# Named Exclusion License MCP

A local Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that drafts sober, source-available named-exclusion license text. It is designed for assistants to generate a reviewable draft without modifying files, applying terms to software, or taking any external action.

The included example is **The Anyone But Sam Altman License**, prompted by [Maria's post](https://x.com/maria_rcks/status/2094307305110057342) and modeled on the cleaner structure of [Maria's No Theo License](https://github.com/maria-rcks/no-theo-license).

## What the tool does

`named_exclusion_license_generate` accepts named individuals, optional public aliases, document metadata, and an output format. It returns:

- complete draft text;
- a custom `LicenseRef-*` identifier;
- a SHA-256 digest of the exact UTF-8 draft;
- a suggested filename;
- explicit source-available/open-source status; and
- legal and scope warnings.

The tool is pure and stateless. Repeating the same call produces the same bytes and digest. A fresh call with different inputs is handled independently.

## What the tool does not do

It does not write a `LICENSE` file, change a repository, publish, contact anyone, research or enrich an identity, apply terms to software, revoke earlier grants, override statutory exceptions, or relicense third-party material.

Generating a draft is not legal adoption. A rights holder must separately decide whether to use it and should obtain qualified legal review before relying on it.

## Status

A license that excludes a person does not meet criterion 5 of the [Open Source Definition](https://opensource.org/osd). Describe generated terms as **source-available**, not MIT, OSI-approved, SPDX-listed, or open source.

SPDX permits project-defined references such as `LicenseRef-Anyone-But-Sam-Altman-1.0`. Keep the complete custom text discoverable wherever that reference is used.

Enforceability, compatibility, package-registry acceptance, downstream compliance, and jurisdiction-specific effects remain unproven. The exclusion covers only the individuals named by the caller, not their employers, companies, affiliates, relatives, agents, or other people or organizations.

## Requirements

- Node.js 20 or newer
- npm

## Build and verify

```powershell
npm ci
npm run verify
```

Verification covers TypeScript checks, deterministic generation, invalid-input handling, MCP tool metadata, structured output, repeat-call behavior, fresh-call behavior, and a compiled stdio process round trip.

## Run over stdio

```powershell
npm run build
node dist/index.js
```

Standard output is reserved for MCP JSON-RPC. Startup and failure logs go to standard error.

## Configure a local MCP host

Build the repository, then point the host at the compiled entry point. For Codex configuration, use the host's normal MCP settings with an absolute path:

```toml
[mcp_servers.named_exclusion_license]
command = "node"
args = ["C:/path/to/named-exclusion-license-mcp/dist/index.js"]
```

This repository does not install or activate itself in any host.

## Tool input

```json
{
  "excluded_parties": [
    {
      "name": "Sam Altman",
      "aliases": []
    }
  ],
  "license_name": "The Anyone But Sam Altman License",
  "version": "1.0",
  "version_date": "August 2026",
  "copyright_year": "[year]",
  "copyright_holder": "[copyright holder]",
  "spdx_id": "LicenseRef-Anyone-But-Sam-Altman-1.0",
  "response_format": "markdown"
}
```

The exact resulting draft is stored at [`examples/ANYONE-BUT-SAM-ALTMAN-LICENSE.txt`](examples/ANYONE-BUT-SAM-ALTMAN-LICENSE.txt). Its SHA-256 digest is `a12e3c603489dd1f8d93f0704d12b70e7508d98c7682022b2cb371b1c71b99dd`. It is an example output; it is not applied to this tool or any other project.

## Development

```powershell
npm run check
npm test
npm run build
npm run test:stdio
```

The MCP server uses the current split v2 packages, `@modelcontextprotocol/server` and `@modelcontextprotocol/client`, and serves locally over stdio.

## Repository code license

The MCP implementation is licensed under MIT. Generated named-exclusion drafts are separate documents chosen by the caller; the included Sam Altman draft is not the license of this repository.

See [NOTICE.md](NOTICE.md) for lineage, status, and non-affiliation details.