fix(license): get GitHub to recognize AGPL-3.0

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Summary

GitHub currently reports this repo's license as Other / NOASSERTION:

$ gh api repos/Gradata/gradata --jq .license
{"key":"other","name":"Other","node_id":"MDc6TGljZW5zZTA=","spdx_id":"NOASSERTION","url":null}

Root cause

GitHub detects licenses via github/linguist, which delegates to the licensee Ruby gem. Licensee requires the LICENSE file to match a canonical SPDX template within 0.95 similarity. Our file tanked the match for three reasons:

1. Two prefix lines before the canonical text (biggest offender):

   SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
   Copyright (C) 2026 Gradata
   

2. CRLF line endings (file was ASCII text, with CRLF line terminators)
3. Word-wrap deviation in the boilerplate block near the end (published by\nthe vs canonical published\nby the)

Fix

• Replaced LICENSE with the exact canonical AGPL-3.0 text from github/choosealicense.com (LF endings, no BOM, no prefix, 662 lines).
• Added .gitattributes pinning LICENSE text eol=lf so Windows core.autocrlf=true cannot re-insert CRLF on checkout and break detection again.
• SPDX marker + dual-license preamble + copyright already live in LICENSE-NOTICE.md, so the legal notice is preserved.

Test plan

• CI green
• Merge to main
• Verify gh api repos/Gradata/gradata --jq .license returns {"key":"agpl-3.0","spdx_id":"AGPL-3.0"}
• Verify GitHub repo sidebar shows "AGPL-3.0 license"

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) noreply@anthropic.com

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⚙️ Run configuration

Configuration used: Organization UI

Review profile: ASSERTIVE

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Run ID: 20be4dad-875a-4bc1-8611-e7eb9c0bd47b

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between 52a735e and 079d9fe.

📒 Files selected for processing (2)

• .gitattributes
• LICENSE

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📝 Walkthrough

• License file normalization: Replaced LICENSE with the canonical AGPL-3.0 text from choosealicense.com to achieve ≥95% similarity required by GitHub's licensee gem for license detection
• Line ending enforcement: Added .gitattributes rule (LICENSE text eol=lf) to pin LICENSE file to LF line endings, preventing Windows core.autocrlf from reintroducing CRLF
• Metadata relocation: Moved SPDX identifier and copyright notice to LICENSE-NOTICE.md to preserve dual-licensing information while meeting GitHub's strict template matching requirements
• Result: Enables GitHub to recognize repository license as AGPL-3.0 instead of "Other" / "NOASSERTION"

Walkthrough

Minimal configuration and licensing updates: a .gitattributes rule was added to enforce LF line endings for the LICENSE file, and the LICENSE file was modified to remove the SPDX identifier and copyright header while rephrasing a portion of the license text.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Git Configuration .gitattributes	Added rule to enforce LF line endings (eol=lf) for the LICENSE file.
License Content LICENSE	Removed SPDX license identifier and copyright notice; adjusted license grant phrasing while maintaining the referenced version terms.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~3 minutes

Possibly related PRs

• chore(license): ship full AGPL-3.0 text #51: Directly related modification of the LICENSE file and repository licensing configuration

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✨ Finishing Touches

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• Commit unit tests in branch fix/license-detection

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