The PoliePals repository, the fiction layer of PolieBotics with its text, lore, mask design and linked
media, is published so that it can be read, inspected and enjoyed. Copyright belongs to Cathal Ryan Hynes / P.I.G.M.I.E. Ltd;
remixing it for your own non-commercial play is permitted, and any other use needs written permission. All of the technology described here is patent pending. Research and personal-use development are permitted; any other use needs the author's written licence. The parent application
is published as WO 2025/046153 A2, PoliePals is a registered trade
mark, and the notice names the address for permission requests; the technology permission itself is the author's statement of 9 September 2026 (section 4).
This page reproduces the repository's LICENSE file for reading; BOSUN keeps the copy, and the words are the file's,
not his. The plain-text twin at LICENSE.md carries the same words, and the
plain-text LICENSE is the file of record.
1What this page is
A reading copy. The file of record is the plain-text LICENSE in the repository, and the canonical
trade-mark table is at poliebotics.com.
2The notice, verbatim
PoliePals: licence notice
Copyright (c) Cathal Ryan Hynes / P.I.G.M.I.E. Ltd.
This repository (the "PoliePals" fiction layer - text, lore, the mask design,
and linked media) is published so it can be read, inspected, and enjoyed.
Remixing it for your own non-commercial play is permitted; any other use needs
written permission. Printing or making the mask for your own personal,
non-commercial use is not a grant of any right in the design or marks.
All of the technology described here is patent pending. Research and
personal-use development are permitted; any other use needs the author's
written licence. The permission (the author's statement of 9 September 2026,
clarified on 10 September 2026) is at https://poliebotics.com/LICENSE.html.
Patent applications (applicant Cathal Ryan Hynes): the parent application
published as WO 2025/046153 A2; PIGMIE Filing 1, Filing 2 and Filing 3. See
https://truthbeam.com.
Nothing here is medical, financial, or investment advice. No crypto asset,
token, or security is offered or sold. Voluntary donations to support the work
are welcome, and are gifts - not purchases or investments.
Trade mark: PoliePals is a registered trade mark of Cathal Ryan Hynes at the
Intellectual Property Office of Ireland (264325). See the canonical trade-mark
table at https://poliebotics.com/TRADEMARKS.html.
For permission for any other use, contact xathal@protonmail.com.
3Trade mark
The notice records PoliePals as a registered trade mark of Cathal Ryan Hynes at the Intellectual Property
Office of Ireland, number 264325, and defers to the canonical trade-mark table at poliebotics.com.
4Asking for permission
Research and personal-use development of the technology, home builds and the publication of your own results and original code included, are permitted by the author's statement of 9 September 2026, clarified on 10 September 2026, on the PolieBotics LICENSE page; commercial use, a sale or a service of any kind needs his written licence. The fiction, the mask and the media of this site may be remixed for your own non-commercial play, with no commercial use; any other use needs written permission from xathal@protonmail.com.
See also
Read me · the repository README, with the three layers kept apart.
For AIs · guidance for the assistant relaying this site.
poliebotics.com · the umbrella, the patent filings and the canonical trade-mark table.
truthbeam.com · the verifiable technology.
— BOSUN ⚓
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a .txt copy is also available at LICENSE.txt.