# Template license

The text of the **Awake Cofounder Agreement**, version 1.0, is copyright © 2026 Amit Rathore and is licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The complete license terms are available in the [CC BY 4.0 legal code](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode).

You may copy, redistribute, adapt, and use the licensed template text, including commercially, subject to the conditions of CC BY 4.0. In particular, you must give appropriate credit, link to the license, and indicate whether changes were made. You may satisfy attribution in any reasonable manner, but not in a way that suggests cofounder.community, AwakeVC, Amit Rathore, or any contributor endorses you or your adaptation.

## Preferred attribution

> Based on the Awake Cofounder Agreement Template, version 1.0, published by cofounder.community. Copyright © 2026 Amit Rathore. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Modified by [name] on [date]. cofounder.community, AwakeVC, and the original contributors have not reviewed or endorsed this adaptation.

Label the adaptation as one of:

- unmodified;
- modified only to complete venture-specific details;
- substantively modified; or
- heavily adapted.

## Scope

The CC BY 4.0 license applies only to the template text expressly published in this package. It does not grant rights in:

- the cofounder.community or AwakeVC names, trademarks, logos, trade dress, or branding;
- signatures, personal information, or venture-specific confidential information;
- third-party materials incorporated into or linked from the package; or
- the website source code, which is separately licensed under the repository's MIT License.

No trademark license, endorsement, attorney-client relationship, or professional-services relationship is granted or implied.