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28 changes: 13 additions & 15 deletions LICENSE
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MIT License
Vellum Personal and Non-Commercial License

Copyright (c) 2026 Kritarth Dandapat

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:
Permission is granted to use, copy, modify, and share this software solely
for personal, educational, research, hobby, and other non-commercial purposes.

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
Commercial use is prohibited. You may not sell, license, host as a paid
service, include in a commercial product, or otherwise use this software to
generate commercial advantage or monetary compensation without prior written
permission from the copyright holder.

Redistributions and modified versions must retain this notice and may not be
distributed under terms that permit commercial use.

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.
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO 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.
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anara.com is great but wants its own subscription. Vellum reuses the plan you
already pay for, keeps your papers local, and is swappable across AI backends
via ACP. MIT-licensed.
via ACP. Licensed for personal and non-commercial use; commercial use needs
prior written permission. See [LICENSE](LICENSE).
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"version": "0.1.0",
"description": "Vellum — local-first AI paper workspace that runs on your own Claude/Codex plan via ACP. No extra API key.",
"author": "Kritarth Dandapat",
"license": "MIT",
"license": "SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE",
"main": "out/main/index.js",
"type": "module",
"scripts": {
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