# Digital Trust Interoperability Lab License

Copyright (c) 2026 Samira Same Foroughi. All rights reserved.

## Grant of License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or 
organization obtaining a copy of this software and associated 
documentation files (the "Software"), to use the Software for:

1. **Personal use** — individual learning, testing, and evaluation
2. **Academic use** — research, education, publications
3. **Non-commercial diagnostic use** — internal IT audits, security 
   assessments, compliance verification within your own organization

## Restrictions

Without prior written permission from the copyright holder:

1. You may NOT redistribute the Software for commercial gain
2. You may NOT rebrand or repackage the Software as your own product
3. You may NOT remove or alter attribution to the original author
4. You may NOT use the Software's brand identity, name, or logos in 
   derivative works without authorization

## Permitted Modifications

You may:

1. Study the source code for understanding cryptographic 
   interoperability
2. Fork the repository on GitHub for personal experimentation
3. Submit pull requests with improvements (subject to author review)
4. Cite the Software in academic publications

## 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 AND 
NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS 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.

## Commercial Licensing

For commercial licensing, enterprise deployment, or custom feature 
requests, please contact:

**Samira Same Foroughi**
Digital Trust & PKI Engineer
Email: samirasameforoughi@gmail.com

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This license was crafted to balance:
- **Openness** for the security research community
- **Protection** of original creative work
- **Commercial control** for the author

The Software is designed to be a demonstration of vendor-neutral 
diagnostic capability. All standards referenced are open and publicly 
documented.