# GNS3 Copilot Design Documents License

**Copyright © 2025 Yue Guobin (岳国宾)** ([GitHub](https://github.com/yueguobin))

All design documents in this directory and its subdirectories are licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

## License Summary

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

Under the following terms:

- **Attribution** — You must give appropriate credit to **Yue Guobin (岳国宾)**, provide
  a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
- **ShareAlike** — If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must
  distribute your contributions under the **same license** (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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

## What This Means

This is a **strong copyleft** license, similar to the GPL license used for
the GNS3 server code. It ensures that:

- Anyone can use and modify these documents
- Commercial use is permitted (training, books, etc.)
- All derivative works must remain under CC BY-SA 4.0
- The original author must be credited

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## Contributing

By contributing to these design documents, you agree that your contributions
will be licensed under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license, with copyright attributed
to you respectively for your contributions.

## Contact

For questions about licensing, please contact:

- GitHub: https://github.com/yueguobin