docs: add MIT LICENSE and state the licence in the README (closes #102)
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The repository had no licence file at all, which makes publicly readable
code all-rights-reserved by default: nobody may legally use it. That is a
1.0 blocker rather than a nicety, and `LICENSE` was the only file from
`REPO_POLICIES.md`'s required minimum still missing here.

The choice is standing org policy rather than a per-repo call: any public
repo lacking a licence gets MIT, while a private repo with no licence is
already all-rights-reserved and needs nothing. `sneak/dnswatcher` is
public, so MIT.

`LICENSE` carries the canonical MIT text byte-for-byte with only the
copyright line filled in; no clauses added, removed, reworded, or
reflowed. `README.md`'s first line now names the licence, which the
Description requirement in `REPO_POLICIES.md` calls for, and the License
section states MIT and points at the file instead of recording the
decision as pending.
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MIT License
Copyright (c) 2026 sneak
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.

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# dnswatcher
dnswatcher is a pre-1.0 Go daemon by [@sneak](https://sneak.berlin) that monitors DNS records, TCP port availability, and TLS certificates, delivering real-time change notifications via Slack, Mattermost, and ntfy webhooks.
dnswatcher is an MIT-licensed, pre-1.0 Go daemon by [@sneak](https://sneak.berlin) that monitors DNS records, TCP port availability, and TLS certificates, delivering real-time change notifications via Slack, Mattermost, and ntfy webhooks.
> ⚠️ Pre-1.0 software. APIs, configuration, and behavior may change without notice.
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## License
License has not yet been chosen for this project. Pending decision by the
author (MIT, GPL, or WTFPL).
dnswatcher is released under the MIT License, Copyright (c) 2026
[@sneak](https://sneak.berlin). See the [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE) file in the
repository root for the full text.
## Author

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# Next Step
Policy scaffold commit: add LICENSE, REPO_POLICIES.md, .editorconfig,
.dockerignore, and .gitea/workflows/check.yml, and add the missing
fmt-check, docker, and hooks targets to the Makefile. One commit, then
confirm make check still passes.
Add the README sections required by policy (Description, Getting Started,
Rationale, Design, TODO, License, Author) if any are still missing.
# Completed Steps
- 2026-08-10: MIT `LICENSE` added at the repository root, closing the
last gap in `REPO_POLICIES.md`'s required-minimum file list and
removing the all-rights-reserved default that would otherwise have
shipped with a 1.0 tag. The licence choice is the standing org policy
(any public repo lacking a licence gets MIT; a private repo with no
licence is already all-rights-reserved), and this repo is public. The
file holds the canonical MIT text byte-for-byte with only the
copyright line filled in (`Copyright (c) 2026 sneak`); no clauses were
added, removed, or reflowed. `README.md`'s first line now names the
licence, as the Description requirement demands, and the License
section states MIT and points at the file instead of saying the choice
is pending. `make fmt` covers only Go sources (`gofmt -s`,
`goimports`), so it cannot reflow `LICENSE`
- 2026-08-10: the policy scaffold (`REPO_POLICIES.md`, `.editorconfig`,
`.dockerignore`, `.gitea/workflows/check.yml`, and the `fmt-check`,
`docker`, and hooks Makefile targets) is present; it landed piecemeal
across the scripts-to-rule-them-all and policy commits rather than as
the single commit this file once planned
- 2026-08-10: Go's test cache disabled for `script/test` via `-count=1`,
so every invocation actually executes. A cached pass replays an
earlier run's output without querying DNS at all, which in this repo
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Compliance:
- Add README sections required by policy (Description, Getting Started,
Rationale, Design, TODO, License, Author) if any are missing
- Pin Dockerfile base images by sha256 and ensure the Docker build runs
make check