# Axint Trademark Policy

Axint is open source. The source code is licensed under the Apache License,
Version 2.0. The Axint identity is not.

This policy explains how the Axint name, marks, and brand assets may be used by
forks, redistributors, package maintainers, writers, companies, and community
projects. It is intended to reduce confusion while keeping the open-source
compiler easy to adopt, study, modify, and redistribute.

This policy is not a separate software license. It does not change the rights
granted under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

## Protected marks

The following are trademarks, service marks, trade names, or trade dress of
Agentic Empire or its affiliates:

- Axint
- Agentic Empire
- The Axint wordmark
- The Axint axis mark
- The Axint logo and favicon
- Axint Cloud
- Axint Registry
- Axint MCP
- The `axint.ai`, `docs.axint.ai`, `cloud.axint.ai`, `registry.axint.ai`, and
  `mcp.axint.ai` domains
- The `@axint` package scope and official package names controlled by Agentic
  Empire
- Any confusingly similar name, logo, mark, badge, package name, domain name, or
  visual identity

## What the Apache license covers

The Apache License, Version 2.0 covers the source code and other materials in
this repository that are expressly licensed under Apache-2.0.

It does not grant permission to use Axint or Agentic Empire trademarks, service
marks, trade names, product names, logos, hosted-service names, domains, or
brand assets, except as needed for reasonable and customary references to the
origin of the software.

## Allowed uses

You may use the Axint name when the use is truthful, limited, and not confusing.
Examples:

- Saying that your project is "based on Axint."
- Saying that your package is "compatible with Axint."
- Linking to `https://github.com/agenticempire/axint` as the upstream project.
- Referring to Axint in documentation, articles, benchmarks, tutorials,
  security reports, talks, or academic work.
- Preserving required copyright, license, attribution, and NOTICE references.

These uses should not imply that Agentic Empire sponsors, endorses, maintains,
certifies, or operates your project unless that is true and you have written
permission.

## Uses that require permission

You need prior written permission from Agentic Empire before you:

- Use Axint, Agentic Empire, or a confusingly similar name as the name of a fork,
  product, service, company, package, app, website, registry, cloud service, or
  developer tool.
- Use the Axint wordmark, axis mark, logo, favicon, badge style, or brand
  system in your own project branding.
- Publish a fork or derivative work under a name that suggests it is the
  official Axint project.
- Use Axint marks in a domain name, subdomain, social handle, package scope,
  extension marketplace listing, app-store listing, or paid service.
- Operate a hosted compiler, registry, validation service, cloud product,
  compatibility service, or MCP endpoint in a way that suggests it is operated
  by, endorsed by, or affiliated with Agentic Empire.
- Use Axint marks in advertising, fundraising, sales, investor materials,
  sponsorship materials, or press outreach for an unaffiliated product.

## Forks and derivative works

You may fork the Apache-licensed code, modify it, and distribute your fork under
the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0.

If you distribute a fork or derivative work, use a different project name and a
different visual identity. You may include a clear attribution statement such as:

> This project is based on Axint, an open-source compiler by Agentic Empire.

Do not call the fork "Axint", "Axint Pro", "Axint Cloud", "Axint Registry",
"Axint-compatible Registry", or any name that makes users reasonably think your
project is official, endorsed, or operated by Agentic Empire.

## Hosted services

The open-source compiler does not grant rights to operate a service under Axint
branding.

The official Axint hosted services currently include Axint Cloud, Axint
Registry, hosted MCP endpoints, official docs, compatibility reports, package
trust signals, hosted validation reports, and any service running under an
official Axint or Agentic Empire domain.

Forks may operate their own services, but they must use their own names,
domains, marks, and branding.

## Package and extension marketplaces

Do not publish packages, plugins, extensions, or marketplace listings using
Axint marks in a way that suggests official status unless Agentic Empire has
approved the listing.

Acceptable:

- `example-tool-for-axint`
- "An unofficial extension for Axint"
- "Works with Axint"

Not acceptable without permission:

- `@axint/...`
- `axint-cloud`
- `axint-registry`
- "Official Axint extension"
- Any listing using the Axint logo or wordmark as its own primary brand

## Brand assets

Brand assets in this repository or related Agentic Empire repositories are
provided for identification of the official Axint project. They are not licensed
for use as the branding of an unaffiliated fork, service, product, or company.

Do not remove, recolor, modify, animate, combine, or republish Axint brand
assets as your own identity without written permission.

## How to ask for permission

For trademark or brand permission, contact Agentic Empire through the official
project channels listed at:

- https://axint.ai
- https://agenticempire.co

Include what you want to use, where it will appear, whether the use is
commercial, and how you will avoid confusion with the official Axint project.

## Reservation of rights

Agentic Empire reserves all rights in the Axint and Agentic Empire marks,
including rights not expressly granted in this policy. Agentic Empire may update
this policy as the project, hosted services, and brand system evolve.
