# Licensing and provenance

Stand: 13. September 2026

## Release license

The release is distributed under `GPL-2.0-or-later`. The complete GPL version 2
text is included in `LICENSE.txt`. The plugin header and WordPress readme use
the same license identifier and URI.

## Provenance evidence

- The historical Bandmanager documentation identifies the author and
  states “GPLv2 oder höher”. Its file is retained in the source archive as
  `scinet-bandmanager-dokumentation.pdf` and is excluded from release ZIPs
  because its installation and Bootstrap notes are obsolete.
- The current plugin is visibly derived from the historical Bandmanager code.
  The original storage identifiers and public compatibility API are retained
  to protect existing installations.
- Changes prepared in 2026 are attributed to Denise Hollstein, scinet studio and are
  released under the same `GPL-2.0-or-later` terms.

The author and publisher is Denise Hollstein, scinet studio. The user confirmed
her name change on 13 September 2026. The identity relationship to the
historical authorship is therefore resolved; the original evidence is preserved.
This confirmation does not grant rights to any unrelated third-party material.

## Distributed files

- `scinet-bandmanager.php`, `shortcodes/`, `assets/`, `uninstall.php`: project
  code and styles, GPL-2.0-or-later.
- `readme.txt`, translation catalogues and this licensing documentation:
  project documentation/data, GPL-2.0-or-later.
- `LICENSE.txt`: verbatim GNU General Public License version 2 license text.

## Excluded source evidence

`scinet-bandmanager-dokumentation.pdf` was generated with PyFPDF 1.7.2. It has
no embedded images or fonts and uses standard Helvetica. It is retained only as
historical evidence and is not distributed in the installable ZIP.
