Decide project licenses before public Quantum binary releases #4

Goal

Select and document deliberate licenses for Quantum Runtime, Quantum Control and Quantum CoreOS before any public binary release or external redistribution guidance is published.

Resolved license family

The three projects use separate, project-specific members of the Starlight Unit Studios Community Source License family:

• Starlight Unit Studios Quantum Runtime Community Source License 1.0
• Starlight Unit Studios Quantum Control Community Source License 1.0
• Starlight Unit Studios Quantum CoreOS Community Source License 1.0

The German text in LICENSE.de.md is controlling. LICENSE.md is the English convenience translation. All three are custom Source Available licenses and are not OSI-approved open-source licenses.

Product-specific decisions

Quantum Runtime

Internal commercial use and Integrated Application Use are permitted. Quantum Runtime itself may not be sold, white-labeled or offered as a standalone paid general-purpose Runtime service. Third-party inference engines, models, model weights, datasets and tools retain their own terms.

Quantum Control

Commercial hosting, managed-service operation and authenticated customer access to managed resources are expressly permitted. Quantum Control itself may not be sold, sublicensed, white-labeled or offered as a standalone paid control-panel, SaaS or general Control API product.

Quantum CoreOS

Commercial services may run on Quantum CoreOS. Hardware, installation, configuration, support and infrastructure charges are permitted, including compliant preinstallation without a separate CoreOS license fee. Quantum CoreOS itself may not be sold as a software license, paid download, image subscription, standalone operating system or white-label distribution. Project-owned fictional and interface assets remain distinct from third-party OS components.

Acceptance criteria

• license choice is recorded separately for each repository
• compatibility with planned third-party components is reviewed
• required attribution and notice structure is defined
• trademarks and the fictional 2163 material are treated explicitly
• license files and README summaries are added through reviewed pull requests
• release and CI verification rejects missing required license and notice files

Completed pull requests

• Quantum Runtime PR Decide project licenses before public Quantum binary releases #4
• Quantum Control PR Decide project licenses before public Quantum binary releases #4
• Quantum CoreOS PR Adopt Quantum CoreOS Community Source License 1.0 #5

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