---
title: License and Provenance
created: 2026-07-02
updated: 2026-07-02
type: summary
status: compiled
namespace: software-architecture-metapatterns
sources:
  - https://github.com/denyspoltorak/metapatterns
  - https://github.com/denyspoltorak/metapatterns/wiki
---

# License and Provenance

## Source Roots

- Repository: `https://github.com/denyspoltorak/metapatterns`
- GitHub wiki: `https://github.com/denyspoltorak/metapatterns/wiki`
- Website: `https://metapatterns.io/`
- Latest release inspected: `https://github.com/denyspoltorak/metapatterns/releases/tag/v1.2`

## License Notes

Observed source signals are not perfectly uniform:

- The repository root `LICENSE` is Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0.
- `ArchitecturalMetapatterns/LICENSE` is Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
- The GitHub wiki `Appendices/Copyright.md` describes Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
- The repo README says the book's diagrams and ODT file are available under CC BY.

## Conservative Guardrail

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