diff --git a/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e6548c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Code of Conduct
+
+Meldwork is a workspace for people and Agents to build together. We want issues,
+pull requests, discussions, and community spaces to stay useful, direct, and
+respectful.
+
+## Expected Behavior
+
+- Be clear, constructive, and respectful when giving feedback.
+- Assume good intent while keeping discussions focused on facts, tradeoffs, and outcomes.
+- Respect different experience levels, backgrounds, languages, and working styles.
+- Keep disagreements technical, specific, and connected to the project.
+- Help maintainers keep issues and pull requests focused.
+- Protect private prompts, credentials, customer information, and other sensitive data.
+
+## Unacceptable Behavior
+
+The following behavior is not acceptable in Meldwork project spaces:
+
+- Personal attacks, insults, harassment, or sustained disruption.
+- Demeaning comments about identity, background, language, ability, or experience.
+- Threats, intimidation, stalking, or unwanted contact.
+- Publishing another person's private information without consent.
+- Spam, trolling, discrimination, or repeated off-topic posting.
+- Submitting malicious code, secrets, private data, or intentionally misleading reports.
+- Any behavior maintainers reasonably judge to make the project unsafe or unproductive.
+
+## Maintainer Responsibilities
+
+Maintainers may edit or remove comments, close issues, limit participation, or
+block participants when needed to protect the project community. Enforcement
+should be proportional, documented when practical, and focused on keeping
+collaboration healthy.
+
+## Reporting
+
+Report conduct concerns privately through the repository's GitHub contact or
+security reporting channel. Do not open a public issue for sensitive reports.
+
+Please include:
+
+- a short description of what happened;
+- links, screenshots, or message references when available;
+- whether you want follow-up, confidentiality, or no direct reply.
+
+Reports will be reviewed by project maintainers. We will handle reports with
+care and limit access to people who need the information to respond.
+
+This Code of Conduct applies wherever the project or its maintainers represent
+the Meldwork community. It is adapted from the Contributor Covenant and the
+community standards used by comparable open-source projects.
diff --git a/COMMERCIAL_USE.md b/COMMERCIAL_USE.md
index 3f7a6d7..cc9c93d 100644
--- a/COMMERCIAL_USE.md
+++ b/COMMERCIAL_USE.md
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
# Commercial Use And Licensing
-Meldwork is source-available under the [Meldwork Non-Commercial Source License](LICENSE). The public repository can be inspected, evaluated, run, and modified for non-commercial purposes, but it is not licensed for commercial use.
+Meldwork is licensed under the [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE). Commercial use,
+private use, modification, redistribution, and use inside a paid service are
+permitted under the license terms.
-Any commercial use requires prior written permission from the copyright holder. This includes monetizing Meldwork, reselling or hosting it, embedding it in a proprietary product, using it to provide paid services, or using it as part of a for-profit organization's business operations.
+This page is a practical summary and does not replace the license text. Apache
+License 2.0 does not grant trademark rights to the Meldwork name, logo,
+screenshots, or other brand assets. Third-party software, Agent products,
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-The copyright holder may offer a separate commercial license for organizations that need permission for:
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-- internal business operations at a for-profit organization;
-- separately licensed commercial features, enterprise integrations, support, or managed deployment.
-
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-
-This page is a practical summary and does not replace the license text or legal advice. When a planned use may be commercial, contact the repository owner through GitHub before using, distributing, hosting, reselling, or integrating the product.
+Before distributing a product that includes third-party materials, review the
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diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 7d8e055..29fbf2c 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
# Contributing
-Meldwork is source-available under the [Meldwork Non-Commercial Source License](LICENSE). Contributions are welcome when they improve the local-first desktop product, documentation, tests, or security posture.
+Meldwork is licensed under the [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE). Contributions are welcome when they improve the local-first desktop product, documentation, tests, or security posture.
-Unless a separate written agreement applies, a contribution accepted into this repository is available under the repository license. The project may also offer separately licensed commercial editions. Before external code is incorporated into a separately licensed commercial build, the maintainer may require a reviewed contributor-license agreement that grants the necessary relicensing rights. Opening a pull request by itself does not transfer copyright or silently grant those additional rights.
+Unless a separate written agreement applies, a contribution accepted into this repository is available under the repository license. Opening a pull request does not transfer copyright beyond the rights granted by the Apache License 2.0.
## Ground Rules
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ Unless a separate written agreement applies, a contribution accepted into this r
- Do not add remote services, telemetry, credential collection, or server dependencies without explicit project approval.
- Preserve the local-first boundary: renderer code must not gain unrestricted filesystem, shell, Provider credential, or executable-path access.
- Include focused tests for behavior, security boundary, storage, or IPC changes.
-- Confirm that all submitted code and assets are yours to license and do not introduce incompatible license obligations.
+- Confirm that all submitted code and assets are yours to contribute and do not introduce incompatible license obligations.
-## Commercial Editions
+## Community Standards
-Commercial use of Meldwork requires prior written permission. Commercial editions, proprietary integrations, support, and other paid offerings may use separate terms; see [COMMERCIAL_USE.md](COMMERCIAL_USE.md).
+Please follow the [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) in issues, pull
+requests, discussions, and other project spaces.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 763b2de..261eeb9 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,82 +1,201 @@
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diff --git a/NOTICE b/NOTICE
index a9f8a94..3d080db 100644
--- a/NOTICE
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@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
Meldwork
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d50a0ae..d2c9e6f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
-
+
-
- 
-
+
-
- English · 简体中文
-
+[Architecture](architecture.md) · [Agent Connector Contract](docs/agent-connector-sdk.md) · [Contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) · [Code of Conduct](CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
+
+[English](README.md) | [简体中文](README.zh-CN.md)
+
+[](LICENSE)
+[](https://github.com/Ryder-MHumble/Meldwork/releases)
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- English · 简体中文
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+[English](README.md) | [简体中文](README.zh-CN.md)
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