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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3cc060b..3940975 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
[](https://github.com/dathere/Verikan/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
[](https://www.python.org/)
-[](LICENSE)
+[](LICENSE)
[](https://fastapi.tiangolo.com/)
[](https://langchain-ai.github.io/langgraph/)
[](https://www.anthropic.com/)
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ ignores your `.env` and a local override cannot turn it red.
-**MIT licensed** — see [LICENSE](LICENSE)
+**Copyright © 2026 datHere** · Licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0-or-later) — see [LICENSE](LICENSE)
Built by [datHere](https://dathere.com) · Evidence format by [Typed Standards](https://typedstandards.org)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 793339a..d25df75 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
description = "Verikan — the verified Data Concierge: citation-backed answers about public statistical data, with a reproducible notebook for every answer"
readme = "README.md"
requires-python = ">=3.12"
-license = {text = "MIT"}
+license = {text = "AGPL-3.0-or-later"}
authors = [
{name = "datHere"}
]
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ keywords = ["ai", "open-data", "statistics", "langgraph", "fastapi", "jupyter",
classifiers = [
"Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
"Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
- "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+ "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3 or later (AGPLv3+)",
"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
"Programming Language :: Python :: 3.14",
]