Personal-use license
Personal use is free.
Company use needs permission.
Individuals may use the original project materials privately for noncommercial purposes. Company use requires separate permission, including internal work.
Custom license, version 1.0. Effective October 18, 2026.
Copyright © 2026 Zach Messer / Ouroboros Endpoint. Rights in original protected project materials are reserved except for the permissions below. This is a custom proprietary personal-use license, not a FOSS, OSI-approved, or Creative Commons license.
Free personal, noncommercial use
An individual acting solely in a personal capacity may use, download, copy, run, and privately modify the original project materials made available on this site, without a fee, for personal learning and noncommercial personal projects. Keep the ownership and license notices with copies and modifications. This permission applies only to original material that Zach Messer / Ouroboros Endpoint has the right to license.
No company or business use without permission
Except for public browsing and the invited project review permitted below, companies and other organizations receive no general right to use these project materials. Use by, on behalf of, or for the benefit of a business or organization requires separate written permission from Zach Messer / Ouroboros Endpoint, even if the use is internal or no payment is charged. This includes employee or contractor work, company research or testing, consulting, client services, and incorporation into products or business workflows. An individual may not use the personal permission to perform those activities. Paid or other commercial use by an individual also requires separate written permission.
Browsing, sharing, and invited project review
Anyone may view the public pages and share links. Public redistribution of copies, hosting copies, sublicensing, resale, or distribution of modified versions requires separate written permission; the personal license permits private copies and modifications only.
Project participants and meeting recipients expressly invited by the project owner may review the supplied materials, test the demonstration, retain internal working copies, and propose edits solely to evaluate and discuss the Cortex project with the owner. This narrow evaluation permission also applies when an invited participant represents a company. It does not authorize production deployment, company operations, client deliverables, or unrelated business use. Preserve the notices. Existing separate written permissions remain effective within their stated scope.
Client data and other owners
Private client records are excluded from the personal-use permission and remain restricted to the client's authorized project purposes and existing agreements. Do not disclose or redistribute those records without the data owner's authorization. Client and user data, including records entered into the browser demo and results derived from those records, remain subject to their respective owners' rights. This license does not transfer their ownership to Ouroboros Endpoint.
Third-party software, quoted sources, and other third-party materials retain their own licenses and rights. These restrictions do not override third-party licenses or restrict uses permitted by applicable law. No exclusive ownership of facts, ideas, or methods is claimed.
Access and permissions
The published website remains publicly accessible. This license limits permitted use; it does not prevent copying, control access, or create a confidentiality agreement. Obtain additional permission through your existing project contact before any use outside the permissions above. Personal-use permission does not constitute engineering approval or approval of the draft scoring rules.