# Copyright and Licensing

Copyright © 2026 Erick Ahmed

This project consists of multiple works that are licensed independently. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, each component is governed by its own license.

## Bachelor Thesis

The written bachelor thesis (including its original text, figures, diagrams, and other non-software content) is licensed under **Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)**.

This license applies **only** to the thesis and other documentation explicitly released under CC BY-SA.

For example, if you write a research paper or thesis based on the content of this repository, you shall license your work with the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license. But if you fork the code of the repositories related to the original thesis, that code shall keep its original licensing (GPLv3 and/or AGPLv3 depending on which project(s) were forked).

## Software

The software developed as part of this work is licensed separately.

* [CANdigger](https://git.erickahmed.com/erickahmed/CANdigger) and [CANdigger-eda](https://git.erickahmed.com/erickahmed/CANdigger-eda): **GNU General Public License v3.0**
* [CANveyor](https://git.erickahmed.com/erickahmed/CANveyor): **GNU Affero General Public License v3.0**

Each software repository contains its own `LICENSE` file, which is the authoritative source for the licensing terms of that repository.

## Relationship Between the Thesis and the Software

Although the thesis describes and references the software, the licenses remain independent.

* The CC BY-SA license governing the thesis **does not apply** to the software source code.
* The GPLv3 and AGPLv3 licenses governing the software **do not apply** to the thesis text.
* Code snippets reproduced within the thesis are included solely for explanation and documentation. The underlying software remains licensed under its respective software license.

## Third-Party Components

Third-party libraries, datasets, images, fonts, or other materials included in this project remain subject to their respective licenses and copyright holders. Their licensing is unaffected by this document.