Add Apache-2.0 notices, NOTICE file, and update project metadata

LICENSE

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
 
    APPENDIX: How to apply the Apache License to your work.
 
-      Copyright [yyyy] [name of copyright owner]
+      Copyright 2026 Joseph Verdicchio
 
       Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
       you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

NOTICE

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+EvidenceOS / DiscOS
+
+Copyright 2026 Joseph Verdicchio
+
+This project contains novel methods for digital evidence conservation and reality-verification kernels. Specific logic contained herein is subject to pending patent applications. Use of this software is governed by the Apache 2.0 License, which includes a reciprocal patent termination clause.

pyproject.toml

@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ requires = ["setuptools>=70", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
-name = "evidenceos"
-version = "0.2.0"
+name = "EvidenceOS"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "EvidenceOS: reference kernel for SafeClaim / adaptive evaluation"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.11"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
-authors = [{name="EvidenceOS Contributors"}]
+authors = [{name = "Joseph Verdicchio"}]
 dependencies = [
   "jsonschema>=4.22",
   "cryptography>=42.0",

src/evidenceos/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Joseph Verdicchio
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
 """EvidenceOS reference kernel."""
 
 __all__ = ["__version__"]

src/evidenceos/admissibility/reality_kernel.py

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Joseph Verdicchio
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import json

src/evidenceos/cli.py

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Joseph Verdicchio
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import argparse

src/evidenceos/ledger/ledger.py

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Joseph Verdicchio
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field

src/evidenceos/safety_case/verified.py

@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Joseph Verdicchio
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 from dataclasses import dataclass