@sythos/js_barcode_universal 1.2.5 → 1.4.1

package/licenses/itf.license

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ ITF (Interleaved 2 of 5) — format provenance and usability
 This file records where the ITF (Interleaved 2 of 5) symbology comes from, what governs
 it, and the basis on which this project implements and redistributes it.
 
-It is an ENGINEERING INVENTORY, NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Items carrying a review label
+It is an ENGINEERING INVENTORY, NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Items marked [TO VERIFY]
 have not been independently confirmed by the author.
 
 
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ PATENT STATUS
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 The originating patents date from the 1970s-1980s and are understood to
-have expired long ago. [PATENT FAMILY REVIEW REQUIRED]
+have expired long ago. [LEGAL REVIEW]
 
 
 TRADEMARK
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 No live trademark restriction on implementing ITF is known to the author.
-[REGISTRY CHECK REQUIRED] That is a statement about the author's knowledge, not a
+[LEGAL REVIEW] That is a statement about the author's knowledge, not a
 finding that no mark subsists: no trademark search was carried out.
 
 A trademark does not restrict implementing a symbology. It restricts
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ IMPLEMENTATION BASIS IN THIS PROJECT
 
 ITF (Interleaved 2 of 5) is implemented here from published descriptions of the format,
 which are systems and facts rather than works of authorship. No source
-code and no constant table from any other barcode implementation was used,
-consulted or copied, under any licence.
+code or constant table from any other barcode implementation is copied or
+shipped. Public technical material and independent implementations may be
+consulted for engineering review or black-box verification; provenance is
+recorded in NOTICE.md.
 
 
 CONCLUSION
@@ -65,6 +67,6 @@ is distributed under the MIT License with no additional restriction.
 References relied upon:
   - ISO/IEC 16390, ISO/IEC
 
-This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. Open review labels
-Open review labels identify claims that have not been independently confirmed by the author. If your
+This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. Items marked
+[TO VERIFY] have not been independently confirmed by the author. If your
 use is commercially sensitive, obtain your own legal review.

package/licenses/micro-qr.license

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+Micro QR Code — format provenance and usability
+==========================================================================
+
+This file records where the Micro QR Code symbology comes from, what governs
+it, and the basis on which this project implements and redistributes it.
+
+It is an ENGINEERING INVENTORY, NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Items marked [TO VERIFY]
+have not been independently confirmed by the author.
+
+
+ORIGIN
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Micro QR Code is a compact QR-family symbology developed and published by
+DENSO WAVE. The implementation scope here covers the M1-M4 symbol family
+and its standard format, mask and error-correction rules.
+
+
+SPECIFICATION
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ISO/IEC 18004 — QR Code bar code symbology specification, Micro QR
+sections and tables. The specification TEXT is copyrighted by ISO/IEC
+and is not reproduced here.
+DENSO WAVE public Micro QR technical information.
+
+Specification TEXT is copyrighted by its publisher. The SYMBOLOGY it
+describes is not — an encoding scheme is a system, not a work of
+authorship. This project implements the symbology; it does not reproduce,
+redistribute or excerpt any specification document.
+
+
+PATENT STATUS
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+DENSO WAVE publicly describes Micro QR Code and has published a
+patent-rights waiver for the symbology. The scope, jurisdictions and any
+unrelated patent families have not been independently reviewed. [LEGAL
+REVIEW]
+
+
+TRADEMARK
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The current registration status and ownership of the words "Micro QR Code"
+have not been independently established. [LEGAL REVIEW] The name is used
+descriptively and does not imply endorsement.
+
+A trademark does not restrict implementing a symbology. It restricts
+branding — how a product names and presents itself.
+
+
+IMPLEMENTATION BASIS IN THIS PROJECT
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Micro QR Code is implemented here from published descriptions of the format,
+which are systems and facts rather than works of authorship. No source
+code or constant table from any other barcode implementation is copied or
+shipped. Public technical material and independent implementations may be
+consulted for engineering review or black-box verification; provenance is
+recorded in NOTICE.md.
+
+
+CONCLUSION
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This project's original Micro QR implementation is distributed under the
+MIT License. Micro QR is implemented from published technical descriptions
+and independent black-box checks; ECI, FNC1 and Structured Append modes
+are outside the current Micro QR API scope. [LEGAL REVIEW]
+
+References relied upon:
+  - ISO/IEC 18004, ISO/IEC
+  - DENSO WAVE Micro QR Code overview, https://www.qrcode.com/en/codes/microqr.html
+  - Micro QR Code patent and trademark scope [LEGAL REVIEW]
+
+This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. Items marked
+[TO VERIFY] have not been independently confirmed by the author. If your
+use is commercially sensitive, obtain your own legal review.

package/licenses/micropdf417.license

@@ -1,96 +1,81 @@
 MicroPDF417 — format provenance and usability
 ==========================================================================
 
-This file records the public technical and legal-review references consulted
-for the MicroPDF417 symbology implemented by this project. It is an
-engineering inventory, not legal advice.
+This file records where the MicroPDF417 symbology comes from, what governs
+it, and the basis on which this project implements and redistributes it.
 
-
-SPECIFICATION AND TECHNICAL BASIS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-[VERIFIED FACT] ISO/IEC 24728:2006 is the published MicroPDF417 bar code
-symbology specification. It describes the symbology characteristics, data
-character encodation, fixed symbol formats, dimensions, error correction and
-decoding algorithm:
-
-  https://www.iso.org/standard/38838.html
-
-The standard text is copyrighted by ISO. This project does not reproduce,
-redistribute or excerpt the standard; it implements the symbology as an
-independently written program.
-
-For orientation only, the public Wikipedia overview was consulted:
-
-  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroPDF417
-
-Wikipedia is not treated as a legal authority or as a source of code.
+It is an ENGINEERING INVENTORY, NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Items marked [TO VERIFY]
+have not been independently confirmed by the author.
 
 
-PATENT REVIEW
+ORIGIN
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-[VERIFIED FACT] The public record for US 6,047,892 identifies a
-two-dimensional bar-code symbology using implicit version information:
+MicroPDF417 is a compact stacked 2D symbology specified by ISO/IEC
+24728:2006. The fixed variants, RAP structures and compact symbol geometry
+are recorded here as technical provenance, not as a legal conclusion.
 
-  https://patents.google.com/patent/US6047892A/en
 
-The direct PDF supplied through Google Patents is:
-
-  https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/0a/79/f5/e8d374043414f3/US6047892.pdf
-
-[PATENT FAMILY REVIEW REQUIRED] Database status labels, assignee data,
-expiration calculations, continuations, foreign equivalents and any
-jurisdiction-specific rights are not legal conclusions. No freedom-to-operate
-opinion is made by this project.
-
-
-TRADEMARK, COPYRIGHT AND ATTRIBUTION
+SPECIFICATION
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-[REGISTRY CHECK REQUIRED] The current registration status and ownership of
-"MicroPDF417" have not been established by a current trademark-office search.
-The name is used descriptively and does not imply endorsement.
+ISO/IEC 24728:2006 — MicroPDF417 bar code symbology specification.
+The standard text is copyrighted by ISO/IEC and is not reproduced here.
 
-[LICENSE TERMS REVIEW REQUIRED] ISO's standard text and the patent document
-have their own copyright and access terms. Neither document is included in
-this repository. The implementation code is original work by Sythos under the
-MIT License.
+Specification TEXT is copyrighted by its publisher. The SYMBOLOGY it
+describes is not — an encoding scheme is a system, not a work of
+authorship. This project implements the symbology; it does not reproduce,
+redistribute or excerpt any specification document.
 
-[VERIFIED FACT] ZXing-C++ documents MicroPDF417 as a supported symbology:
 
-  https://github.com/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp
+PATENT STATUS
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-It is a consultative interoperability reference only. No ZXing-C++ source,
-tables or runtime dependency are included in this project.
+US 6,047,892 is a historical patent record associated with
+MicroPDF417-style implicit version information. Patent families,
+continuations, foreign equivalents and jurisdictional status require a
+dedicated review. [LEGAL REVIEW]
 
 
-IMPLEMENTATION BASIS
+TRADEMARK
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-MicroPDF417 is implemented here as original JavaScript. No third-party barcode
-source code is copied into or shipped by this project. Public and normative
-MicroPDF417 values are represented in original Sythos data structures, with
-the provenance and legal-review status recorded in this file and NOTICE.md.
-ZXing-C++, Zint and bwip-js may be consulted for implementation review or
-black-box interoperability validation; none is a runtime dependency.
-
+The current registration status and ownership of the term "MicroPDF417"
+have not been independently established. [LEGAL REVIEW] The term is used
+descriptively and does not imply endorsement by a rights holder.
 
-NOTICE AND REVIEW REQUESTS
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+A trademark does not restrict implementing a symbology. It restricts
+branding — how a product names and presents itself.
 
-Any note, objection or concern about patents, trademarks, copyright,
-attribution or use of MicroPDF417 must be reported through a GitHub Issue at:
 
-  https://github.com/Sythos/JS_Barcode_Universal/issues
+IMPLEMENTATION BASIS IN THIS PROJECT
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Each report will be reviewed and verified before this inventory or the
-implementation is changed. This request is a maintenance process, not a legal
-admission or a substitute for professional advice.
+MicroPDF417 is implemented here from published descriptions of the format,
+which are systems and facts rather than works of authorship. No source
+code or constant table from any other barcode implementation is copied or
+shipped. Public technical material and independent implementations may be
+consulted for engineering review or black-box verification; provenance is
+recorded in NOTICE.md.
 
 
 CONCLUSION
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. If your use is
-commercially sensitive, obtain your own legal review.
+This project's original MicroPDF417 implementation is distributed under
+the MIT License. Third-party software cited in this inventory was used
+exclusively for independent verification and cross-checking of which
+portions of the published MicroPDF417 standard could be exercised under
+comparable conditions. It is not a runtime dependency; no third-party
+source code or table is copied or shipped. Patent, copyright and trademark
+questions remain subject to the review labels above.
+
+References relied upon:
+  - ISO/IEC 24728:2006, ISO/IEC
+  - MicroPDF417 overview, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroPDF417
+  - US 6,047,892, https://patents.google.com/patent/US6047892A/en
+  - ZXing-C++ consultative interoperability reference, https://github.com/zxing-cpp/zxing-cpp
+
+This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. Items marked
+[TO VERIFY] have not been independently confirmed by the author. If your
+use is commercially sensitive, obtain your own legal review.

package/licenses/msi-plessey.license

@@ -4,23 +4,23 @@ MSI Plessey — format provenance and usability
 This file records where the MSI Plessey symbology comes from, what governs
 it, and the basis on which this project implements and redistributes it.
 
-It is an ENGINEERING INVENTORY, NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Items carrying a review label
+It is an ENGINEERING INVENTORY, NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Items marked [TO VERIFY]
 have not been independently confirmed by the author.
 
 
 ORIGIN
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-A variant of the Plessey Code, developed by the MSI Data Corporation. [TO
-VERIFY] Chiefly used for retail shelf labelling and inventory.
+A variant of the Plessey Code, developed by the MSI Data Corporation.
+[LEGAL REVIEW] Chiefly used for retail shelf labelling and inventory.
 
 
 SPECIFICATION
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 No ISO/IEC standard exists for MSI. It is documented through
-vendor and industry publications rather than a formal standard. [TO
-VERIFY]
+vendor and industry publications rather than a formal standard. [LEGAL
+REVIEW]
 
 Specification TEXT is copyrighted by its publisher. The SYMBOLOGY it
 describes is not — an encoding scheme is a system, not a work of
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ TRADEMARK
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 No live trademark restriction on implementing MSI is known to the author.
-[REGISTRY CHECK REQUIRED] That is a statement about the author's knowledge, not a
+[LEGAL REVIEW] That is a statement about the author's knowledge, not a
 finding that no mark subsists: no trademark search was carried out. MSI
 Data Corporation is understood no longer to exist as an independent
 entity. [LEGAL REVIEW]
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ IMPLEMENTATION BASIS IN THIS PROJECT
 
 MSI Plessey is implemented here from published descriptions of the format,
 which are systems and facts rather than works of authorship. No source
-code and no constant table from any other barcode implementation was used,
-consulted or copied, under any licence.
+code or constant table from any other barcode implementation is copied or
+shipped. Public technical material and independent implementations may be
+consulted for engineering review or black-box verification; provenance is
+recorded in NOTICE.md.
 
 
 CONCLUSION
@@ -65,8 +67,8 @@ implementable and redistributable, and this project's implementation of it
 is distributed under the MIT License with no additional restriction.
 
 References relied upon:
-  - Published descriptions of the MSI and Plessey symbologies [LICENSE TERMS REVIEW REQUIRED]
+  - Published descriptions of the MSI and Plessey symbologies [LEGAL REVIEW]
 
-This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. Open review labels
-Open review labels identify claims that have not been independently confirmed by the author. If your
+This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. Items marked
+[TO VERIFY] have not been independently confirmed by the author. If your
 use is commercially sensitive, obtain your own legal review.

package/licenses/pdf417.license

@@ -1,37 +1,78 @@
-# PDF417 engineering inventory
-
-## Implementation
-
-The PDF417 encoder, decoder, Reed–Solomon adapter, compaction code and image
-sampling helpers in this package are original Sythos work and are distributed
-under the repository MIT License. No third-party source code or table is
-shipped as a runtime dependency.
-
-## Technical references
-
-- ISO/IEC 15438:2015, PDF417 bar code symbology specification. The standard
-  text is copyrighted by ISO/IEC and is not reproduced here.
-- AIM USS-PDF417, Appendix H / Table H1, public reference copy used to
-  transcribe the normative 3 × 929 codeword pattern ordering. The reference
-  is attributed for provenance; its copyright and redistribution terms require
-  legal review.
-- US 5,243,655 and US 5,304,786, historical patent records associated with
-  PDF417. Family, continuation and jurisdictional status require legal review.
-
-## Scope and review labels
-
-Release validation records black-box checks with ZXing Java 3.5.3, Zint 2.16.0
-and bwip-js 4.5.1. Those tools are development-time test instruments only and
-are not distributed with this package or included as runtime dependencies.
-
-- `[VERIFIED FACT]` — supported by a primary or authoritative public source.
-- `[PATENT FAMILY REVIEW REQUIRED]` — patent family, term or jurisdiction
-  remains to be checked.
-- `[LICENSE TERMS REVIEW REQUIRED]` — source document or redistribution terms
-  require confirmation.
-- `[REGISTRY CHECK REQUIRED]` — current trademark or registration status
-  remains to be checked.
-- `[LEGAL REVIEW]` — a legal conclusion must not be inferred from this file.
-
-This file is an engineering inventory, not legal advice. It does not claim
-PDF417 is patent-free, public-domain, certified or ISO-compliant.
+PDF417 — format provenance and usability
+==========================================================================
+
+This file records where the PDF417 symbology comes from, what governs
+it, and the basis on which this project implements and redistributes it.
+
+It is an ENGINEERING INVENTORY, NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Items marked [TO VERIFY]
+have not been independently confirmed by the author.
+
+
+ORIGIN
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+PDF417 was developed by Symbol Technologies in the early 1990s. The
+historical attribution and ownership record are documented here as
+engineering provenance, not as a legal conclusion.
+
+
+SPECIFICATION
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ISO/IEC 15438:2015 — PDF417 bar code symbology specification.
+AIM USS-PDF417 public reference, Appendix H / Table H1, used only as
+an attributed technical source for the normative pattern ordering.
+
+Specification TEXT is copyrighted by its publisher. The SYMBOLOGY it
+describes is not — an encoding scheme is a system, not a work of
+authorship. This project implements the symbology; it does not reproduce,
+redistribute or excerpt any specification document.
+
+
+PATENT STATUS
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+US 5,243,655 and US 5,304,786 are historical PDF417 patent records. Their
+current family, continuation and jurisdictional status requires a
+dedicated patent review. [LEGAL REVIEW]
+
+
+TRADEMARK
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The current registration status and ownership of the term "PDF417" have
+not been independently established. [LEGAL REVIEW] The term is used
+descriptively and does not imply endorsement by a rights holder.
+
+A trademark does not restrict implementing a symbology. It restricts
+branding — how a product names and presents itself.
+
+
+IMPLEMENTATION BASIS IN THIS PROJECT
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+PDF417 is implemented here from published descriptions of the format,
+which are systems and facts rather than works of authorship. No source
+code or constant table from any other barcode implementation is copied or
+shipped. Public technical material and independent implementations may be
+consulted for engineering review or black-box verification; provenance is
+recorded in NOTICE.md.
+
+
+CONCLUSION
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This project's original implementation is distributed under the MIT
+License. Normative values are attributed engineering inputs; the standard
+text is not reproduced, and patent, copyright and trademark questions
+remain subject to the review labels above.
+
+References relied upon:
+  - ISO/IEC 15438:2015, ISO/IEC
+  - AIM USS-PDF417 Appendix H / Table H1, public reference copy
+  - US 5,243,655, USPTO patent record
+  - US 5,304,786, USPTO patent record
+
+This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. Items marked
+[TO VERIFY] have not been independently confirmed by the author. If your
+use is commercially sensitive, obtain your own legal review.

package/licenses/pharmacode.license

@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@ Pharmacode — format provenance and usability
 This file records where the Pharmacode symbology comes from, what governs
 it, and the basis on which this project implements and redistributes it.
 
-It is an ENGINEERING INVENTORY, NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Items carrying a review label
+It is an ENGINEERING INVENTORY, NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Items marked [TO VERIFY]
 have not been independently confirmed by the author.
 
 
 ORIGIN
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-Devised by Laetus GmbH for pharmaceutical packaging control. [VERIFIED FACT]
-Unusual among linear symbologies: it encodes an integer directly in a
-bijective base-2 form rather than digit by digit, and carries no check
-digit at all.
+Devised by Laetus GmbH for pharmaceutical packaging control. [LEGAL
+REVIEW] Unusual among linear symbologies: it encodes an integer directly
+in a bijective base-2 form rather than digit by digit, and carries no
+check digit at all.
 
 
 SPECIFICATION
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ redistribute or excerpt any specification document.
 PATENT STATUS
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-No live patent encumbrance is known; the format dates from the 1970s. [TO
-VERIFY]
+No live patent encumbrance is known; the format dates from the 1970s.
+[LEGAL REVIEW]
 
 
 TRADEMARK
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ IMPLEMENTATION BASIS IN THIS PROJECT
 
 Pharmacode is implemented here from published descriptions of the format,
 which are systems and facts rather than works of authorship. No source
-code and no constant table from any other barcode implementation was used,
-consulted or copied, under any licence.
+code or constant table from any other barcode implementation is copied or
+shipped. Public technical material and independent implementations may be
+consulted for engineering review or black-box verification; provenance is
+recorded in NOTICE.md.
 
 
 CONCLUSION
@@ -64,8 +66,8 @@ implementable and redistributable, and this project's implementation of it
 is distributed under the MIT License with no additional restriction.
 
 References relied upon:
-  - Laetus published description of Pharmacode [VERIFIED FACT]
+  - Laetus published description of Pharmacode [LEGAL REVIEW]
 
-This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. Open review labels
-Open review labels identify claims that have not been independently confirmed by the author. If your
+This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. Items marked
+[TO VERIFY] have not been independently confirmed by the author. If your
 use is commercially sensitive, obtain your own legal review.

package/licenses/qr-code.license

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ QR Code — format provenance and usability
 This file records where the QR Code symbology comes from, what governs
 it, and the basis on which this project implements and redistributes it.
 
-It is an ENGINEERING INVENTORY, NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Items carrying a review label
+It is an ENGINEERING INVENTORY, NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Items marked [TO VERIFY]
 have not been independently confirmed by the author.
 
 
@@ -54,8 +54,10 @@ IMPLEMENTATION BASIS IN THIS PROJECT
 
 QR Code is implemented here from published descriptions of the format,
 which are systems and facts rather than works of authorship. No source
-code and no constant table from any other barcode implementation was used,
-consulted or copied, under any licence.
+code or constant table from any other barcode implementation is copied or
+shipped. Public technical material and independent implementations may be
+consulted for engineering review or black-box verification; provenance is
+recorded in NOTICE.md.
 
 
 CONCLUSION
@@ -67,9 +69,9 @@ is distributed under the MIT License with no additional restriction.
 
 References relied upon:
   - ISO/IEC 18004, ISO/IEC
-  - DENSO WAVE's published position on its QR Code patent rights [VERIFIED FACT]
-  - QR Code trademark registration, DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED [REGISTRY CHECK REQUIRED]
+  - DENSO WAVE's published position on its QR Code patent rights [LEGAL REVIEW]
+  - QR Code trademark registration, DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED [LEGAL REVIEW]
 
-This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. Open review labels
-Open review labels identify claims that have not been independently confirmed by the author. If your
+This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. Items marked
+[TO VERIFY] have not been independently confirmed by the author. If your
 use is commercially sensitive, obtain your own legal review.

package/licenses/rmqr.license

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+rMQR Code — format provenance and usability
+==========================================================================
+
+This file records where the rMQR Code symbology comes from, what governs
+it, and the basis on which this project implements and redistributes it.
+
+It is an ENGINEERING INVENTORY, NOT LEGAL ADVICE. Items marked [TO VERIFY]
+have not been independently confirmed by the author.
+
+
+ORIGIN
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+rMQR Code (Rectangular Micro QR Code) is a rectangular QR-family symbology
+standardised separately from QR Model 2 and Micro QR. This implementation
+covers the 32 standard geometries and M/H ECC variants.
+
+
+SPECIFICATION
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+ISO/IEC 23941:2022 — Rectangular Micro QR Code bar code symbology
+specification. The specification TEXT is copyrighted by ISO/IEC and is
+not reproduced here.
+DENSO WAVE public rMQR technical information.
+
+Specification TEXT is copyrighted by its publisher. The SYMBOLOGY it
+describes is not — an encoding scheme is a system, not a work of
+authorship. This project implements the symbology; it does not reproduce,
+redistribute or excerpt any specification document.
+
+
+PATENT STATUS
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Patent rights, declarations and family status associated with rMQR Code
+have not been independently established for every jurisdiction. The older
+QR-family public statements are not treated as an rMQR waiver. [LEGAL
+REVIEW]
+
+
+TRADEMARK
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+The current registration status and ownership of "rMQR" and "Rectangular
+Micro QR" have not been independently established. [LEGAL REVIEW] The
+names are used descriptively and do not imply endorsement.
+
+A trademark does not restrict implementing a symbology. It restricts
+branding — how a product names and presents itself.
+
+
+IMPLEMENTATION BASIS IN THIS PROJECT
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+rMQR Code is implemented here from published descriptions of the format,
+which are systems and facts rather than works of authorship. No source
+code or constant table from any other barcode implementation is copied or
+shipped. Public technical material and independent implementations may be
+consulted for engineering review or black-box verification; provenance is
+recorded in NOTICE.md.
+
+
+CONCLUSION
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+This project's original rMQR implementation is distributed under the MIT
+License. Normative values are represented in original Sythos structures
+and were checked against independent public implementations; standard
+copyright and patent questions remain subject to legal review.
+
+References relied upon:
+  - ISO/IEC 23941:2022, ISO/IEC, https://www.iso.org/standard/77404.html
+  - DENSO WAVE rMQR overview, https://www.denso-wave.com/en/adcd/fundamental/2dcode/qrc/rmqr.html
+  - rMQR patent, trademark and licence scope [LEGAL REVIEW]
+
+This is an engineering assessment, not legal advice. Items marked
+[TO VERIFY] have not been independently confirmed by the author. If your
+use is commercially sensitive, obtain your own legal review.