chore(license): switch from MIT to CC BY-NC 4.0

[AmitMY]

Summary

• Replace MIT LICENSE with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International.
• The project depends on briaai/RMBG-2.0, which is CC BY-NC 4.0; redistributing this project under MIT would have been inconsistent with that upstream license.

Test plan

• Confirm LICENSE text matches the canonical CC BY-NC 4.0 legal code.
• Verify GitHub detects the new license on the repo page.

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Note

Medium Risk
Code behavior is unchanged, but the repository’s licensing terms change materially (now non-commercial only), which can impact downstream usage and distribution compliance.

Overview
Updates LICENSE by replacing the MIT license with Creative Commons Attribution‑NonCommercial 4.0 International and adds a brief note attributing the change to the briaai/RMBG-2.0 dependency’s CC BY‑NC licensing.

No runtime or build logic changes; this PR is strictly a licensing/redistribution terms change.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated project license from MIT to Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License, which includes attribution and non-commercial use restrictions.

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ℹ️ Recent review info

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Review profile: CHILL

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Run ID: 9f5920c1-06db-41d7-b4d3-db02d38ed2d1

📥 Commits

Reviewing files that changed from the base of the PR and between ef1c547 and 7efc6a9.

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• LICENSE

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The LICENSE file is replaced entirely, changing from the MIT License (copyright © 2024 sign.mt ltd) to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License with attribution requirements tied to huggingface.co/briaai/RMBG-2.0.

Changes

License Update

Layer / File(s)	Summary
License Text Update LICENSE	Entire file replaced: MIT License removed and replaced with Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license text, including attribution and noncommercial terms.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Poem

🐰 From MIT's open door, we now take a different stride,
Creative Commons bounds our path with care and pride,
Non-commercial hearts rejoice at restrictions new,
Attribution flows like carrots, bright and true!
One file changed, one license blessed—huzzah! 🎉

✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch cc-by-nc-license

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