Charlie OS Personal Use License

Copyright (c) 2026 Charles J Dove (charlesdove977 on GitHub)

This license governs the Charlie OS orchestrator, including but not limited
to the install scripts (`mac/install/install.sh`, `windows/install/install.ps1`,
`mac/START-HERE.command`, `windows/START-HERE.bat`), the bootstrap entry
points, the Charlie OS specials in `templates/` (humanizer skill, brand-kit
command, intake command, base-groom-reminder command), the bundled skill
loadout in `templates/skills/`, the operator command set in
`templates/operator-skills/`, the cheat sheets in `templates/cheat-sheets/`,
the command-center-google MCP server in `templates/mcp-servers/`, the BASE
framework overlay in `templates/base-framework-overlay/`, the workspace
CLAUDE.md template, the documentation in `docs/` and `README.md`, and any
other original works in this repository (collectively, "Charlie OS").

The five upstream frameworks installed by Charlie OS (BASE, CARL, PAUL, SEED,
and Skillsmith) are MIT-licensed by Christopher Kahler and remain governed
by their own original licenses. This license does not modify, restrict, or
supersede the MIT licenses of those upstream frameworks. Customers who
install Charlie OS receive copies of those frameworks under their original
MIT terms.

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PERMITTED USE

Subject to the restrictions below, the copyright holder grants the licensed
end user a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable,
revocable license to:

  1. Install and run Charlie OS on machines the licensed end user
     personally owns or controls (a "personal device").

  2. Modify the copy of Charlie OS installed on a personal device for the
     licensed end user's own personal or internal business use.

  3. Use Charlie OS to build, automate, and operate the licensed end user's
     own businesses, projects, and content.

For the avoidance of doubt: a sole proprietor, freelancer, single-member
LLC, family office, or single business entity counts as one licensed end
user. Each natural person or single business entity that wishes to use
Charlie OS must obtain its own license.

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RESTRICTIONS

The licensed end user may NOT, in whole or in part:

  1. Resell, sublicense, rent, lease, lend, or distribute Charlie OS to any
     other person or entity, in original or modified form, for any
     consideration or none.

  2. Host Charlie OS as a service, on-demand offering, managed install,
     SaaS product, white-label deployment, or any similar arrangement that
     provides Charlie OS or its functionality to third parties.

  3. Publish, post, mirror, fork into a public repository, or otherwise
     make the source code or compiled artifacts of Charlie OS available to
     the public or to any party other than the licensed end user.

  4. Use Charlie OS or any portion thereof to train, fine-tune, evaluate,
     or otherwise improve any machine learning model, large language
     model, or AI system, except for personal models running locally on
     the licensed end user's personal devices solely for the licensed end
     user's own use.

  5. Remove, obscure, or alter any copyright, trademark, attribution, or
     license notice contained in Charlie OS.

  6. Use Charlie OS in a manner that violates applicable law, infringes
     the rights of any third party, or breaches the terms of any
     third-party service that Charlie OS integrates with (including but
     not limited to Google's API Terms of Service for the
     command-center-google MCP server).

  7. Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble Charlie OS for the
     purpose of building a competing product, except to the limited
     extent such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law.

  8. Transfer this license, by operation of law or otherwise, to any
     other person or entity. Any attempted transfer is void.

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CONFIDENTIALITY

The Charlie OS source code is provided to licensed end users on a
confidential basis. Licensed end users agree to take reasonable measures
to keep the source code from being disclosed to or accessed by any
unauthorized third party, including by storing it on personal devices
that are reasonably secured.

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TERMINATION

This license terminates automatically and immediately, without notice, if
the licensed end user breaches any of the Restrictions above. Upon
termination the licensed end user must promptly delete all copies of
Charlie OS in their possession or control, including any modified
versions, and certify deletion in writing if the copyright holder so
requests.

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NO WARRANTY

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, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ACCURACY OF
INFORMATION. THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES
THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE ERROR-FREE, SECURE, OR UNINTERRUPTED.

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LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL THE
COPYRIGHT HOLDER BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL,
CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS,
REVENUE, DATA, USE, GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF
OR RELATING TO THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE, REGARDLESS OF
THE LEGAL THEORY ON WHICH ANY CLAIM IS BASED, EVEN IF THE COPYRIGHT
HOLDER HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

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GOVERNING LAW

This license is governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, USA,
without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute arising under
this license shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts
located in New Jersey, and the licensed end user consents to the personal
jurisdiction of those courts.

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CONTACT

For commercial licensing inquiries (resell rights, white-label
deployments, agency / managed-install offerings, etc.), contact
charles@ccstrategic.io.
