From 9aa13593d911356998d3b86ee9e8d6669dc96e42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bgard68 <30295154+bgard68@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:41:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] chore: publish under the MIT license MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The README pointed at a LICENSE that did not exist, so the repository was public to read under the default — all rights reserved — while appearing to grant something. MIT is the right fit for a portfolio build: anyone may read, fork, and reuse it, the copyright notice travels with the code, and there is no warranty. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 --- LICENSE | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ README.md | 5 ++--- 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) create mode 100644 LICENSE diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab6cf3b --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +MIT License + +Copyright (c) 2026 Burt Gardner + +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. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c166af5..be3017e 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -146,6 +146,5 @@ Dockerfile.api, Dockerfile.web, docker-compose.yml ## License -No `LICENSE` file is published yet, so the default applies: **all rights reserved** — the -source is public to read, not licensed for reuse. Adding a license (MIT is the usual choice -for a portfolio project) is a one-file change. +**MIT** — see [`LICENSE`](LICENSE). Use it, fork it, build on it; the copyright notice +travels with it and there is no warranty.