actproof 0.3.0__tar.gz → 0.3.3__tar.gz

{actproof-0.3.0 → actproof-0.3.3}/.gitignore

@@ -108,3 +108,5 @@ local_config.py
 scratch/
 # Local test receipts (these should be in tests/fixtures/ if intended to persist)
 *.receipt.local.json
+actproof-v*.zip
+APPLY_v*.md

{actproof-0.3.0 → actproof-0.3.3}/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -16,6 +16,63 @@ release. Once 1.0.0 ships, semantic versioning will be strictly followed.
 - **v1.0.0** — API frozen.
 - **v2.0.0** — COSE_Sign1 + SCITT Transparent Statement bridge, once RFC 9943 publishes.
 
+## [0.3.2] — 2026-05-19
+
+**License switch from MIT to Apache-2.0.** Forward-looking positioning of
+actproof-py as verification infrastructure rather than a small utility
+library: Apache-2.0 provides an explicit patent grant suitable for
+standards-facing work and institutional adoption, while remaining as
+permissive as MIT for commercial and proprietary embedding.
+
+### Changed
+
+- **LICENSE file replaced** with the canonical Apache License 2.0 text.
+- **`pyproject.toml`** updated: license expression now `"Apache-2.0"`
+  with `license-files = ["LICENSE"]` per the modern Python packaging
+  guidance. Classifier updated to `License :: OSI Approved :: Apache
+  Software License`.
+- **SPDX headers** in all 27 source files (`actproof/*.py`,
+  `actproof/signers/*.py`, `tests/*.py`) changed from
+  `SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT` to `SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0`.
+- **README, DEPLOY, and STS standards documentation** updated to state
+  Apache-2.0 throughout.
+
+### Notes
+
+- Existing users on v0.3.1 (MIT) retain MIT rights for that release.
+  All v0.3.2 and later releases are governed by Apache-2.0.
+- Copyright remains "2026 Deyan Paroushev." No change to authorship or
+  contributor structure.
+- No API changes, no behavioural changes, no dependency changes. This is
+  a pure licensing release.
+
+## [0.3.1] — 2026-05-19
+
+**Packaging hotfix.** Resolves an internal contradiction in v0.3.0's
+dependency declaration that prevented installation in modern pip
+environments.
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **`cryptography` lower bound relaxed from `>=42.0` to `>=41.0`.** v0.3.0
+  declared both `tsp-client>=0.2.1,<0.3` and `cryptography>=42.0`, but
+  `tsp-client==0.2.1` (the only version in that range) transitively
+  requires `pyOpenSSL<24`, which in turn requires `cryptography<42`. The
+  two constraints could not be satisfied simultaneously by a strict pip
+  resolver, making v0.3.0 uninstallable in fresh environments. The
+  actual cryptography API surface used by
+  `actproof.signers.google_kms._extract_raw_ed25519_from_pem`
+  (`Ed25519PublicKey`, `load_pem_public_key`, `Encoding.Raw`,
+  `PublicFormat.Raw`) has been available since cryptography 2.6, so the
+  `>=42` floor was conservative rather than technical.
+
+### Notes
+
+- The upper bound `<46.0` is unchanged.
+- v0.4.0 will replace `tsp-client` with `rfc3161-client`, removing the
+  legacy `pyOpenSSL` cap entirely. The cryptography floor can then move
+  forward in step with modern releases.
+
 ## [0.3.0] — 2026-05-17
 
 **Security hardening release.** Closes a transaction-validation gap present in v0.2.0. See `SECURITY.md` for the advisory.

{actproof-0.3.0 → actproof-0.3.3}/DEPLOY.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ This is the actproof-py v0.1.0 source tree, ready to push to
 actproof-py/
 ├── README.md                       Project README
 ├── CHANGELOG.md                    Full v0.0.1 → v0.1.0 history
-├── LICENSE                         MIT
+├── LICENSE                         Apache-2.0
 ├── DEPLOY.md                       This file
 ├── pyproject.toml                  Hatchling build, dependencies pinned
 ├── .gitignore
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Library and CLI for anchoring signed JSON manifests to Algorand mainnet
 with RFC 3161 qualified timestamps, plus an independent verifier for
 anyone's anchored receipts.
 
-10 modules, 443 passing tests, MIT licensed.
+10 modules, 443 passing tests, Apache-2.0 licensed.
 
 Implements RFC 8785 JCS, RFC 3161 TSP, Algorand ARC-2 disclosed-mode
 notes, and tracks draft-ietf-scitt-architecture for the v2 COSE_Sign1

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{actproof-0.3.0 → actproof-0.3.3}/PKG-INFO

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Metadata-Version: 2.4
 Name: actproof
-Version: 0.3.0
+Version: 0.3.3
 Summary: Verifiable receipts of regulated acts. Canonical JSON (RFC 8785), RFC 3161 trusted timestamps, Algorand ARC-2 anchoring, independent verification.
 Project-URL: Homepage, https://github.com/deyan-paroushev/actproof-py
 Project-URL: Documentation, https://github.com/deyan-paroushev/actproof-py/tree/main/docs
@@ -11,34 +11,14 @@ Project-URL: Security, https://github.com/deyan-paroushev/actproof-py/blob/main/
 Project-URL: Catalogue, https://github.com/deyan-paroushev/actproof-events
 Author-email: Deyan Paroushev <deyan@advisa.tech>
 Maintainer-email: Deyan Paroushev <deyan@advisa.tech>
-License: MIT License
-        
-        Copyright (c) 2026 Deyan Paroushev
-        
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-        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.
+License-Expression: Apache-2.0
 License-File: LICENSE
 Keywords: algorand,attestation,canonical-json,compliance,evidence,governance,receipts,rfc-3161,rfc-8785,scitt,timestamping,transparency,verification
 Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
 Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
 Classifier: Intended Audience :: Information Technology
 Classifier: Intended Audience :: Legal Industry
-Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
+Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
 Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
 Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10
@@ -50,7 +30,7 @@ Classifier: Topic :: System :: Archiving
 Classifier: Typing :: Typed
 Requires-Python: >=3.10
 Requires-Dist: click<9.0,>=8.1
-Requires-Dist: cryptography<46.0,>=42.0
+Requires-Dist: cryptography<46.0,>=41.0
 Requires-Dist: py-algorand-sdk<3.0,>=2.6.1
 Requires-Dist: requests<3.0,>=2.32.0
 Requires-Dist: rfc8785<0.2,>=0.1.4
@@ -65,6 +45,8 @@ Requires-Dist: types-requests; extra == 'dev'
 Provides-Extra: docs
 Requires-Dist: mkdocs-material>=9.5; extra == 'docs'
 Requires-Dist: mkdocs>=1.6; extra == 'docs'
+Provides-Extra: events
+Requires-Dist: actproof-events>=1.4.0rc1; extra == 'events'
 Provides-Extra: gcp
 Requires-Dist: google-cloud-kms<4.0,>=2.0; extra == 'gcp'
 Requires-Dist: google-crc32c<2.0,>=1.5; extra == 'gcp'
@@ -72,17 +54,18 @@ Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
 
 # actproof
 
-Verifiable receipts of regulated acts. Canonical JSON (RFC 8785), RFC 3161
-trusted timestamps, Algorand ARC-2 anchoring, independent verification by
-any party with a Python install.
+Verifiable evidence receipts for institutional records, regulated acts, and
+public attestations. Canonical JSON (RFC 8785), RFC 3161 trusted timestamps,
+Algorand ARC-2 anchoring, independent verification by any party with a Python
+install.
 
 `actproof` produces cryptographic receipts that any third party can verify
-without trusting the issuing platform. A receipt binds: the regulated act
-being recorded (from the `actproof-events` catalogue), the canonical JSON
-of the issuer's evidence, a qualified timestamp from a trusted timestamp
-authority, and a transaction on the Algorand public ledger that carries
-the same hash. The verifier reproduces the bytes locally and confirms each
-binding.
+without trusting the issuing platform. A receipt binds: the record or act
+being documented (optionally classified against the `actproof-events`
+catalogue for regulated acts), the canonical JSON of the issuer's evidence,
+a qualified timestamp from a trusted timestamp authority, and a transaction
+on the Algorand public ledger that carries the same hash. The verifier
+reproduces the bytes locally and confirms each binding.
 
 ## What actproof does not claim
 
@@ -278,18 +261,91 @@ actproof composes five published standards rather than inventing new ones:
   v2 parser when COSE_Sign1 + SCITT Transparent Statement becomes
   standardised.
 
-## What's NOT in v0.1.0
+## Independent use outside Quoruna
+
+`actproof` is a standalone Python library. It does not require Quoruna, an
+account, a hosted service, or any vendor trust. The intended use cases:
+
+* **Regulated industries.** Compliance evidence with verifiable timestamps:
+  pharma batch records, financial reporting attestations, NIS2 incident
+  reports, EUDR due-diligence statements, AI Act risk assessments.
+* **Civil society and journalism.** Verifiable provenance of reporting,
+  research outputs, and document releases without a trusted intermediary.
+* **Academic research.** Pre-registration of analysis plans, anchored
+  research artifacts, reproducibility receipts.
+* **Public-sector records.** Public decisions, council resolutions,
+  procurement evidence, transparency anchors.
+* **Other receipt and attestation systems.** Any application that today
+  emits "trust us" PDFs can emit an actproof receipt instead and let the
+  recipient verify without contacting the issuer.
+
+Quoruna is one consuming application. It is not the only intended
+consumer. The library API is independent of any particular product or
+hosted service.
+
+## API stability
+
+The package currently exposes a deliberately large API surface to let
+adopters work at whatever level suits them. Before the v1.0 release,
+the following discipline applies:
+
+* **Stable.** `canonicalize`, `hash_canonical`, `hash_canonical_hex`,
+  `build_manifest`, `manifest_to_dict`, `manifest_from_dict`,
+  `hash_manifest`, `hash_manifest_hex`, `Receipt`, `read_receipt`,
+  `write_receipt`, `verify_receipt`, `CheckResult`, `VerificationResult`.
+  These will not break between minor versions before v1.0.
+* **Experimental.** `Catalogue`, `validate_manifest`, RFC 3161 TSA
+  chain configuration, the `AnchorMode` enum, and the signer
+  abstraction. Subject to refinement before v1.0.
+* **Internal-but-exported.** Constants like `IJSON_MAX_SAFE_INT`,
+  `ARC2_NOTE_FORMAT`, and `SCHEMA_DISCRIMINATOR_V3`. Available for
+  power users but may change.
+
+The full list is in `actproof/__init__.py`. v1.0.0 will declare the final
+stable surface and freeze it under semantic versioning.
+
+## Roadmap
+
+* **v0.4.0** — Pluggable anchor backend architecture (`AnchorBackend`
+  Protocol). Algorand stays as the production backend; the protocol
+  abstraction makes Hedera Consensus Service, Stellar memo-hash, Bitcoin
+  OP_RETURN, and Ethereum implementations feasible without changes to
+  the canonicalisation, receipt, or verifier code. Also migrates off
+  `tsp-client` 0.2.1 onto `rfc3161-client` (Trail of Bits) to remove
+  the legacy pyOpenSSL cap.
+* **v0.5.0** — Receipt profile registry. Explicit named profiles
+  (`actproof-jcs-v1`, `actproof-algorand-arc2-v1`, `actproof-rfc3161-v1`)
+  and a stable verifier dispatch surface for adopters.
+* **v1.0.0** — Stable API frozen. Conformance test vectors finalised.
+* **v2.0.0** — COSE_Sign1 + SCITT Transparent Statement bridge once
+  RFC 9943 publishes.
+
+## What actproof does NOT yet ship
 
 * **EU Trusted List chain validation** for RFC 3161 tokens. The current
   verifier checks the token is well-formed and self-consistent; full
-  chain validation against EUTL is v0.2.x.
-* **Conformance test vectors** for cross-implementation interop. The
-  conformance suite lands in v0.3.0.
-* **GitHub Action wrapper** for one-call anchoring from a CI step. Lands
-  in v0.2.0.
-* **Worked examples** for NIS2, EUDR, and software-release use cases.
-  Land in v0.2.0.
+  chain validation against EUTL is on the v0.5.x roadmap.
+* **GitHub Action wrapper** for one-call anchoring from a CI step.
+* **Worked end-to-end examples** for NIS2, EUDR, AI Act, and
+  software-release use cases. Conformance vectors and example receipts
+  land in `examples/` and `docs/CONFORMANCE_VECTORS.md` in v0.3.x.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT. The actproof-events catalogue is CC0 / Apache-2.0.
+Apache-2.0. See `LICENSE`. The `actproof-events` catalogue (sibling
+repository) is CC0 / Apache-2.0.
+
+## Why Apache-2.0
+
+`actproof` is intended as reusable verification infrastructure. Apache-2.0
+provides:
+
+* The same broad permission to embed in commercial or proprietary work
+  as MIT.
+* An explicit contributor patent licence (Section 3 of the licence text),
+  which matters for cryptographic and protocol code.
+* A clearer legal posture for institutional and public-sector adopters.
+
+If you previously consumed `actproof <= 0.3.1` under MIT, those releases
+remain available on PyPI under MIT. All `actproof >= 0.3.2` releases are
+governed by Apache-2.0.

{actproof-0.3.0 → actproof-0.3.3}/README.md

@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # actproof
 
-Verifiable receipts of regulated acts. Canonical JSON (RFC 8785), RFC 3161
-trusted timestamps, Algorand ARC-2 anchoring, independent verification by
-any party with a Python install.
+Verifiable evidence receipts for institutional records, regulated acts, and
+public attestations. Canonical JSON (RFC 8785), RFC 3161 trusted timestamps,
+Algorand ARC-2 anchoring, independent verification by any party with a Python
+install.
 
 `actproof` produces cryptographic receipts that any third party can verify
-without trusting the issuing platform. A receipt binds: the regulated act
-being recorded (from the `actproof-events` catalogue), the canonical JSON
-of the issuer's evidence, a qualified timestamp from a trusted timestamp
-authority, and a transaction on the Algorand public ledger that carries
-the same hash. The verifier reproduces the bytes locally and confirms each
-binding.
+without trusting the issuing platform. A receipt binds: the record or act
+being documented (optionally classified against the `actproof-events`
+catalogue for regulated acts), the canonical JSON of the issuer's evidence,
+a qualified timestamp from a trusted timestamp authority, and a transaction
+on the Algorand public ledger that carries the same hash. The verifier
+reproduces the bytes locally and confirms each binding.
 
 ## What actproof does not claim
 
@@ -206,18 +207,91 @@ actproof composes five published standards rather than inventing new ones:
   v2 parser when COSE_Sign1 + SCITT Transparent Statement becomes
   standardised.
 
-## What's NOT in v0.1.0
+## Independent use outside Quoruna
+
+`actproof` is a standalone Python library. It does not require Quoruna, an
+account, a hosted service, or any vendor trust. The intended use cases:
+
+* **Regulated industries.** Compliance evidence with verifiable timestamps:
+  pharma batch records, financial reporting attestations, NIS2 incident
+  reports, EUDR due-diligence statements, AI Act risk assessments.
+* **Civil society and journalism.** Verifiable provenance of reporting,
+  research outputs, and document releases without a trusted intermediary.
+* **Academic research.** Pre-registration of analysis plans, anchored
+  research artifacts, reproducibility receipts.
+* **Public-sector records.** Public decisions, council resolutions,
+  procurement evidence, transparency anchors.
+* **Other receipt and attestation systems.** Any application that today
+  emits "trust us" PDFs can emit an actproof receipt instead and let the
+  recipient verify without contacting the issuer.
+
+Quoruna is one consuming application. It is not the only intended
+consumer. The library API is independent of any particular product or
+hosted service.
+
+## API stability
+
+The package currently exposes a deliberately large API surface to let
+adopters work at whatever level suits them. Before the v1.0 release,
+the following discipline applies:
+
+* **Stable.** `canonicalize`, `hash_canonical`, `hash_canonical_hex`,
+  `build_manifest`, `manifest_to_dict`, `manifest_from_dict`,
+  `hash_manifest`, `hash_manifest_hex`, `Receipt`, `read_receipt`,
+  `write_receipt`, `verify_receipt`, `CheckResult`, `VerificationResult`.
+  These will not break between minor versions before v1.0.
+* **Experimental.** `Catalogue`, `validate_manifest`, RFC 3161 TSA
+  chain configuration, the `AnchorMode` enum, and the signer
+  abstraction. Subject to refinement before v1.0.
+* **Internal-but-exported.** Constants like `IJSON_MAX_SAFE_INT`,
+  `ARC2_NOTE_FORMAT`, and `SCHEMA_DISCRIMINATOR_V3`. Available for
+  power users but may change.
+
+The full list is in `actproof/__init__.py`. v1.0.0 will declare the final
+stable surface and freeze it under semantic versioning.
+
+## Roadmap
+
+* **v0.4.0** — Pluggable anchor backend architecture (`AnchorBackend`
+  Protocol). Algorand stays as the production backend; the protocol
+  abstraction makes Hedera Consensus Service, Stellar memo-hash, Bitcoin
+  OP_RETURN, and Ethereum implementations feasible without changes to
+  the canonicalisation, receipt, or verifier code. Also migrates off
+  `tsp-client` 0.2.1 onto `rfc3161-client` (Trail of Bits) to remove
+  the legacy pyOpenSSL cap.
+* **v0.5.0** — Receipt profile registry. Explicit named profiles
+  (`actproof-jcs-v1`, `actproof-algorand-arc2-v1`, `actproof-rfc3161-v1`)
+  and a stable verifier dispatch surface for adopters.
+* **v1.0.0** — Stable API frozen. Conformance test vectors finalised.
+* **v2.0.0** — COSE_Sign1 + SCITT Transparent Statement bridge once
+  RFC 9943 publishes.
+
+## What actproof does NOT yet ship
 
 * **EU Trusted List chain validation** for RFC 3161 tokens. The current
   verifier checks the token is well-formed and self-consistent; full
-  chain validation against EUTL is v0.2.x.
-* **Conformance test vectors** for cross-implementation interop. The
-  conformance suite lands in v0.3.0.
-* **GitHub Action wrapper** for one-call anchoring from a CI step. Lands
-  in v0.2.0.
-* **Worked examples** for NIS2, EUDR, and software-release use cases.
-  Land in v0.2.0.
+  chain validation against EUTL is on the v0.5.x roadmap.
+* **GitHub Action wrapper** for one-call anchoring from a CI step.
+* **Worked end-to-end examples** for NIS2, EUDR, AI Act, and
+  software-release use cases. Conformance vectors and example receipts
+  land in `examples/` and `docs/CONFORMANCE_VECTORS.md` in v0.3.x.
 
 ## License
 
-MIT. The actproof-events catalogue is CC0 / Apache-2.0.
+Apache-2.0. See `LICENSE`. The `actproof-events` catalogue (sibling
+repository) is CC0 / Apache-2.0.
+
+## Why Apache-2.0
+
+`actproof` is intended as reusable verification infrastructure. Apache-2.0
+provides:
+
+* The same broad permission to embed in commercial or proprietary work
+  as MIT.
+* An explicit contributor patent licence (Section 3 of the licence text),
+  which matters for cryptographic and protocol code.
+* A clearer legal posture for institutional and public-sector adopters.
+
+If you previously consumed `actproof <= 0.3.1` under MIT, those releases
+remain available on PyPI under MIT. All `actproof >= 0.3.2` releases are
+governed by Apache-2.0.

{actproof-0.3.0 → actproof-0.3.3}/actproof/__init__.py

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Deyan Paroushev
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 """
 actproof: anchor signed JSON manifests; verify anyone's anchored receipts.
 """
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-__version__ = "0.3.0"
+__version__ = "0.3.3"
 
 
 # ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

{actproof-0.3.0 → actproof-0.3.3}/actproof/anchor.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Deyan Paroushev
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 """
 Anchor a manifest hash to the Algorand ledger via an ARC-2 disclosed-mode note.
 

{actproof-0.3.0 → actproof-0.3.3}/actproof/canonical.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Deyan Paroushev
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 """
 RFC 8785 JSON Canonicalization Scheme (JCS) with optional compliance discipline.