diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE index f2e53d4..db2f9ad 100644 --- a/LICENSE +++ b/LICENSE @@ -1,52 +1,65 @@ -MIT License (Research Use Only) +reverse-SynthID Research License v1.0 +Copyright (c) 2024 Alosh Denny (github.com/aloshdenny) -Copyright (c) 2024 +DEFINITIONS -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 for research and educational purposes only, including without -limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, and distribute -copies of the Software, subject to the following conditions: +"Software" means the reverse-SynthID source code, documentation, and +associated files in this repository. -1. 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