license: release Nexus Terminal under the GNU AGPL v3

- LICENSE: the GNU Affero General Public License, version 3 (verbatim
  from gnu.org).
- SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only plus a copyright line on every
  first-party source file (Rust, shell, Python, PHP); vendored crates keep
  their own licenses.
- Cargo manifests carry license/authors/repository; the macOS bundle
  copyright and the About page state the license and link the source.
- Release zips (and the macOS app bundle) include LICENSE.
- README: License section.

rust/app/Cargo.toml

@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 name = "nexus"
 version.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
+license.workspace = true
+authors.workspace = true
+repository.workspace = true
 build = "build.rs"
 
 [[bin]]

rust/app/build.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Embeds the icon and version info into the Windows executable.
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=../packaging/windows/nexus.ico");

rust/app/src/app.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! The main window: title bar, connection sidebar, tab strip and workspace (terminals, split
 //! panes, protocol viewers), right dock (SFTP or the profile editor), status bar, command
 //! palette, prompts and toasts. Session events from nexus-core are drained here every frame.

rust/app/src/chrome.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Window chrome: custom title bar, status bar, command palette, credential and host-key
 //! prompts, the main window's modal dialogs, toasts and resize edges.
 

rust/app/src/desktop_view.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Remote desktop viewer for VNC and RDP: the remote framebuffer as a texture, with mouse,
 //! keyboard and clipboard input. Input is expressed in X keysyms and VNC pointer masks (VNC's own
 //! terms); `Remote` translates them for RDP. Toolbar after the web build's `vnc.js` (status,

rust/app/src/forwards.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Port forwards dialog for a live SSH session: list, stop, add.
 
 use crate::chrome::modal;

rust/app/src/github_view.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! GitHub repository browser: owner groups of repo cards with ZIP download and Visit. Port of
 //! `github.js`.
 

rust/app/src/irc_view.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! IRC client view: room tabs, message log, composer and room/user lists. Port of `irc.js`;
 //! lines are `ircformat::format_event` spans drawn in the terminal theme's colours.
 

rust/app/src/main.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Nexus Terminal: SSH, Telnet, RAW TCP, Serial, VNC, IRC, GitHub and local terminals in one
 //! native window. `nexus-terminal [--theme pro|midnight|light] [--screenshot out.png] [--size WxH]`.
 #![cfg_attr(not(debug_assertions), windows_subsystem = "windows")]

rust/app/src/osc.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Finds the OSC sequences the VT parser ignores but Nexus uses: OSC 133 (shell integration
 //! marks: prompt, command, output, finished with exit status) and OSC 7 (the shell's working
 //! directory). Sequences may be split across reads, so the scanner keeps state between chunks.

rust/app/src/profile_editor.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Profile editor (right dock): create and edit every protocol's settings. A port of the
 //! `profiles.js` drawer plus the Serial protocol. Switching protocol keeps the common fields
 //! (including the group), and list editors keep unsaved edits.

rust/app/src/quick_connect.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Quick Connect dialog: an ad-hoc session without saving a profile.
 
 use crate::chrome::modal;

rust/app/src/raw_view.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! RAW TCP viewer: text / hex / split views of the capture, pause, clear, save, and a send bar.
 //! Port of the web build's `raw.js`. Sent data comes back through `Event::RawData` ("send"), so
 //! the echo of a sent entry needs no local bookkeeping.

rust/app/src/recordings.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Recordings browser and playback window (port of the RecordingManager in recordings.js).
 
 use crate::state::Shared;

rust/app/src/restore.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Reopens the previous run's tabs and splits at launch: saved profiles reconnect, local shells
 //! start again in the directory they were in. The layout is saved whenever it changes (not only on
 //! exit), so it survives a crash. Quick Connect tabs aren't restored (they have no saved profile).

rust/app/src/settings.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Settings window: General, Terminal, Security, Known Hosts, Help, About. Also the
 //! master-password dialog (strength meter + confirm) used to create or unlock the vault.
 
@@ -781,14 +784,21 @@ impl Settings {
     // --- About ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     fn about(&mut self, ui: &mut Ui, s: &mut Shared) {
+        const SOURCE_URL: &str = "https://github.com/andydixon/nexus";
         let t = Tokens::get(ui.ctx());
         ui.add_space(8.0);
         ui.label(RichText::new("Nexus Terminal").font(theme::semibold(22.0)));
         ui.label(RichText::new(format!("Version {}", nexus_core::service::VERSION)).color(t.text_dim));
         ui.label(RichText::new("Developed by Andy Dixon - dixon.cx/nexus").color(t.text_faint));
+        ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+            ui.label(RichText::new("Free software under the GNU Affero General Public License v3. Source:").color(t.text_faint));
+            if ui.link("github.com/andydixon/nexus").clicked() {
+                widgets::open_web_url(ui.ctx(), SOURCE_URL);
+            }
+        });
         ui.add_space(8.0);
         for f in [
-            "SSH, Telnet, RAW TCP, Serial, VNC, IRC, GitHub and local terminals",
+            "SSH, Telnet, RAW TCP, Serial, VNC, RDP, IRC, GitHub and local terminals",
             "AES-256-GCM encrypted credential vault",
             "Platform-native keychain integration",
             "SFTP file browser and transfer",

rust/app/src/sftp.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! SFTP browser (right dock), the file-drop dialog and the remote directory picker.
 //! Every SFTP call blocks on the network, so it runs on a worker thread; results come back
 //! through `inbox` and are applied on the UI thread at the start of the next frame.

rust/app/src/sidebar.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! The connection sidebar: Local Machine, Favourites, Recent, folders, Ungrouped; fuzzy search;
 //! click to connect, Ctrl/Cmd-click to multi-select, double-click to edit; bulk actions.
 

rust/app/src/snippets.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Snippet library window and the {{variable}} prompt (port of snippets.js).
 
 use crate::state::{Request, Shared};

rust/app/src/splits.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Split panes: a binary tree of sessions inside one tab. A new split starts as a placeholder
 //! pane offering Local Machine and the saved connections; ✕ on a pane promotes its sibling.
 

rust/app/src/ssh_keys.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! SSH Key Manager window: key pairs in ~/.ssh — copy public key, delete, generate (in-process, OpenSSH format).
 
 use crate::settings::{Job, poll};

rust/app/src/state.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! State shared by the main window and every feature module: the service, cached profiles and
 //! preferences, open tabs, toasts, and a request queue features use to ask the app to act.
 

rust/app/src/tabs.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! The tab strip and the workspace under it: the active tab's session (or its split panes),
 //! terminal find bar and connection overlays.
 

rust/app/src/terminal.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! TermView: an alacritty_terminal grid drawn with egui's painter. Bytes from a session go
 //! straight into the VT parser; keystrokes, paste, mouse reports and terminal replies come back
 //! out through `TermResponse` for the app to send to the session (and broadcast targets).

rust/app/src/terminal_themes.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! The 11 terminal colour schemes, generated from the web build's themes.js.
 
 pub struct TermTheme {

rust/app/src/theme.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Design system: colour tokens, radii and typography (Inter for UI, JetBrains Mono for bytes).
 //! Widgets read `Tokens::get(ctx)` instead of hard-coding colours, so every theme applies
 //! everywhere. Copied from Leviathan Desktop so both apps share one look.

rust/app/src/transfer.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Profile export/import: encrypted `.nexus` and plain JSON.
 
 use crate::settings::{Job, poll};

rust/app/src/triggers.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Trigger rules: match terminal output lines and notify / highlight / beep (port of triggers.js).
 //! Rules live in `triggers.json` in the data directory (the web build's localStorage rules are
 //! not migrated).

rust/app/src/views.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! How a session is drawn. Terminal-style protocols share `TermView`; the rest have their own.
 
 use crate::desktop_view::DesktopView;

rust/app/src/widgets.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Andy Dixon
+
 //! Shared widgets: section headers, buttons, chips, key/value grids, virtual lists, empty states.
 //! Colours always come from `Tokens`.