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CONTRIBUTING.md

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By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the project's PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0.
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By contributing, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the project's CodeCompass Personal Use License.
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Happy coding! 🚀

LICENSE

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PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0
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CODECOMPASS PERSONAL USE LICENSE 1.0
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<https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0>
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Copyright (c) 2026 Shadil Rayyan / CodeCompass Team. All Rights Reserved.
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## Acceptance
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## 1. Permitted Use
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This software and documentation are provided free of charge to individuals for **personal, individual learning purposes only**. You may read, study, and execute the code for your own self-improvement.
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In order to get any license under these terms, you must agree
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to them as both strict obligations and conditions to all
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## 2. Prohibited Use
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Any use not explicitly permitted in Section 1 is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to:
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- **Institutional Use**: Use by schools, colleges, universities, bootcamps, or any educational organization is prohibited.
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- **Commercial Use**: Use by any business or for-profit entity is prohibited.
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- **Redistribution**: You may not redistribute, sub-license, or sell this content in any form.
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- **Public Display**: You may not use this content as a teaching aid in a classroom or public setting.
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## Copyright License
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## 3. Commercial & Institutional Licensing
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If you are an educational institution or a business and wish to use this guide, you must obtain a separate written commercial license from the copyright holder.
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The licensor grants you a wordwide, royalty-free,
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non-exclusive, copyright license to do everything with the
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software that would otherwise infringe that licensor's
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copyright in it, for any noncommercial purpose.
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Contact shadil-rayyan via GitHub for inquiries.
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## Patent License
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The licensor grants you a worldwide, royalty-free,
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non-exclusive, patent license to make, have made, use, sell,
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offer for sale, import, and otherwise transfer the software,
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for any noncommercial purpose, where that license applies
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only to the patent claims licensable by the licensor that
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## Noncommercial Purpose
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A "noncommercial purpose" is a purpose mainly intended for
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benefit. Noncommercial purposes do not include any purpose
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## No Other Rights
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## Disclaimer
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**AS IS. THE LICENSOR OFFERS THE SOFTWARE AS IS, WITHOUT
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EVERY RISK OF USING THE SOFTWARE. THE LICENSOR EXCLUDES ANY
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LIABILITY FOR DAMAGES OF EVERY KIND.**
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## 4. Disclaimer
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THE CONTENT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY.

README.md

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# 🚀 CodeCampus OS — Official User Guide
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[![License: PolyForm Noncommercial](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-PolyForm_Noncommercial-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
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[![License: Personal Use Only](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-Personal_Use_Only-red.svg)](LICENSE)
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[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/CodeCompasss/code_campus_userguide/deploy.yml?branch=main)](https://github.com/CodeCompasss/code_campus_userguide/actions)
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## 📄 License
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Distributed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0. See `LICENSE` for more information. For commercial inquiries, contact the maintainer.
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Distributed under the **CodeCompass Personal Use License**. Strictly for individual learning only. Institutional and commercial use requires a separate license. See `LICENSE` for more information.
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