Open Source Policy

Effective: 2026-07-20 · Last updated: 2026-08-03

The Unnamed Corp publishes and maintains open source software. This policy explains the terms that apply to that software, to contributions we receive, and to the names and logos attached to it. It applies to every repository we publish, current and future.

Open source software we publish is not part of the Platform and is not a Service under our Terms of Service. It is licensed to you under its own licence and nothing else. Where this policy and the Terms of Service disagree about open source software, this policy controls.

Our projects

The licence file in each repository is authoritative. If the table above and a repository ever disagree, the repository wins.

Licence

Unless a repository states otherwise, we publish under the MIT License. Some projects may use a different licence where the ecosystem expects one; the LICENSE file at the root of each repository always governs.

Your rights come from that licence and from nothing else on this site. You do not need an account, a signature, or our permission to use, copy, modify, or redistribute the software within the terms of its licence.

Downloads and updates

We publish download links on our own site (for Photonic, at /photonic) as a convenience. Those links resolve to release artifacts hosted by GitHub. GitHub serves the file and receives the request; we do not host the binaries ourselves and we do not log your download.

Treat our published links and the project's own releases page as the only trustworthy sources. A build obtained anywhere else is not ours, whatever it is called.

Signing. Release archives are signed with an ed25519 key, and the application verifies that signature before applying an update. This protects the update path against tampering.

Operating system warnings are expected. We do not currently sign builds for macOS Gatekeeper or Windows SmartScreen, and we do not publish separate checksums. On first launch your operating system will very likely warn you that the application is from an unidentified developer. That warning is a consequence of our release setup, not evidence that anything is wrong, and you should still only run builds you obtained from our links.

Automatic updates. Photonic can check GitHub Releases for a newer version, download it, verify its signature against a public key embedded in the application, and replace itself. The replacement takes effect on restart. The update check contacts GitHub. It does not contact us.

No warranty and no support commitment

Open source software we publish is provided as is, without warranty of any kind, as set out in its licence.

To be explicit about the interaction with our other agreements:

• The workmanlike performance warranty and the 30 day repair remedy in Section 12 of the Terms of Service apply to work performed under a Statement of Work. They do not apply to open source software.
• The liability provisions in Section 13 of the Terms of Service govern the commercial relationship. Liability for open source software is governed by the disclaimer in that software's licence.
• We publish releases when they are ready. There is no service level, no guaranteed response time on issues or pull requests, and no commitment to maintain any project indefinitely. A project may be archived.

If you need warranties, indemnities, guaranteed response times, or a supported build, those are commercial arrangements. Talk to us about a Statement of Work.

Contributions

Contributions are welcome. Each repository's CONTRIBUTING file sets the terms for that project, and by submitting a contribution you agree to them.

Our default, used by Photonic, is inbound equals outbound: your contribution is licensed to the project under the same licence the project uses. You keep ownership of your work. We do not ask you to assign copyright to us.

Two clarifications that matter:

• Contributions are not "Feedback." Section 8 of the Terms of Service grants us a broad licence over product suggestions. That clause does not apply to code, documentation, or other material you contribute to a public repository. Those are governed only by the project's licence and its CONTRIBUTING file.
• Only contribute what is yours to give. By contributing you confirm you wrote the material or otherwise have the right to submit it under the project's licence, and that doing so does not breach an obligation to an employer or anyone else.

Conduct in our repositories, issue trackers, and discussion spaces is governed by each project's Code of Conduct and by our Acceptable Use Policy.

Names and logos

Our licences cover copyright. They do not grant any trademark rights. "Unnamed", "The Unnamed Corp", "Photonic", and our logos remain ours.

In plain terms:

• You may use the software freely under its licence, and you may say truthfully that your work is built on it or derived from it.
• You may not use our names or logos as the name of your fork or product, or in any way that suggests we produced, endorse, or support it.
• If you distribute a modified build, give it a different name. "Based on Photonic" is fine. Calling it "Photonic" is not.

Ask us at legal@theunnamed.dev if you want to use a name or logo in a way this policy does not cover.

Third party components

Our projects bundle third party open source components under their own licences. Each repository reproduces those notices, normally in THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md, and Photonic additionally enforces a permissive licence allow list in CI. Those components are licensed to you by their own authors under their own terms, not by us.

Security

Report vulnerabilities in any of our open source projects the same way you report them anywhere else: privately, to security@theunnamed.dev, or through the repository's private advisory form. Do not open a public issue for a vulnerability.

Good faith research on our open source projects is authorised on the same terms as the rest of our systems, as set out in our Acceptable Use Policy. Report findings to security@theunnamed.dev.

Data and network activity

Downloading or using our open source software does not create an account, and none of it reports anything to us. Photonic contains no telemetry and no analytics. We do not know who downloads it, who runs it, or what you make with it.

The application does make network requests, in two cases, neither of which involves our servers:

• Update checks and downloads go to GitHub. GitHub hosts our repositories and release artifacts and handles that traffic under its own privacy policy.
• The optional Claude panel goes to Anthropic. Photonic can talk to the Anthropic API for AI assisted design, using an Anthropic API key that you supply. When you use it, your prompts and the document context the feature sends travel to Anthropic under your own agreement with Anthropic, not ours. We never see that traffic and we never receive your key. Leave the key blank and the feature stays off.

Our Privacy Policy covers the data we collect ourselves, which for open source users is nothing.

Export

Our projects are published as public source under permissive licences and are generally available to anyone. You remain responsible for complying with the export control and sanctions rules that apply to you.

Changes

We will post updates here with a revised effective date. Changes to this policy do not retroactively alter the licence you already received with a copy of the software: the licence in the version you obtained continues to govern that copy.

Contact

The Unnamed Corp · Licensing and trademark questions: legal@theunnamed.dev · Security: security@theunnamed.dev