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docs: clarify open-source product positioning#132

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Summary

  • clarify that People Partner is both a real product at peoplepartner.io and an open-source technical artifact for HR builders
  • point buyers to the website for the current purchase/download/license flow
  • add builder-oriented setup notes and frame the Sourcerer-style recruiting work as future-facing experimentation
  • qualify the privacy/audit language so it does not overclaim while broader backend egress auditing is still being hardened
  • replace the proprietary license text with MIT to match the repo's intended open-source posture

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  • npm run type-check

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This intentionally changes the legal/license posture from proprietary source-visible to MIT open source. Review before merge if you want a different license.

- distinguish the buyer-facing product site from the builder-facing source repo

- qualify privacy/audit claims to match current behavior

- switch repository license text from proprietary to MIT per open-source positioning
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Pull request overview

This PR updates the repository’s public-facing documentation to clearly position People Partner as both a shipped commercial macOS product (peoplepartner.io) and an open-source reference implementation for HR builders, and it changes the repository license to MIT to match that open-source posture.

Changes:

  • Expanded README.md to distinguish “product vs. source code,” add user/builder onboarding instructions, and refine privacy/audit language to avoid overclaiming.
  • Added builder-oriented setup commands and a small “useful commands” table for local development.
  • Replaced the prior proprietary LICENSE text with the standard MIT License text.

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File Description
README.md Clarifies product vs OSS positioning, updates privacy model wording, and adds user/builder getting-started guidance.
LICENSE Replaces proprietary terms with the MIT License text.

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@matthewod11-stack matthewod11-stack merged commit 8ce500a into main Jul 3, 2026
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@matthewod11-stack matthewod11-stack deleted the docs/open-source-product-positioning branch July 3, 2026 22:25
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