LICENSE

# License

## LegalDown Specification

Copyright (c) 2026 ForLegalAI s.r.o.
Created by Daniel Vejsada

The LegalDown specification (this repository) is licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

You are free to:

- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose,
  even commercially

Under the following terms:

- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit to the original author,
  provide a link to this repository and to the license, and indicate if
  changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in
  any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

Full license text: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode

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## Scope of This License

This license applies to the LegalDown specification document and all
content in this repository, including examples, templates, and schemas.

This license does NOT apply to software implementations of the LegalDown
specification. Parsers, renderers, editors, validators, and any other
tools that implement the LegalDown specification may be released under
any license their authors choose, independently of this license.

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## Attribution Requirements

When referencing, implementing, or building upon the LegalDown specification,
appropriate attribution includes:

- The name "LegalDown"
- The copyright holder: ForLegalAI s.r.o.
- The creator: Daniel Vejsada
- A link to this repository: https://github.com/ForLegalAI/LegalDown

Example attribution:

  "Based on the LegalDown specification, created by Daniel Vejsada
   and copyright ForLegalAI s.r.o. (https://github.com/ForLegalAI/LegalDown),
   licensed under CC BY 4.0."