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Closes #1171

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  • Replaced the MIT License with the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 (AGPLv3).

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The repository replaces its MIT license with the GNU Affero General Public License version 3. The README and backend metadata identify the AGPL license. README formatting and the FastAPI app description are also updated.

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Replace MIT license with AGPLv3
LICENSE, README.md, backend/app/main.py, backend/pyproject.toml
LICENSE now contains the full AGPLv3 text. The README identifies the license and includes formatting adjustments. The FastAPI app description includes the license notice and backend source-code URL. Backend project metadata declares AGPL-3.0 and lists LICENSE as a license file.

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Linked Issues check ⚠️ Warning Issue #1171 requires AGPLv3 licensing for the backend, Guardrails, and frontend. This PR changes LICENSE to GNU AGPLv3 and adds matching notices or metadata in README.md, backend/app/main.py, an… Add reviewable AGPLv3 licensing changes for the Guardrails repository and the frontend, and link those changes to issue #1171.
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Title check ✅ Passed The title clearly identifies the main change: replacing the project license with AGPL v3.
Description check ✅ Passed The description directly explains the license replacement, references the related issue, and records testing information.
Out of Scope Changes check ✅ Passed The PR changes the license file and adds related license notices or metadata in the README, FastAPI application description, and Python project metadata. These changes directly support the backend lic…
Docstring Coverage ✅ Passed No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff. Analyzed 0 functions across 1…
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Issue #1171 requires AGPLv3 licensing for the backend, Guardrails, and frontend. This PR changes LICENSE to GNU AGPLv3 and adds matching notices or metadata in README.md, backend/app/main.py, and backend/pyproject.toml. These changes satisfy the backend objective. The reviewed changes do not relicense Guardrails or license the frontend. No automated test is required for this license-only objective.

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@github-actions github-actions Bot changed the title chore: change license from MIT to GPL3 chore(license): Change license to GPL3 Aug 27, 2026
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OpenAPI changes   ⚪ No API surface changes

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This PR does not modify the API contract.

main ↔ 00545b42 · generated by oasdiff

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@Prajna1999 Prajna1999 changed the title chore(license): Change license to GPL3 chore(license): Change license to AGPL v3 Aug 31, 2026

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keep intact all notices stating that this License and any
non-permissive terms added in accord with section 7 apply to the code;
keep intact all notices of the absence of any warranty; and give all
receivers a copy of this License along with the Program.

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receivers a copy of this License along with the Program.
recipients a copy of this License along with the Program.

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If you convey an object code work under this section in, or with, or
specifically for use in, a User Product, and the conveying occurs as
part of a transaction in which the right of possession and use of the
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User Product is transferred to the receiver in perpetuity or for a
User Product is transferred to the recipient in perpetuity or for a

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The requirement to provide Installation Information does not include a
requirement to continue to provide support service, warranty, or updates
for a work that has been modified or installed by the receiver, or for

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for a work that has been modified or installed by the receiver, or for
for a work that has been modified or installed by the recipient, or for

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available, or (2) arrange to deprive yourself of the benefit of the
patent license for this particular work, or (3) arrange, in a manner
consistent with the requirements of this License, to extend the patent
license to downstream receivers. "Knowingly relying" means you have

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license to downstream receivers. "Knowingly relying" means you have
license to downstream recipients. "Knowingly relying" means you have

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consistent with the requirements of this License, to extend the patent
license to downstream receivers. "Knowingly relying" means you have
actual knowledge that, but for the patent license, your conveying the
covered work in a country, or your receiver's use of the covered work

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covered work in a country, or your receiver's use of the covered work
covered work in a country, or your recipient's use of the covered work

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covered work, and grant a patent license to some of the parties
receiving the covered work authorizing them to use, propagate, modify
or convey a specific copy of the covered work, then the patent license
you grant is automatically extended to all receivers of the covered

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you grant is automatically extended to all receivers of the covered
you grant is automatically extended to all recipients of the covered

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it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or

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it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or

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please made the license related changes in the pyproject.toml file also. like this:

license = "AGPL-3.0"
license-files = ["LICENSE"]

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and then verify that the metadata is being built correctly.

python -m build
python -c "
from importlib.metadata import metadata
print(metadata('your-api')['License-Expression'])"

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And update the README.md file also.

  ## License
  This project is licensed under the GNU AGPL v3.0 or later — see LICENSE.

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also, we need to make the changes in the FastAPI initialize section.
like this:

app = FastAPI(
    title="Kaapi Backend",
    description=(
        "Licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later. "
        "Source code: https://github.com/ProjectTech4DevAI/kaapi-backend/"
    ),
)

@app.get("/source", include_in_schema=True)
def source_offer():
    """AGPLv3 §13 source offer."""
    return RedirectResponse("https://github.com/ProjectTech4DevAI/kaapi-backend")

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Added description licensing

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also.
license-files entries are required to be relative — but relative to the project directory, i.e. the directory containing pyproject.toml (backend/). PEP 639 explicitly forbids patterns that contain .. or otherwise resolve outside that directory. So ["LICENSE"], ["licenses/*"], ["legal/AGPL.txt"] are all fine.,Since in our case LICENSE is outside root i.e backend directory it resolves to nothing. Hence dropped the relative path but kept the LICENSE text

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i have also updated the PR description a bit to provide clear context.

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@Prajna1999 please check these above comments, and made the changes in all required repository.

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description = ""
requires-python = ">=3.12,<4.0"
license = "AGPL-3.0"
license-files = ["LICENSE"]

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Make license-files match a file in the backend project.

["LICENSE"] targets backend/LICENSE, but only the repository-root LICENSE exists. PyPA requires an error when an explicitly configured pattern matches no files, so the Hatchling distribution build can fail during license metadata processing. This affects the build operation, not application runtime.

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../LICENSE points to root repo

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printf '\nbackend project metadata:\n'
rg -n -C2 '^(license|license-files|name|requires-python)\s*=' backend/pyproject.toml
printf '\npackaging references:\n'
rg -n -C2 'hatchling|uv build|python -m build|license-files' --glob '*.toml' --glob '*.yml' --glob '*.yaml' --glob 'Dockerfile*' --glob '*.md' | head -140

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Hatchling PEP 639 license-files ../LICENSE outside project root backend/pyproject.toml supported error relative path hatchling packaging

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@Prajna1999, yes. ../LICENSE points to the repository-root LICENSE, and I confirmed that file exists.

The remaining issue is the package metadata. PEP 639 requires license-files patterns to stay within the directory containing pyproject.toml; it does not permit ... Please copy the license to backend/LICENSE and set license-files = ["LICENSE"] so the backend distribution can include it.

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[![License: AGPL v3](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-AGPL%20v3-blue.svg)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0)
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[![License: AGPL v3](<https://img.shields.io/badge/License-AGPL%20v3-blue.svg>)](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0)
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📐 Maintainability & Code Quality | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Add alt text to the CI badge.

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@Prajna1999, understood. We can leave the CI badge unchanged.

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