dfeen87 · dfeen87 · Aug 12, 2026 · Aug 12, 2026
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diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ doi: "10.5281/zenodo.21401979"
 version: "v3.0"
 date-released: "2026-07-18"
 url: "https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21401979"
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+license: "MIT"
 preferred-citation:
   type: article
   authors:
-    - family-names: "Feeney"
-      given-names: "Don Michael Jr."
+    - family-names: "Feeney Jr."
+      given-names: "Don Michael"
       orcid: "https://orcid.org/0009-0003-1350-4160"
   title: "A Governed Deformable Radial Membrane for Compute-Aware AI Personalization"
   journal: "Dynamic Radial Membrane v2.6 research artifact"

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 **A compute-aware AI personalization architecture that treats behavior as a living, saucer-shaped control surface — not a static personality preset.**
 
 [![DOI](https://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.5281%2Fzenodo.21401979-blue)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21401979)
-[![License: PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-PolyForm_Noncommercial_1.0.0-blue.svg)](https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0)
+[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
 [![Status](https://img.shields.io/badge/simulation-governed%20model-purple)](#status--validation)
 [![Python 3.9+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.10%2B-pink.svg)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)
 [![CI](https://github.com/dfeen87/UFO/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/dfeen87/UFO/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
@@ -713,4 +713,4 @@ May this work serve as a reminder that strength is not given — it is built; an
 
 ## License
 
-Licensed under the PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0. This project may be used for non-commercial purposes only; commercial use requires a separate license from the copyright holder.
+This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.
diff --git a/examples/run_simulation.py b/examples/run_simulation.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Demonstration script executing the complete governed simulation engine for the U.F.O. architecture.
 Shows Single-Agent and Multi-Agent simulations driving through Green -> Yellow -> Red stability transitions.

diff --git a/examples/validate_release_readiness.py b/examples/validate_release_readiness.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Dedicated pre-launch validation sweep script for the U.F.O. framework.
 Executes deep programmatic testing across deterministic initialization, invariant sweeps,

diff --git a/logs/governance_halts.log b/logs/governance_halts.log
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-[2026-07-21 03:00:42] Test Halt Message
-[2026-07-21 03:01:26] GovernanceError correctly raised during local simulation due to temporal tension exceeding hard limit. Confirms stability enforcement and deterministic halt behavior.
+[2026-08-12 19:28:01] Test Halt Message
diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/__init__.py b/radial_membrane_ai/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 UFO: A Governed Deformable Radial Membrane for Compute-Aware AI Personalization.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/admissibility.py b/radial_membrane_ai/admissibility.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Angular Decomposition, Dynamic Capacity, Stability Pipeline, and Kernel-Based Leg Evolution module.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/boundary.py b/radial_membrane_ai/boundary.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Deformable Bidirectional Membrane Geometry module.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/channels.py b/radial_membrane_ai/channels.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 V-Channel Routing and Governed Flow module.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/coherence.py b/radial_membrane_ai/coherence.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Channel Coherence Ratio module.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/collective_reasoning/__init__.py b/radial_membrane_ai/collective_reasoning/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Collective Reasoning Governance Layer package.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/collective_reasoning/coherence.py b/radial_membrane_ai/collective_reasoning/coherence.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Emergent Coherence Detection for U.F.O. collective reasoning.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/collective_reasoning/collective_admissibility.py b/radial_membrane_ai/collective_reasoning/collective_admissibility.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Cross-agent collective admissibility constraints for U.F.O. collective reasoning.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/collective_reasoning/collective_sao.py b/radial_membrane_ai/collective_reasoning/collective_sao.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Collective Symmetric Ascension Operator (SAO) for multi-agent collective reasoning.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/collective_reasoning/mesh_correctness.py b/radial_membrane_ai/collective_reasoning/mesh_correctness.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Mesh-level correctness guarantees and state rollback logic for U.F.O. collective reasoning.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/collective_reasoning/policy_envelope.py b/radial_membrane_ai/collective_reasoning/policy_envelope.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Shared Policy Envelopes for U.F.O. collective reasoning.
 Defines global, cluster, and local policy envelopes, intersection rules,

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/cost.py b/radial_membrane_ai/cost.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Multidimensional Runtime Cost Vector and Projection module.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/envelope.py b/radial_membrane_ai/envelope.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Bounded Compute Envelope module.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/exceptions.py b/radial_membrane_ai/exceptions.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Custom Exceptions for the UFO Governed Deformable Radial Membrane framework.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/facet.py b/radial_membrane_ai/facet.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Facet-State Governance module.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/governor.py b/radial_membrane_ai/governor.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Governor and Stability Control module.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/holistic.py b/radial_membrane_ai/holistic.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Holistic Governor Field module.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/kernel_regimes/__init__.py b/radial_membrane_ai/kernel_regimes/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 # Empty file to make the directory a Python package
diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/kernel_regimes/manager.py b/radial_membrane_ai/kernel_regimes/manager.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Regime Manager for tracking active regimes and evaluation triggers.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/kernel_regimes/regime.py b/radial_membrane_ai/kernel_regimes/regime.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Kernel Regime classes and definitions for the U.F.O. Kernel Regime Expansion Layer.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/kernels.py b/radial_membrane_ai/kernels.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 V-Channel Activation & Kernel Regimes module.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/lde/__init__.py b/radial_membrane_ai/lde/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Letter‑Depth Encoding (L.D.E.) module.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/lde/models.py b/radial_membrane_ai/lde/models.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Data models and configuration for the Letter‑Depth Encoding (L.D.E.) subsystem.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/lde/pipeline.py b/radial_membrane_ai/lde/pipeline.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Pipeline for Letter‑Depth Encoding (L.D.E.) converting raw text to a governed symbolic state.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/lde/visualizer.py b/radial_membrane_ai/lde/visualizer.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Visualizer for the Letter‑Depth Encoding (L.D.E.) subsystem.
 All plots are deterministic, reproducible, and Agg-backend compliant.

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/lde/workload.py b/radial_membrane_ai/lde/workload.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 LDEWorkload integrates the Letter‑Depth Encoding (L.D.E.) subsystem as a workload family.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/membrane.py b/radial_membrane_ai/membrane.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Radial Identity Membrane and Behavioral Strings module.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/mesh.py b/radial_membrane_ai/mesh.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Federated Shard Mesh and Governors module.
 

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/__init__.py b/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Multi-Agent Membrane Coupling and Holistic Mesh Governance package.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/agent.py b/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/agent.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 UFOAgent class representing a governed multi-agent facet.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/cluster.py b/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/cluster.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 UFOCluster abstraction representing a governed cluster-level entity on top of agents.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/coupling.py b/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/coupling.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Inter-agent coupling layer and global Holistic Governor.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/cross_channels.py b/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/cross_channels.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Cross-Cluster V-Channels and Policy Envelopes for multi-cluster UFO communication.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/governance.py b/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/governance.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Federated shard mesh governance, mesh coherence score, and SAO promotion logic.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/hierarchical_governance.py b/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/hierarchical_governance.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Hierarchical Governance and Hierarchical Symmetric Ascension Operator (SAO) promotions.
 """

diff --git a/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/simulation.py b/radial_membrane_ai/multi_agent/simulation.py
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# Copyright (c) Don Michael Feeney Jr.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
 """
 Multi-Agent Simulation environment exploring coupled membranes and mesh governance.
 """