diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+# CLAUDE.md — gitignored per BSL 1.1 commercial policy
+CLAUDE.md
+
 # Superpowers brainstorming artifacts
 .superpowers/
 
diff --git a/LICENSE-BSL b/LICENSE-BSL
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+Business Source License 1.1
+
+Licensor:             Circuit Forge LLC
+Licensed Work:        Kiwi — Pantry tracking and leftover recipe suggestions
+                      Copyright (c) 2026 Circuit Forge LLC
+Additional Use Grant: You may use the Licensed Work for personal,
+                      non-commercial pantry tracking and recipe suggestion
+                      purposes only.
+Change Date:          2030-01-01
+Change License:       MIT License
+
+For the full Business Source License 1.1 text, see:
+https://mariadb.com/bsl11/
+
+---
+
+This license applies to the following components of Kiwi:
+
+- app/services/recipe/recipe_engine.py
+- app/services/recipe/assembly_recipes.py
+- app/services/recipe/llm_recipe.py
+- app/services/expiration_predictor.py
+- app/tasks/scheduler.py
+- app/tasks/runner.py
+- app/tiers.py
+- app/cloud_session.py
+- frontend/src/components/RecipesView.vue
+- frontend/src/stores/recipes.ts
diff --git a/LICENSE-MIT b/LICENSE-MIT
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+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026 Circuit Forge LLC
+
+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.
+
+---
+
+This license applies to the following components of Kiwi:
+
+- app/api/endpoints/inventory.py
+- app/api/endpoints/ocr.py
+- app/db/store.py
+- app/db/migrations/
+- app/core/config.py
+- scripts/pipeline/
+- scripts/download_datasets.py
+- scripts/backfill_texture_profiles.py