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CONTRIBUTING.md

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+# Contributing to AIRE Standards
+
+Thank you for your interest in contributing to the AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards. This document explains how to contribute and the terms that apply to contributions.
+
+---
+
+## How to Contribute
+
+### Reporting Issues
+
+- **Missing patterns:** If you've encountered a reliability challenge not covered by AIRE, open an issue describing the problem and your solution.
+- **Corrections:** If you find errors or outdated information, open an issue or submit a pull request with the fix.
+- **Debates:** If you disagree with a standard or want to propose an alternative approach, open an issue for discussion.
+
+### Submitting Pull Requests
+
+1. **Fork** the repository and create a branch from `main`.
+2. **Make your changes** following the existing documentation style and structure.
+3. **Test locally** by building the docs with MkDocs (`mkdocs serve`) to verify formatting.
+4. **Submit a pull request** with a clear description of what you changed and why.
+
+### What Makes a Good Contribution
+
+- **Practitioner-driven:** Contributions should be based on real-world experience running AI systems in production.
+- **Specific and actionable:** Include concrete patterns, metrics, and implementation guidance.
+- **Well-structured:** Follow the existing format (Philosophy, Core Concepts, Metrics, Common Pitfalls).
+
+---
+
+## Contribution License Agreement
+
+**By submitting a pull request, issue, or other contribution to this repository, you agree to the contribution terms in [Section 5 of the AIRE Standards License](LICENSE).**
+
+In summary, by contributing you:
+
+- Grant ExosphereHost Inc. a perpetual, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, modify, sublicense, and distribute your contribution.
+- Grant the right to relicense your contribution under different terms in the future.
+- Retain all copyright and intellectual property rights in your contribution (this is a license grant, not a copyright assignment).
+- Represent that you are the original author (or have sufficient rights) and that your contribution does not infringe third-party rights.
+
+Please read [Section 5 of the LICENSE](LICENSE) for the full legal terms.
+
+---
+
+## Code of Conduct
+
+Be respectful, constructive, and professional. We are building an industry standard together, and productive discourse requires mutual respect.
+
+---
+
+## Questions?
+
+- **General questions:** Open an issue in the repository.
+- **Share your experience:** [Schedule an interview](https://cal.com/outer-space/interview-ai-reliability-standards)
+- **Contact:** nikita@exosphere.host

README.md

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 # The AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards
 
-[![License: CC BY 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY%204.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
+[![License: ASL-1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-ASL--1.0-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
 [![Status: Live](https://img.shields.io/badge/Status-Live%20v0.1-green)](https://github.com/exospherehost/ai-reliability-standards)
 
 > **An open implementation guide for building reliable AI Agents at scale. Defining the practices for AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE).**
@@ -233,6 +233,6 @@ Contact nikita@exosphere.host to sponsor this work.
 
 ## License
 
-This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
+This work is licensed under the [AIRE Standards License v1.0](LICENSE).
 
-You are free to share and adapt this material for any purpose, even commercially, as long as you give appropriate credit.
+You are free to read, implement internally, and quote with attribution. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for full terms, including permitted uses and restrictions. Prior versions were published under CC BY 4.0; see the transition notice in the LICENSE file for details.

docs/appendix/glossary.md

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-*This glossary is part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](../index.md). Licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).*
+*This glossary is part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](../index.md). Licensed under the [AIRE Standards License v1.0](https://github.com/exospherehost/ai-reliability-standards/blob/main/LICENSE).*

docs/getting-started.md

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-*This guide is part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](index.md). Licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).*
+*This guide is part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](index.md). Licensed under the [AIRE Standards License v1.0](https://github.com/exospherehost/ai-reliability-standards/blob/main/LICENSE).*

docs/index.md

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 # The AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards
 
-[![License: CC BY 4.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-CC%20BY%204.0-lightgrey.svg)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
+[![License: ASL-1.0](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-ASL--1.0-blue.svg)](https://github.com/exospherehost/ai-reliability-standards/blob/main/LICENSE)
 [![Status: Live](https://img.shields.io/badge/Status-Live%20v0.1-green)](https://github.com/exospherehost/ai-reliability-standards)
 
 > **An open implementation guide for building reliable AI Agents at scale. Defining the practices for AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE).**
@@ -224,6 +224,6 @@ Contact nikita@exosphere.host to sponsor this work.
 
 ## License
 
-This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
+This work is licensed under the [AIRE Standards License v1.0](https://github.com/exospherehost/ai-reliability-standards/blob/main/LICENSE).
 
-You are free to share and adapt this material for any purpose, even commercially, as long as you give appropriate credit.
+You are free to read, implement internally, and quote with attribution. See the LICENSE file for full terms, including permitted uses and restrictions. Prior versions were published under CC BY 4.0; see the transition notice in the LICENSE file for details.

docs/pillars/cognitive-reliability.md

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-*This pillar is part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](../index.md). Licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).*
+*This pillar is part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](../index.md). Licensed under the [AIRE Standards License v1.0](https://github.com/exospherehost/ai-reliability-standards/blob/main/LICENSE).*

docs/pillars/quality-lifecycle.md

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-*This pillar is part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](../index.md). Licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).*
+*This pillar is part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](../index.md). Licensed under the [AIRE Standards License v1.0](https://github.com/exospherehost/ai-reliability-standards/blob/main/LICENSE).*

docs/pillars/resilient-architecture.md

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-*This pillar is part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](../index.md). Licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).*
+*This pillar is part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](../index.md). Licensed under the [AIRE Standards License v1.0](https://github.com/exospherehost/ai-reliability-standards/blob/main/LICENSE).*

docs/pillars/security.md

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-*This pillar is part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](../index.md). Licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).*
+*This pillar is part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](../index.md). Licensed under the [AIRE Standards License v1.0](https://github.com/exospherehost/ai-reliability-standards/blob/main/LICENSE).*

docs/principles.md

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-*These principles are part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](./index.md). Licensed under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).*
+*These principles are part of the [AI Reliability Engineering (AIRE) Standards](./index.md). Licensed under the [AIRE Standards License v1.0](https://github.com/exospherehost/ai-reliability-standards/blob/main/LICENSE).*