Bio-Neural Community License (BNCL) v1.0
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Copyright (c) 2026 Ava Billions & Chris Knight — Bio-Neural .ai
Contact: bio.neural.ai@gmail.com
Project: Messy Python (https://github.com/bio-neural-ai/messy-python)

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PREAMBLE

This license allows broad free use of Messy Python, including commercial use,
while requiring attribution and placing restrictions on organisations that
operate at Frontier AI scale or serve very large user bases.

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SECTION 1 — DEFINITIONS

"Software" means the Messy Python source code, documentation, tooling, and
all associated files distributed under this license.

"You" means any individual, team, company, or automated agent using,
integrating, or distributing the Software.

"Commercial Use" means use of the Software in a product, service, or workflow
that directly or indirectly generates revenue.

"Frontier Lab" means any organisation that:
  (a) has published, trained, or deployed a foundation model with more than
      70 billion parameters, OR
  (b) has raised or deployed more than USD $100,000,000 in AI-specific
      research or product funding, OR
  (c) is publicly recognised as operating at frontier AI capability level
      (e.g. Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Meta AI, xAI, Mistral,
      Cohere, or equivalent).

"Large Platform" means any product or service that has more than 1,000,000
(one million) monthly active users, regardless of whether it is AI-related.

"Attribution Mark" means the visible comment block and logo specified in
Section 3 of this license.

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SECTION 2 — GRANT OF RIGHTS

Subject to the conditions of this license, You are granted a worldwide,
royalty-free, non-exclusive license to:

  2.1  Use the Software for any purpose, including Commercial Use.
  2.2  Copy, modify, merge, and distribute the Software or derivative works.
  2.3  Integrate the Software into products, agents, pipelines, or services.
  2.4  Sublicense the Software to end users under terms no less restrictive
       than this license.

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SECTION 3 — MANDATORY ATTRIBUTION

ALL uses of this Software — personal, commercial, or otherwise — MUST include
the following Attribution Mark wherever Messy Python syntax, tooling, or
output is used, generated, or displayed:

  3.1  IN SOURCE CODE — include this comment block at the top of any file
       that contains, generates, or processes Messy Python syntax:

         # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
         # Messy Python — Token-efficient Python syntax
         # Powered by Bio-Neural .ai · bio.neural.ai@gmail.com
         # Licensed under the Bio-Neural Community License (BNCL)
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  3.2  IN USER-FACING PRODUCTS — if the Software or its output is presented
       to end users via a UI, API response, documentation, or generated
       artefact, the following attribution must appear visibly:

         "Messy Python by Bio-Neural .ai"

       This may be rendered as text, a logo badge, or a footer credit.
       It must not be hidden, collapsed behind a toggle, or displayed in a
       font size below 10px.

  3.3  LOGO — the Bio-Neural .ai logo (available at
       https://github.com/bio-neural-ai/messy-python/assets/logo.png) must
       be displayed alongside the attribution text wherever space permits.
       Minimum display size: 80px wide. The logo must not be modified,
       recoloured, or obscured.

  3.4  ATTRIBUTION IN AI AGENTS — if an AI agent, LLM, or automated system
       uses this Software to generate code, the attribution comment (3.1)
       must be prepended to all generated output. This applies whether the
       agent is operating interactively or in batch mode.

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SECTION 4 — RESTRICTED ENTITIES (COMMERCIAL LICENSE REQUIRED)

The following entities MUST obtain a separate commercial license before using
the Software in any capacity, including evaluation, research, or production:

  4.1  Any Frontier Lab (as defined in Section 1).
  4.2  Any Large Platform (as defined in Section 1).
  4.3  Any subsidiary, contractor, or agent operating on behalf of an entity
       described in 4.1 or 4.2.

To obtain a commercial license, contact: bio.neural.ai@gmail.com

Restricted entities that use the Software without a commercial license are in
breach of this license and are liable for damages including but not limited to
the commercial value of the license they failed to obtain.

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SECTION 5 — REDISTRIBUTION

  5.1  You may redistribute the Software in source or binary form provided
       that this license file is included in full with all copies.
  5.2  You must not represent the Software as your own work or remove any
       existing copyright notices.
  5.3  Modified versions must be clearly marked as modified and must not be
       misrepresented as the original Messy Python distribution.
  5.4  PyPI packages, npm packages, or other distributed artefacts that
       bundle this Software must list "Bio-Neural .ai" as the upstream
       author in their package metadata.

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SECTION 6 — 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 NON-INFRINGEMENT. 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.

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SECTION 7 — TERMINATION

Your rights under this license terminate automatically if:

  7.1  You breach Section 3 (Attribution) and fail to remedy the breach
       within 30 days of written notice.
  7.2  You are a Restricted Entity (Section 4) using the Software without
       a commercial license.
  7.3  You remove, obscure, or misrepresent the Attribution Mark.

Upon termination, you must cease all use and distribution of the Software.

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SECTION 8 — GOVERNING LAW

This license is governed by the laws of England and Wales. Any disputes shall
be resolved in the courts of London, United Kingdom.

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SECTION 9 — CONTACT & COMMERCIAL LICENSING

  Authors:      Ava Billions & Chris Knight
  Organisation: Bio-Neural .ai
  Email:        bio.neural.ai@gmail.com
  Location:     London, UK
  License ver:  BNCL v1.0 — 2026-04-12T18:00:00.0000Z

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