From 2917227730574c550993547934b9d6e68b633a54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Leath <corey22blue@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:06:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: add MIT license

---
 LICENSE | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 LICENSE

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68bb37d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 CoreyLeath-code
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.

From 2fbd53d2e8b35372eb08227dccdd65dd6a45bbdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Corey Leath <corey22blue@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:06:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: state MIT license in README

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 README.md | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f91224..e02d8db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ untrained model so API integration can be tested without presenting random ranki
 
 > This section is the portfolio audit entry point for **DeepSequence-Recommender**. It describes an engineering promotion path; it is not a claim that the repository is already production-authorized.
 
-[![CI](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/CoreyLeath-code/DeepSequence-Recommender/ci.yml?branch=main&label=CI)](https://github.com/CoreyLeath-code/DeepSequence-Recommender/actions) [![License](https://img.shields.io/github/license/CoreyLeath-code/DeepSequence-Recommender)](https://github.com/CoreyLeath-code/DeepSequence-Recommender/blob/main/LICENSE)
+[![CI](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/CoreyLeath-code/DeepSequence-Recommender/ci.yml?branch=main&label=CI)](https://github.com/CoreyLeath-code/DeepSequence-Recommender/actions) [![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](LICENSE)
 
 ### Architecture flowchart
 
@@ -403,3 +403,7 @@ class DeepSequenceModel(nn.Module):
             logits[:, idx] = float("-inf")
         scores = torch.topk(logits, k=top_k, dim=-1)
         return scores.indices[0].tolist()
+
+## License
+
+Distributed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).