From 9b8940127e1f11ba15b4a086a661fa5ce4096c7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rhinonix <1107968+rhinonix@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:54:46 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: record the AB//LABS additional permission

equasis-cli is PolyForm-Noncommercial 1.0.0, and LICENSING.md names "building a
paid product or service" as requiring a separate commercial license. MARA is
exactly that, and it is now going to incorporate parser code from here.

The licensor is the copyright holder and a principal of AB//LABS, so the right
already exists -- but it existed only by implication. A reader of this repo could
not tell, and neither could anyone reviewing MARA's provenance: "we copied from a
PolyForm-NC repo" with no recorded grant is a real finding in a diligence pass,
and the fact that both sides share an owner is not visible from either side.

So it is written down, using the same "additional permission" pattern this file
already uses for journalism and nonprofit research.

Scoped deliberately: it runs to AB//LABS only, covers using the code INSIDE
AB//LABS products, and does not permit reselling equasis-cli or a modified
version of it as a product in its own right. Nothing changes for any other user.
---
 LICENSING.md | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/LICENSING.md b/LICENSING.md
index c65417a..31d72e0 100644
--- a/LICENSING.md
+++ b/LICENSING.md
@@ -27,6 +27,23 @@ This additional permission does not allow you to sell, sublicense, or offer
 equasis-cli, modified versions of it, or its output as a commercial product or
 service.
 
+## Additional permission: AB//LABS and MARA
+
+The licensor grants AB//LABS (a DBA of Austmarr Byrdingr OU) permission to use,
+modify, and incorporate equasis-cli source code into MARA and other AB//LABS
+products and services, including commercial ones, without a separate commercial
+license. The licensor is the copyright holder of equasis-cli and a principal of
+AB//LABS; this permission records that relationship explicitly rather than
+leaving it implied.
+
+This permission runs to AB//LABS only. It does not allow AB//LABS to sell,
+sublicense, or offer equasis-cli itself, or modified versions of it, as a
+standalone commercial product or service — only to use its code inside AB//LABS
+products. It grants nothing to anyone else, and does not change the terms above
+for any other user.
+
+Granted 2026-10-16.
+
 ## Commercial use
 
 Any other commercial use requires a separate commercial license. Examples