mintpass: per-package licenses (web AGPL-3.0-or-later, challenge GPL-3.0-or-later, contracts MIT)

LICENSE

@@ -1,21 +1,9 @@
-MIT License
+MintPass is a mixed-license monorepo. The controlling license depends on the package you are using:
 
-Copyright (c) 2025 Bitsocial
+- `web` (the mintpass.org hosted site + API): `AGPL-3.0-or-later`. See `web/LICENSE`.
+- `challenge` (`@bitsocial/mintpass-challenge`): `GPL-3.0-or-later`. See `challenge/LICENSE`.
+- `contracts` (`@bitsocial/mintpass-contracts`): `MIT`. See `contracts/LICENSE`.
 
-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:
+All MintPass code is open source — you are free to run your own MintPass. The AGPL on `web` ensures that anyone who operates a modified MintPass service also publishes their changes, keeping the verification layer open and competitive rather than letting it be privatized.
 
-The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
-copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-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. 
+Unless a subdirectory says otherwise, root workspace files are provided for monorepo development only and are not offered as a separate redistributable package.

README.md

@@ -195,6 +195,10 @@ These items are exploratory; concrete work will land incrementally and stay conf
 
 ## License
 
-MIT License — see [LICENSE](LICENSE).
+MintPass is fully open source — you're free to run your own. It's a mixed-license monorepo (see [LICENSE](LICENSE)):
 
-Open source and commercial‑friendly. A hosted version is available at [mintpass.org](https://mintpass.org).
+- `web/` (the mintpass.org hosted site + API): AGPL-3.0-or-later
+- `challenge/` (`@bitsocial/mintpass-challenge`): GPL-3.0-or-later
+- `contracts/` (`@bitsocial/mintpass-contracts`): MIT
+
+A hosted version is available at [mintpass.org](https://mintpass.org).

challenge/package.json

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
     "authentication"
   ],
   "author": "Bitsocial Labs",
-  "license": "MIT",
+  "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "https://github.com/bitsocialnet/mintpass",

contracts/LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2025 Bitsocial
+
+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:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+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. 

contracts/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@bitsocial/mintpass-contracts",
   "version": "1.0.0",
+  "license": "MIT",
   "private": true,
   "description": "MintPassV1 NFT smart contracts",
   "scripts": {

package.json

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "description": "NFT-based authentication system for PKC communities",
   "author": "Bitsocial",
-  "license": "MIT",
+  "license": "UNLICENSED",
   "exports": {
     "./challenge": {
       "types": "./dist/challenge/index.d.ts",

web/package.json

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "web",
+  "license": "AGPL-3.0-or-later",
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {