Legal Notice

== Project Stewardship & Governance ==

Jan-Alban Rathjen ("Jay Rathjen") serves as the Founding Steward and Project Lead of the Service-CMS Project. The Steward maintains the exclusive right to manage project assets, including the authority to transfer all copyrights, trademarks, and management responsibilities to a non-profit foundation or a successor legal entity at their sole discretion.

The Steward is committed to transferring the Service-CMS trademarks and names to a neutral, independent legal entity once the project has sufficiently organized itself to ensure long-term sustainability.

== Attribution & Integrity (EUPL Art. 4) ==

Pursuant to the obligations of the EUPL, any distribution or communication of the software (including providing access via a network/SaaS) MUST retain this NOTICE file and all original copyright and attribution notices.

If the software is used in a web-hosted environment (SaaS), a visible link to the contributor list (e.g., via /info/legal) must be maintained to ensure the "Communication to the Public" requirements of the EUPL are met.

== Permissions & Trademarks ==

1. Copyleft: This software is subject to the Copyleft provisions of the EUPL. Any derivative work distributed or made available over a network must be licensed under the EUPL or a compatible license as listed in the EUPL Appendix.
2. Trademarks: The names "Service-CMS" and derivatives remain trademarks of the Project Steward until the formal transfer to a legal entity. Use of these names is permitted only for factual attribution.