License¶

MIT License¶

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.

Attribution¶

Ralph Orchestrator is based on the Ralph Wiggum technique created by Geoffrey Huntley. The original concept and technique are used with permission and gratitude.

Third-Party Licenses¶

Ralph Orchestrator uses the following open-source libraries:

Python Standard Library¶

License: Python Software Foundation License
URL: https://docs.python.org/3/license.html

Optional Dependencies¶

Rich (Terminal Formatting)¶

License: MIT
URL: https://github.com/Textualize/rich
Copyright: Will McGugan

Click (CLI Framework)¶

License: BSD-3-Clause
URL: https://github.com/pallets/click
Copyright: Pallets

Plotly (Visualization)¶

License: MIT
URL: https://github.com/plotly/plotly.py
Copyright: Plotly, Inc.

PyYAML (YAML Processing)¶

License: MIT
URL: https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml
Copyright: Kirill Simonov

Pandas (Data Analysis)¶

License: BSD-3-Clause
URL: https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas
Copyright: The Pandas Development Team

Development Dependencies¶

Pytest (Testing)¶

License: MIT
URL: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
Copyright: Holger Krekel and others

MkDocs (Documentation)¶

License: BSD-2-Clause
URL: https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs
Copyright: Tom Christie

Material for MkDocs (Theme)¶

License: MIT
URL: https://github.com/squidfunk/mkdocs-material
Copyright: Martin Donath

AI Agent CLIs¶

Ralph Orchestrator integrates with the following AI agent CLI tools, which have their own licenses:

Claude CLI¶

Provider: Anthropic
License: See Claude CLI documentation
URL: https://claude.ai/code

Gemini CLI¶

Provider: Google
License: See Gemini CLI documentation
URL: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli

Q Chat¶

Provider: Q Chat Team
License: See Q Chat documentation
URL: https://github.com/qchat/qchat

Documentation License¶

The Ralph Orchestrator documentation is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

You are free to: - Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format - Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially

Under the following terms: - Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made

Contributing¶

By contributing to Ralph Orchestrator, you agree that your contributions will be licensed under the MIT License.

Patent Notice¶

This software is provided "as is" without any patent licenses or grants. Users are responsible for ensuring their use of Ralph Orchestrator does not infringe on any patents.

Trademark Notice¶

The name "Ralph Orchestrator" and the Ralph Wiggum technique are not registered trademarks. The Simpsons and Ralph Wiggum are trademarks of their respective owners and are referenced here for descriptive purposes only.

Export Compliance¶

This software may be subject to export control laws and regulations. Users are responsible for compliance with all applicable export control laws and regulations.

Disclaimer¶

The authors and contributors of Ralph Orchestrator: - Make no warranties about the suitability of this software for any purpose - Are not responsible for any damages or losses arising from the use of this software - Do not provide any guarantee of support or maintenance

Questions¶

For licensing questions, please: - Open an issue on GitHub - Contact the maintainers through GitHub discussions

Summary¶

Software: MIT License (permissive, commercial use allowed)
Documentation: CC BY 4.0 (attribution required)
Dependencies: Various open-source licenses (mostly MIT/BSD)
Contribution: By contributing, you agree to MIT License

Last updated: 2025-09-08