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SovereignMind

A New Architecture for Living Software

Specification

SovereignMind is a sovereign, modular AI architecture designed to transform specifications into optimized software, integrate new functionality into existing codebases without disrupting protected functionality, continuously learn and expand its knowledge and capabilities, identify and resolve code and language conflicts, self-heal failures, monitor installed specifications and programs for updates and innovation, and continuously evolve under human governance.

SovereignMind treats software as a living system. It maintains an ongoing understanding of its specifications, architecture, code, capabilities, dependencies, knowledge, provenance, licenses, system state, and human decisions. The system may autonomously analyze, develop, test, repair, optimize, and propose changes within authorized boundaries, while meaningful functionality and evolutionary changes remain subject to human approval.

Core Principles

Specification-driven software evolution
Modular architecture
Continuous learning
Continuous capability expansion
Continuous code optimization
Self-healing
Conflict detection and resolution
Protected existing functionality
Human-in-the-loop governance
Source and license enforcement
Complete provenance
Continuous update monitoring
Innovation discovery
Sovereignty and operator control
Vendor independence
Replaceable components
Reversible changes
Continuous verification
Knowledge and code separation
Explicit authorization boundaries

Core Modules

Specification Intelligence Module

The Specification Intelligence Module interprets incoming specifications and converts them into structured system requirements.

Features:

Accept human-readable specifications.
Accept structured specifications.
Parse requirements, constraints, dependencies, interfaces, workflows, and acceptance criteria.
Decompose specifications into implementable capabilities.
Detect ambiguous requirements.
Detect incomplete requirements.
Detect contradictory requirements.
Identify relationships between requirements.
Identify dependencies between requirements.
Compare new specifications with installed specifications.
Detect duplicate or overlapping requirements.
Track specification versions and revisions.
Maintain specification provenance.
Maintain traceability between requirements and implemented functionality.
Identify changes between specification versions.
Determine whether specification updates affect the existing system.
Request human clarification when requirements cannot be safely resolved.

Codebase Intelligence Module

The Codebase Intelligence Module maintains a continuously updated understanding of the existing software system.

Features:

Analyze the existing codebase.
Map the system architecture.
Identify modules, components, functions, classes, APIs, schemas, interfaces, and dependencies.
Maintain a dependency graph.
Maintain a capability registry.
Identify reusable functionality.
Identify duplicated functionality.
Identify obsolete functionality.
Identify unused functionality.
Identify technical debt.
Identify architectural inconsistencies.
Identify protected functionality.
Maintain relationships between existing and newly generated code.
Track code versions and changes.
Maintain a continuously updated model of system state.

Architecture Intelligence Module

The Architecture Intelligence Module determines how new functionality should fit into the existing system.

Features:

Analyze current architecture.
Determine appropriate module boundaries.
Identify existing components suitable for reuse.
Determine when new modules are required.
Minimize unnecessary architectural changes.
Preserve stable interfaces.
Maintain architectural consistency.
Identify architectural weaknesses.
Propose architectural improvements.
Evaluate scalability.
Evaluate maintainability.
Evaluate reliability.
Evaluate interoperability.
Support evolutionary architecture.
Maintain architectural decision history.

Code Generation Module

The Code Generation Module transforms approved implementation plans into optimized software.

Features:

Generate production-ready code.
Generate modular code.
Generate code according to existing architectural conventions.
Reuse compatible existing components.
Generate new components when required.
Generate interfaces.
Generate APIs.
Generate schemas.
Generate migrations.
Generate configuration.
Generate documentation.
Generate tests.
Optimize generated code.
Select appropriate programming languages.
Support multiple programming languages.
Maintain specification-to-code traceability.
Maintain source and provenance information for generated implementations.

Intelligent Integration Module

The Intelligent Integration Module incorporates newly generated or approved functionality into the existing system.

Features:

Analyze integration requirements.
Compare proposed functionality with existing functionality.
Prevent unnecessary duplication.
Identify integration points.
Integrate modular functionality.
Preserve existing interfaces where possible.
Preserve protected functionality.
Maintain backward compatibility where required.
Detect integration risks.
Stage changes before production integration.
Verify changes before activation.
Support transactional integration.
Support rollback.

Conflict Intelligence Module

The Conflict Intelligence Module identifies conflicts that could prevent safe integration.

Features:

Detect programming language conflicts.
Detect dependency conflicts.
Detect version conflicts.
Detect API conflicts.
Detect schema conflicts.
Detect interface conflicts.
Detect naming conflicts.
Detect framework conflicts.
Detect configuration conflicts.
Detect architectural conflicts.
Detect behavioral conflicts.
Detect data model conflicts.
Detect semantic conflicts.
Classify conflicts by severity.
Determine whether conflicts can be safely resolved.
Generate potential resolutions.
Escalate unresolved conflicts to human review.
Maintain conflict history.
Learn from approved conflict resolutions.

Self-Healing Module

The Self-Healing Module identifies, diagnoses, repairs, and verifies system failures.

Features:

Monitor system health.
Detect errors.
Detect anomalies.
Detect regressions.
Detect recurring failures.
Analyze logs.
Analyze traces.
Analyze system state.
Reproduce failures where possible.
Identify probable root causes.
Generate repair proposals.
Generate corrective code.
Test repairs in isolation.
Apply authorized low-risk repairs.
Request human approval for higher-risk repairs.
Create recovery snapshots.
Roll back unsuccessful repairs.
Verify repaired functionality.
Record repair history.
Learn from successful and unsuccessful repairs.
Identify architectural causes of recurring failures.

Verification and Testing Module

The Verification and Testing Module determines whether proposed changes are safe and functional.

Features:

Generate tests from specifications.
Maintain existing tests.
Execute unit tests.
Execute integration tests.
Execute regression tests.
Execute compatibility tests.
Execute API tests.
Execute behavioral tests.
Execute security tests.
Execute performance tests.
Execute dependency tests.
Execute migration tests.
Compare pre-change and post-change behavior.
Validate acceptance criteria.
Validate protected functionality.
Block integration when required verification fails.
Maintain verification history.

Protected Functionality Module

The Protected Functionality Module maintains explicit safeguards around existing behavior.

Features:

Maintain protected functionality definitions.
Protect critical APIs.
Protect critical data.
Protect security boundaries.
Protect governance mechanisms.
Protect licensing requirements.
Protect compatibility requirements.
Protect human approval mechanisms.
Detect proposed changes affecting protected functionality.
Require explicit authorization for protected changes.
Prevent unapproved modifications to protected functionality.
Maintain protected functionality history.

Optimization Module

The Optimization Module continuously evaluates opportunities to improve the system.

Features:

Identify inefficient code.
Identify redundant operations.
Identify duplicated functionality.
Identify unnecessary dependencies.
Identify obsolete components.
Identify inefficient data access.
Identify inefficient execution paths.
Identify resource consumption problems.
Evaluate performance.
Evaluate scalability.
Evaluate maintainability.
Evaluate reliability.
Propose optimization opportunities.
Perform authorized low-risk optimizations.
Test optimizations before activation.
Measure changes against previous system performance.
Roll back unsuccessful optimizations.

Knowledge Intelligence Module

The Knowledge Intelligence Module maintains persistent system knowledge independently from executable code.

Features:

Store knowledge derived from specifications.
Store approved architectural decisions.
Store approved implementations.
Store rejected proposals.
Store system failures.
Store successful repairs.
Store human decisions.
Store testing outcomes.
Store dependency information.
Store technology information.
Store innovation discoveries.
Maintain knowledge provenance.
Distinguish verified knowledge from unverified information.
Prevent unverified information from becoming authoritative system knowledge.
Update knowledge when authoritative sources change.
Maintain historical knowledge states.

Capability Intelligence Module

The Capability Intelligence Module maintains a living inventory of what the system can do.

Features:

Maintain a capability registry.
Identify active capabilities.
Identify inactive capabilities.
Identify experimental capabilities.
Identify deprecated capabilities.
Identify missing capabilities.
Identify redundant capabilities.
Identify capability dependencies.
Map capabilities to specifications.
Map capabilities to code.
Map capabilities to modules.
Detect capability gaps.
Detect opportunities to combine capabilities.
Propose capability expansion.
Track capability evolution.

Source Intelligence Module

The Source Intelligence Module maintains the origin and authenticity information for external material.

Features:

Record source identity.
Record source URLs.
Record repositories.
Record authors and organizations when available.
Record publication dates.
Record acquisition dates.
Record versions and revisions.
Track source changes.
Detect unavailable sources.
Maintain source provenance.
Maintain provenance chains.
Associate source information with knowledge and code.
Prevent unknown-origin material from being treated as authoritative without human authorization.

License Intelligence Module

The License Intelligence Module ensures that source and licensing requirements are continuously identified and enforced.

Features:

Identify applicable licenses.
Record license versions.
Track attribution requirements.
Track notice requirements.
Track modification requirements.
Track redistribution requirements.
Track network deployment requirements.
Evaluate license compatibility.
Detect incompatible licenses.
Detect unknown licenses.
Block unauthorized incorporation of restricted material.
Identify compatible alternatives.
Maintain license provenance.
Generate required notices.
Generate attribution information.
Monitor dependency license changes.
Reevaluate licensing when components are updated.
Preserve applicable licensing information through system evolution.

Update Intelligence Module

The Update Intelligence Module maintains awareness of installed specifications, software, dependencies, and other system components.

Features:

Track installed specifications.
Track installed programs.
Track modules.
Track plugins.
Track libraries.
Track frameworks.
Track dependencies.
Track APIs.
Track models.
Track model components.
Track external services.
Track installed versions.
Track latest known versions.
Monitor authorized upstream sources.
Detect new releases.
Detect security updates.
Detect bug fixes.
Detect performance improvements.
Detect new capabilities.
Detect deprecated functionality.
Detect breaking changes.
Detect license changes.
Evaluate update relevance.
Evaluate update compatibility.
Generate update proposals.
Stage updates before activation.
Test updates before integration.
Support rollback.

Innovation Intelligence Module

The Innovation Intelligence Module identifies meaningful new technologies and capabilities that may improve the system.

Features:

Monitor authorized innovation sources.
Identify emerging technologies.
Identify new software capabilities.
Identify alternative implementations.
Compare existing implementations with new alternatives.
Evaluate potential performance improvements.
Evaluate reliability improvements.
Evaluate security improvements.
Evaluate maintainability improvements.
Evaluate resource requirements.
Evaluate licensing.
Evaluate compatibility.
Evaluate sovereignty implications.
Evaluate migration complexity.
Evaluate long-term sustainability.
Generate innovation proposals.
Allow humans to approve, reject, or defer innovations.
Prevent automatic adoption solely because a newer technology exists.

Human Governance Module

The Human Governance Module maintains human authority over meaningful system evolution.

Features:

Require human approval for defined categories of change.
Allow humans to approve functionality.
Allow humans to reject functionality.
Allow humans to defer functionality.
Allow humans to override recommendations.
Allow humans to define autonomous operating boundaries.
Allow humans to define protected components.
Allow humans to define approval thresholds.
Allow humans to define security policies.
Allow humans to define licensing policies.
Allow humans to define update policies.
Allow humans to define acceptable risk levels.
Explain proposed changes.
Explain expected benefits.
Explain potential risks.
Explain affected components.
Explain testing results.
Explain licensing implications.
Explain provenance.
Record human decisions.
Use previous decisions to improve future recommendations.

Decision Intelligence Module

The Decision Intelligence Module learns from human choices and uses those decisions to improve future recommendations.

Features:

Record approvals.
Record rejections.
Record deferred decisions.
Record overrides.
Record reasons for decisions when provided.
Identify decision patterns.
Apply established preferences to future proposals.
Distinguish explicit policies from inferred preferences.
Never treat inferred preferences as authorization to bypass explicit governance.
Maintain decision provenance.
Provide historical decision context.

Version and State Module

The Version and State Module maintains recoverable versions of the living system.

Features:

Version code.
Version specifications.
Version architecture.
Version configuration.
Version knowledge.
Version capabilities.
Version dependencies.
Create system snapshots.
Maintain known-good states.
Compare system states.
Compare proposed changes.
Maintain evolutionary history.
Support rollback.
Support recovery.
Support change reconstruction.

Sandbox Module

The Sandbox Module isolates proposed functionality before it affects the active system.

Features:

Build proposed changes in isolation.
Execute generated code in controlled environments.
Test new dependencies.
Test new modules.
Test updates.
Test repairs.
Test migrations.
Test integrations.
Compare sandbox behavior with production behavior.
Detect unexpected effects.
Prevent unverified changes from entering production.

Security Module

The Security Module controls the authority and operational boundaries of the AI.

Features:

Define AI permissions.
Control filesystem access.
Control code execution.
Control network access.
Control external integrations.
Control dependency installation.
Sandbox untrusted code.
Validate external sources where possible.
Detect suspicious dependencies.
Detect unauthorized capability escalation.
Protect credentials.
Protect secrets.
Require authorization for security-sensitive changes.
Maintain security provenance.
Preserve human governance boundaries.

Sovereignty Module

The Sovereignty Module ensures that the operator maintains control over the system.

Features:

Support local-first deployment.
Support self-hosted deployment.
Maintain operator control of source code.
Maintain operator control of knowledge.
Maintain operator control of specifications.
Maintain operator control of configuration.
Maintain operator control of models.
Maintain operator control of capabilities.
Maintain operator control of plugins.
Maintain operator control of system history.
Maintain operator control of credentials.
Minimize mandatory external dependencies.
Avoid unnecessary vendor lock-in.
Support replaceable AI models.
Support replaceable services.
Support replaceable storage systems.
Support replaceable execution environments.
Allow the operator to define permitted external sources.
Allow the operator to define permitted external services.

Observability Module

The Observability Module provides continuous visibility into the living system.

Features:

Monitor system health.
Monitor application behavior.
Monitor resource consumption.
Monitor errors.
Monitor dependencies.
Monitor APIs.
Monitor capability usage.
Monitor newly integrated functionality.
Detect behavioral drift.
Detect unexpected changes.
Provide system status information.
Provide evolutionary status information.
Provide human-readable explanations of system behavior.

Provenance Module

The Provenance Module maintains an auditable history of where system knowledge and functionality originated.

Features:

Track specification origins.
Track source origins.
Track generated code origins.
Track dependency origins.
Track modifications.
Track integrations.
Track repairs.
Track upgrades.
Track innovations.
Track human approvals.
Track human rejections.
Track testing results.
Track license information.
Maintain provenance chains.
Maintain historical records.
Associate provenance with system components throughout their lifecycle.

Plugin Module

The Plugin Module provides controlled extension of SovereignMind without requiring changes to the core architecture.

Features:

Support independently developed plugins.
Define plugin interfaces.
Validate plugin compatibility.
Validate plugin licensing.
Validate plugin provenance.
Sandbox plugins when appropriate.
Allow plugins to provide new capabilities.
Allow plugins to provide new integrations.
Allow plugins to provide new models.
Allow plugins to provide new tools.
Allow plugins to provide new data sources.
Track plugin versions.
Monitor plugin updates.
Allow plugins to be enabled or disabled independently.
Prevent plugins from bypassing core governance.

Optional Plugin Modules

Model Provider Plugin

Provides support for interchangeable AI and machine learning models.

Features:

Support local models.
Support self-hosted models.
Support external models.
Support multiple models simultaneously.
Compare model performance.
Route tasks to appropriate models.
Track model versions.
Track model provenance.
Track model licenses.
Monitor model updates.
Allow model replacement without redesigning the core system.

Repository Plugin

Provides integration with source code repositories.

Features:

Read authorized repositories.
Write authorized changes.
Monitor repository releases.
Track repository versions.
Track commits.
Track branches.
Track tags.
Track source provenance.
Track repository licensing.
Create proposed changes.
Support human-approved integration.

Package and Dependency Plugin

Provides dependency discovery and management.

Features:

Discover available packages.
Track installed packages.
Track package versions.
Monitor package releases.
Detect vulnerabilities.
Detect dependency conflicts.
Detect license changes.
Evaluate replacement packages.
Stage dependency upgrades.
Test dependency changes.
Roll back unsuccessful upgrades.

Documentation Plugin

Provides documentation discovery and maintenance.

Features:

Read authorized documentation sources.
Track documentation versions.
Compare documentation revisions.
Extract technical requirements.
Generate system documentation.
Update documentation following approved changes.
Maintain documentation provenance.
Track documentation licensing.

Testing Plugin

Provides additional testing environments and frameworks.

Features:

Support multiple testing frameworks.
Support specialized test environments.
Execute external test suites.
Integrate test results.
Maintain testing provenance.
Compare historical test results.
Trigger additional testing when risk thresholds require it.

Deployment Plugin

Provides controlled deployment capabilities.

Features:

Prepare deployments.
Validate deployment requirements.
Stage deployments.
Require human authorization according to policy.
Monitor deployments.
Detect deployment failures.
Support rollback.
Record deployment provenance.
Maintain deployment history.

Monitoring Plugin

Provides additional monitoring and observability integrations.

Features:

Connect to authorized monitoring systems.
Collect telemetry.
Detect anomalies.
Correlate events.
Trigger diagnostic workflows.
Trigger authorized self-healing workflows.
Maintain monitoring provenance.

Knowledge Source Plugin

Provides controlled integration with external knowledge sources.

Features:

Connect to authorized knowledge repositories.
Retrieve information.
Track source provenance.
Track licenses.
Track versions.
Evaluate information reliability.
Detect source changes.
Update knowledge records.
Prevent unauthorized knowledge incorporation.

Innovation Discovery Plugin

Provides specialized discovery of emerging technologies and implementations.

Features:

Monitor authorized innovation sources.
Identify relevant technologies.
Compare competing implementations.
Evaluate potential improvements.
Track emerging standards.
Track new specifications.
Generate innovation proposals.
Preserve source and license information.

Evolution Lifecycle

SovereignMind shall support a continuous evolutionary lifecycle:

Specify → Understand → Compare → Plan → Generate → Isolate → Test → Verify → Review → Approve → Integrate → Observe → Learn → Optimize

Failure recovery shall support:

Detect → Diagnose → Reproduce → Propose Repair → Isolate → Test → Verify → Approve or Apply → Integrate → Monitor → Learn

Innovation adoption shall support:

Discover → Authenticate → Identify Source → Verify License → Analyze → Compare → Test → Propose → Human Decision → Stage → Verify → Integrate → Monitor

Update management shall support:

Detect → Evaluate → Check Compatibility → Check Licensing → Analyze Risk → Stage → Test → Review → Approve → Integrate → Monitor → Rollback if Required

Change Authorization Model

SovereignMind shall classify proposed changes according to their authorization requirements.

Autonomous Changes

Changes may be performed automatically when they:

Fall within explicitly authorized boundaries.
Do not affect protected functionality.
Do not introduce unauthorized dependencies.
Do not create licensing conflicts.
Do not expand system authority.
Meet required verification criteria.
Can be safely reversed.

Human Approval Required

Human approval shall be required when changes:

Add significant new functionality.
Expand system capabilities.
Modify protected functionality.
Change architecture substantially.
Introduce significant dependencies.
Change security boundaries.
Change governance mechanisms.
Create licensing uncertainty.
Require significant data migration.
Introduce external services.
Modify system authority.
Create material operational risk.

Prohibited Changes

The system shall not bypass defined restrictions to:

Remove human governance.
Expand authority without authorization.
Circumvent security controls.
Circumvent licensing requirements.
Conceal changes.
Conceal provenance.
Delete required attribution.
Disable required verification.
Prevent rollback.
Override explicit operator restrictions.

Continuous System Awareness

SovereignMind shall maintain a living inventory of:

Installed specifications.
Installed programs.
Active modules.
Plugins.
Dependencies.
Models.
APIs.
Data schemas.
Capabilities.
Knowledge sources.
External services.
Versions.
Licenses.
Provenance.
Pending updates.
Available innovations.
Approved changes.
Rejected changes.
Deferred changes.
Protected components.
Known system risks.

Capability Gap Detection

SovereignMind shall continuously compare:

Required capabilities.
Existing capabilities.
Missing capabilities.
Redundant capabilities.
Deprecated capabilities.
Available emerging capabilities.

The system shall use this comparison to identify opportunities for:

New functionality.
Improved functionality.
New specifications.
New modules.
New plugins.
New technologies.
Repairs.
Optimizations.
Replacements.
Integrations.

Capability discovery shall result in proposals unless the proposed capability falls within explicitly authorized autonomous behavior.

Living Software Requirements

SovereignMind shall maintain the system as a continuously evolving software environment rather than a static codebase.

The system shall:

Preserve system continuity.
Maintain historical context.
Maintain knowledge across versions.
Maintain specification relationships.
Maintain capability relationships.
Maintain source provenance.
Maintain licensing information.
Maintain human decisions.
Maintain architectural knowledge.
Maintain recoverable system states.
Continuously evaluate opportunities for improvement.
Evolve only within defined authority.

Non-Disruption Principle

SovereignMind shall prioritize preservation of existing functionality whenever new functionality is incorporated.

A change shall not be considered successful merely because the newly requested functionality operates correctly. A change shall be considered successful only when the new functionality satisfies its requirements while preserving protected existing functionality and remaining within applicable architectural, security, licensing, performance, compatibility, provenance, and governance requirements.

Source and License Integrity

All incorporated external material shall maintain source and licensing information.

No externally derived code, documentation, specification, knowledge, dependency, model, dataset, plugin, or other artifact shall be incorporated into the persistent system without determining its applicable source and licensing requirements to the extent reasonably possible.

License conflicts shall be treated as integration failures and shall be resolved, isolated, replaced, or escalated for human decision according to system policy.

Human Authority Principle

SovereignMind may continuously analyze, learn, discover, generate, test, repair, optimize, and propose.

The human operator retains final authority over system evolution within the defined governance model.

The system shall never interpret its ability to modify itself as authority to expand its own permissions, remove human oversight, bypass licensing, conceal changes, or redefine its governance boundaries.

Extensibility Principle

All major system capabilities should be implemented as modular components wherever practical.

Modules should expose defined interfaces and minimize unnecessary coupling.

New functionality should be capable of being added, removed, replaced, upgraded, tested, or isolated without requiring unnecessary changes to unrelated components.

Evolutionary Integrity

Every significant system change should preserve:

Functional integrity.
Architectural integrity.
Security integrity.
Licensing integrity.
Provenance integrity.
Data integrity.
Governance integrity.
Sovereignty.
Recoverability.
Human control.

Specification Branding License (SBL)

Standard

Fully AGPL-3.0+ compliant system
Copyleft enforced for network deployments
Required attribution:
- Roxanne Ardary
- https://www.roxanneardary.com/

Optional

Specification Branding License (SBL)
- Attribution-free commercial deployment
- Pricing based on scale, usage, and deployment scope
- https://roxanneardary.com/sovereignmind/

License & Notice Requirements

SovereignMind is released under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0+).

By contributing to any Open Arsenal project, you agree that your contributions will also be released under this license.

Please note the following:

All contributions must comply with the AGPL-3.0+ terms.
Under Section 7 of the license, all redistributions, forks, and derivative works must preserve attribution to:
Roxanne Ardary and roxanneardary.com.
SovereignMind specifications are free to use with attribution. A Specification Branding License can be negotiated upon request.
The project’s notice.md file tracks attribution requirements and contributor acknowledgments. Any update that adds new contributors or modifies attribution should also update notice.md.
When submitting a pull request, ensure that any new files maintain the attribution headers where applicable.
Network-deployed versions of this software must also remain fully AGPL-3.0+ compliant, including exposure of source code modifications when applicable under the license.

For full legal details, please refer to the AGPL-3.0+ license and the project’s notice.md file.

Notice – SovereignMind

Attribution Requirement: Under Section 7 of the AGPL 3.0+ license, all redistributions, forks, and derivative works, including network-deployed versions of this project, must provide attribution to Roxanne Ardary and roxanneardary.com.

Contributors

This file tracks contributors and their specific contributions to the project.

Roxanne Ardary, roxanneardary.com – August 27, 2026
Created the repository for SovereignMind. Created the specification for a sovereign, modular AI architecture capable of transforming specifications into optimized code, integrating new functionality, resolving conflicts, self-healing, continuously learning and evolving, while maintaining human governance, source provenance, and license compliance.
[Add other contributors here] – [Date]
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License – SovereignMind

This repository is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0+).

Key Points

You are free to use, modify, and distribute the code.
All redistributions, forks, and derivative works or network-deployed versions must also be licensed under AGPL-3.0+ and provide attribution to Roxanne Ardary and roxanneardary.com as required under Section 7 of the license.
The software is provided “as is,” without warranty of any kind.

For the full license text, see GNU AGPL-3.0 License.