License

1. Overview

This page outlines the licensing terms for different components of Prismarium, a Project Parallax product, including software code, documentation, and content. Different parts of the Prismarium service are licensed under different terms.

2. Software Code License

2.1 Source Code

The Prismarium platform source code is proprietary and All Rights Reserved. It is not open source. No license or right to the source code is granted by accessing or using the Service.

2.2 What This Means

Without our prior written permission, you may NOT:

• Copy, reproduce, or store the source code outside of authorized use of the Service
• Modify, adapt, or create derivative works from the code
• Distribute, publish, sublicense, sell, rent, or lease the code
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the code
• Use the code (in whole or in part) to build or train a competing product, service, or model

If you would like to license or reuse any part of the Prismarium source code, contact us to request written permission.

3. Documentation License

3.1 Planning and Development Documentation

Planning documentation, development guides, and project documentation are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0).

3.2 API Documentation

API documentation follows the same CC BY-SA 4.0 license as other documentation. You may use, modify, and distribute API documentation with proper attribution.

4. Content Licensing

4.1 User-Generated Content

Content you create and upload to Prismarium (documents, annotations, notes, journal entries) remains your intellectual property. By uploading content, you grant Prismarium:

• A non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to store, display, and process your content to provide the Service
• Permission to use your content for AI processing (metadata extraction, search, analysis)
• The right to display your content to you and, if you choose to make it public, to other users

You retain all ownership rights to your content. You can delete your content at any time, and we will remove it from our systems (subject to backup retention policies).

4.2 Third-Party Content

Prismarium hosts content from various sources, each with its own licensing terms:

• Public Domain Works: No copyright restrictions - free to use
• Licensed Content: Used with proper permissions and attribution
• Fair Use: Excerpts used for educational purposes with proper attribution
• Creative Commons: Licensed under various CC licenses (attribution required)

Each document in the library should indicate its license status. If you believe content infringes your intellectual property rights, please contact us at legal@prismarium.xyz.

4.3 Prismarium Courses

Prismarium-authored course materials are separate from the public-domain, licensed, or third-party source texts referenced by those courses. Unless explicitly licensed otherwise, Prismarium course materials are All Rights Reserved.

Public previews, course titles, reading references, and public Curator's Notes may be quoted or shared with attribution. Full weekly instructions, prompts, exercises, sequencing, micro-artifacts, capstones, facilitator materials, and related curriculum language are provided for personal educational use inside Prismarium.

You may not reproduce, scrape, mirror, redistribute, resell, sublicense, publish, adapt for teaching outside Prismarium, or use full course materials for AI model training or dataset creation without written permission.

4.4 Prismarium-Generated Content

Content created by Prismarium (AI-generated metadata, synthesized responses, UI text) is © 2026 Jeanine Melendez, All Rights Reserved. You may not reproduce, redistribute, or create derivative works from it without written permission.

5. Third-Party Software and Dependencies

5.1 Open Source Dependencies

Prismarium uses many open-source libraries and frameworks. Each has its own license, which we respect and comply with. Major dependencies include:

For a complete list of dependencies and their licenses, see the package.json file in the project. We use each dependency in compliance with its respective open-source license. Our use of open-source dependencies does not make the Prismarium source code itself open source.

5.2 Attribution Requirements

When using Prismarium code, you should maintain attribution to third-party libraries as required by their respective licenses. Most MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses require including the original copyright notice and license text.

6. Trademarks and Branding

"Prismarium" and "Project Parallax," together with their associated logos and branding, are marks used in connection with the Prismarium service and are protected. The source code is proprietary and is not available for reuse. You may not:

• Use the "Prismarium" or "Project Parallax" name or logo for your own products without permission
• Imply endorsement or affiliation with Prismarium
• Use Prismarium branding in a way that causes confusion

7. Contributing

Prismarium is not an open-source project and does not accept public source-code contributions. If you are interested in collaborating or contributing content, please contact us first. Any contribution accepted with our written agreement will be assigned to Prismarium unless we agree otherwise in writing.

8. Disclaimer

9. Questions About Licensing

If you have questions about licensing, want to use Prismarium code in a way not covered by these licenses, or need clarification on any licensing terms, please contact us: