license: relicense to MIT + README consistency - #26
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- LICENSE: replaced full AGPL-3.0 text with MIT (c) 2026 Matthew Jackson - README: license badge -> MIT, tagline AGPLv3 -> MIT, comparison-table basement cell -> MIT, License section -> MIT; added CI badge; fixed owner casing (mattjackson -> MattJackson) on repo web URLs/badges, leaving ghcr.io image refs lowercase - CONTRIBUTING.md, SECURITY.md, SUPPORT.md, .github/DCO.md, .github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml: current license references -> MIT - docs/comparison-research.md: basement's own license row/prose -> MIT (other projects' AGPL entries left factual) - internal/docslint/docslint_test.go: assert CONTRIBUTING.md says MIT Historical CHANGELOG/release-note records of the original MIT -> AGPLv3 relicense are preserved as accurate project history.
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Summary
Relicenses basement from AGPL-3.0 to MIT (authorized: the maintainer holds copyright, all deps are permissive, not a fork), plus a small README/docs consistency pass.
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Copyright (c) 2026 Matthew Jackson.SPDX-License-Identifierin any.go, Dockerfile,go.mod, orpackage.json), so no header edits were needed.[![License: MIT]]; taglineAGPLv3->MIT; comparison-table basement cell ->MIT(other projects' AGPL cells left factual);## Licensesection -> MIT.CONTRIBUTING.md,SECURITY.md,SUPPORT.md,.github/DCO.md,.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml,docs/comparison-research.md(basement's own row + prose), andinternal/docslint/docslint_test.go(assertion updated so the docs-lint test matches the new MIT wording).Docs consistency
mattjackson->MattJacksonon repository web URLs and shields.io badges (README, CONTRIBUTING clone URL, docs/deployment/docker.md raw URLs).ghcr.io/mattjackson/basementand all container/image refs left lowercase (registries require it). Go import paths and thego.modmodule path (github.com/mattjackson/basement) were left lowercase — they are functional, case-sensitive module identifiers, not web links..github/workflows/quality.ymltriggers onpush: branches: [main], so the badge is valid.Intentionally left as-is
docs/comparison-research.md.CHANGELOG.mdanddocs/release-notes/*/docs/deployment/upgrade.mdrecords of the original MIT -> AGPLv3 relicense — preserved as accurate, dated project history (rewriting them would falsify the record).