chore(license): migrate RouteForge metadata and docs to AGPL-3.0-or-later

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -37,3 +37,10 @@ RouteForge is read-only by design.
 ## Do not add write operations without explicit design discussion
 
 Do not add write operations (registry writes, ROA creation, router deployment, or similar mutating workflows) without an explicit design discussion and maintainer approval.
+
+
+## License of contributions
+
+By contributing to RouteForge, you agree that your contributions are licensed under the same license as the project: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0-or-later).
+
+Do not contribute code that you do not have the right to license under AGPL-3.0-or-later.

NOTICE

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+RouteForge
+Copyright (C) 2026 Norman Sens
+
+RouteForge is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later.
+See LICENSE for details.

README.md

@@ -236,4 +236,4 @@ npm run build
 
 ## License
 
-This project is released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
+RouteForge is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0-or-later).

RELEASE_NOTES.md

@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # Release Notes
 
+
+## Licensing
+
+RouteForge is now licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later.
+
+The license choice reflects RouteForge's selfhosted-first and network-service nature and ensures that improvements to publicly hosted modified versions remain available to users.
+
+---
+
 ## v0.5.3-beta
 
 **Database Lifecycle & Migrations**

backend/app/main.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 from fastapi.middleware.cors import CORSMiddleware
 

backend/pyproject.toml

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 name = "routeforge-backend"
 version = "0.5.3"
 description = "RouteForge backend"
+license = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"
 requires-python = ">=3.12"
 dependencies = [
   "fastapi>=0.115.0",

frontend/package.json

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   "name": "routeforge-frontend",
   "version": "0.5.3",
   "private": true,
+  "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite --host 0.0.0.0 --port 3000",

frontend/src/main.tsx

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 import React from 'react'
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client'
 import App from './App'