institution is use
+for a permitted purpose regardless of the source of funding or
+obligations resulting from the funding.
+
+## Fair Use
+
+You may have "fair use" rights for the software under the law. These
+terms do not limit them.
+
+## No Other Rights
+
+These terms do not allow you to sublicense or transfer any of your
+licenses to anyone else, or prevent the licensor from granting licenses
+to anyone else.  These terms do not imply any other licenses.
+
+## Patent Defense
+
+If you make any written claim that the software infringes or
+contributes to infringement of any patent, your patent license for the
+software granted under these terms ends immediately. If your company
+makes such a claim, your patent license ends immediately for work on
+behalf of your company.
+
+## Violations
+
+The first time you are notified in writing that you have violated any
+of these terms, or done anything with the software not covered by your
+licenses, your licenses can nonetheless continue if you come into full
+compliance with these terms, and take practical steps to correct past
+violations, within 32 days of receiving notice.  Otherwise, all your
+licenses end immediately.
+
+## No Liability
+
+As far as the law allows, the software comes as is, without any
+warranty or condition, and the licensor will not be liable to you for
+any damages arising out of these terms or the use or nature of the
+software, under any kind of legal claim.
+
+## Definitions
+
+The **licensor** is the individual or entity offering these terms, and
+the **software** is the software the licensor makes available under
+these terms.
+
+**You** refers to the individual or entity agreeing to these terms.
+
+**Your company** is any legal entity, sole proprietorship, or other
+kind of organization that you work for, plus all organizations that
+have control over, are under the control of, or are under common
+control with that organization.  **Control** means ownership of
+substantially all the assets of an entity, or the power to direct its
+management and policies by vote, contract, or otherwise.  Control can
+be direct or indirect.
+
+**Your licenses** are all the licenses granted to you for the software
+under these terms.
+
+**Use** means anything you do with the software requiring one of your
+licenses.

README.md

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 > **Production:** [product-dev-blueprint.vercel.app](https://product-dev-blueprint.vercel.app)
 
 [![CI](https://github.com/Abby263/product-dev-blueprint/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/Abby263/product-dev-blueprint/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
-[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](LICENSE)
+[![License: PolyForm Noncommercial](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-PolyForm%20Noncommercial-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
 
 Product Dev Blueprint is a schema-first product planning application for turning a rough software idea into a focused build-readiness plan. It helps a Product Manager, Solution Architect, founder, or engineering lead pressure-test an idea before development starts, then generates a traceable artifact bundle that can be handed to an engineering team or coding agent.
 
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 ## License
 
-[MIT](LICENSE)
+This repository is licensed under the [PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0](LICENSE).
+
+Commercial use is not permitted under this license. Any commercial use, including resale, SaaS hosting, paid client work, embedding this repository in a paid product, or using it to provide paid services, requires separate written permission from the copyright holder. See [COMMERCIAL.md](COMMERCIAL.md) for the repository's commercial-use notice.
+
+This is a source-available non-commercial license, not an OSI open-source license. AGPL was not used because AGPL permits commercial use when its license conditions are followed.

package.json

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   "name": "product-dev-blueprint",
   "version": "0.5.0",
   "private": true,
-  "license": "MIT",
+  "license": "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=20"
   },