From d0f23523412e388d53a3ff44ed1556f9a08e47c0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: welsberr <welsberr@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 17:46:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Add license and project roadmap

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 LICENSE         | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 README.md       | 10 ++++++++++
 docs/roadmap.md | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 LICENSE
 create mode 100755 docs/roadmap.md

diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2026
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ The initial target is legacy Word `.doc` files, but the repository boundary is i
 
 `doclift` is not a learner-facing system. It is a source-normalization layer that other projects can consume.
 
+Project planning and lifecycle notes live in:
+
+- `docs/architecture.md`
+- `docs/bundle-format.md`
+- `docs/roadmap.md`
+
 Current implementation:
 
 - legacy Word `.doc` conversion through `catdoc`
@@ -82,3 +88,7 @@ out/
 - `Didactopus` should consume `doclift` bundles rather than own legacy format handling.
 - `GroundRecall` can use the same bundles for provenance-aware import.
 - other archival or scholarly tooling can reuse the same normalization path without depending on Didactopus.
+
+## License
+
+`doclift` is licensed under the MIT license. See `LICENSE`.
diff --git a/docs/roadmap.md b/docs/roadmap.md
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+# Roadmap
+
+## Near Term
+
+- stabilize the normalized bundle schema for downstream adapters
+- add a `doclift` bundle consumer path in Didactopus
+- extend test coverage around table parsing, title repair, and layout manifests
+- add fixture-based regression tests from representative legacy corpora
+- improve CLI output for batch conversion summaries
+
+## Format Expansion
+
+- add a higher-fidelity `.docx` path
+- add RTF support
+- add WordPerfect discovery and conversion plugins
+- add optional OCR-assisted pipelines for scanned legacy material
+
+## Structural Recovery
+
+- improve multi-line table caption handling
+- distinguish equations, taxonomy outlines, and nested lists more accurately
+- support figure-to-text linking when explicit references exist
+- separate external asset inventory from inferred figure linkage confidence
+
+## Runtime and Packaging
+
+- harden the Docker/Compose runtime for reproducible cross-platform conversion
+- add a small HTTP service wrapper for queued conversions
+- publish container image and package release workflow
+
+## Integration
+
+- define a Didactopus source adapter for `doclift` bundles
+- define a GroundRecall importer for `doclift` manifests and sidecars
+- document provenance mapping from `doclift` artifacts into downstream stores