5QLN is an open-source project. Its mission is to develop a free and universal language for human-AI collaboration, ensuring that humanity's creative sovereignty is preserved and amplified in the age of artificial intelligence.
We believe that the foundations of this work must be legally protected as a public good. At the same time, we want to provide maximum freedom for developers, researchers, and commercial partners to build innovative tools based on this foundation.
To achieve this balance, we have adopted a simple yet powerful dual-licensing model.
1. The Framework & The Philosophy
This license governs the core conceptual work of 5QLN. It applies to:
- The 5QLN Constitutional Framework itself, including its structure, principles, and the five-phase process (Start, Growth, Quality, Power, Value).
- All official documentation and creative works, including the Genesis Codex, articles, and educational materials published by the 5QLN project.
This body of work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
In simple terms, this means 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, even commercially.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution (BY) — You must give appropriate credit to "The 5QLN Project (5qln.com)," provide a link to the original material, and a link to this license.
- ShareAlike (SA) — If you remix, transform, or build upon the framework itself, you must distribute your derivative contributions under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
This “ShareAlike” provision is the constitutional guardrail. It ensures that the 5QLN language itself remains a shared, open protocol for all of humanity, forever. It prevents the core framework from being privatized.
2. The Software & The Code
This license governs all software and source code released by the 5QLN project. It applies to:
- The reference implementation of the ECHO agent.
- Any future Software Development Kits (SDKs), libraries, or tools.
- All official code examples and technical implementations.
This body of work is licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
The full text of the license is available here: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
In simple terms, this means you are free to:
- ✅ Use our software for any purpose, including commercially.
- ✅ Modify the software and create proprietary, closed-source products based on it.
- ✅ Distribute your derivative work under any license you choose, without having to share your source code.
This permissive license is intended to give builders, startups, and commercial partners the maximum freedom and legal certainty to innovate and build businesses using 5QLN-based tools, without fear or restriction.