# license & patents

Open under Apache 2.0. Protected by patents pending.

VAOS Core ships under the Apache License 2.0. Three patent-pending innovations protect the architecture while it grows. Commercial licensing is available for derivative hardware and silicon.

# open source

Apache 2.0 components

VAOS Core

The base runtime. Perception, reasoning, action loop. Apache 2.0.

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Scene Contract

The machine-readable output schema. Open spec, public versioning. Apache 2.0.

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SDK & plugin spec

Python SDK, REST & WebSocket APIs, plugin extension model. Apache 2.0.

# patent pending

Three protected innovations

Filed across multiple jurisdictions. Use under Apache 2.0 is unaffected; derivative hardware/silicon products need a commercial license.

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Sensor-aware perception

Continuous sensor reliability scoring fed into inference confidence in real time.

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Scene Contract envelope

The validation envelope around structured perception output.

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Validation-gated action

The closed-loop runtime gating action on real-time scene confidence.

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