chore: relicense MIT -> PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0; add support link (v0.18.1)

aci-sim remains free for personal/lab/research and other noncommercial use;
commercial use now requires permission. README gains a Buy-Me-a-Coffee badge.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html)
(pre-1.0: minor bumps may include breaking changes to the sim's behavior).
## [0.18.1] - 2026-07-07
### Changed
- **License: MIT -> PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0** — aci-sim stays free for
personal, lab, research, and other noncommercial use; commercial use now
requires the author's permission. (`LICENSE`, `pyproject.toml` SPDX field,
README badge + License section.)
- README: added a Buy-Me-a-Coffee badge/link.
## [0.18.0] - 2026-07-06
### Added
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MIT License
PolyForm Noncommercial License 1.0.0
Copyright (c) 2026 aci-sim contributors
Required Notice: Copyright (c) 2026 Tao D (https://github.com/dtzp555-max/aci-sim)
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<https://polyformproject.org/licenses/noncommercial/1.0.0>
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@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ run Ansible `cisco.aci` playbooks, ACI SDKs, or an AI agent against it like
real gear, with no hardware required.
[![CI](https://github.com/dtzp555-max/aci-sim/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/dtzp555-max/aci-sim/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](LICENSE)
[![License: PolyForm Noncommercial](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-PolyForm_Noncommercial-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
[![Buy Me a Coffee](https://img.shields.io/badge/Buy_Me_a_Coffee-ffdd00?logo=buy-me-a-coffee&logoColor=black)](https://buymeacoffee.com/dtzp555)
[![Python 3.11+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11+-blue.svg)](pyproject.toml)
A faithful REST **simulator of a 2-site Cisco ACI fabric** — a per-site APIC
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## License
MIT — see `LICENSE`.
PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0 — free for personal, lab, research, and any other
noncommercial use. Commercial use needs my permission first. See `LICENSE`.
Built nights and weekends. If aci-sim saves you a lab, you can
[buy me a coffee](https://buymeacoffee.com/dtzp555). ☕
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[project]
name = "aci-sim"
version = "0.18.0"
version = "0.18.1"
description = "Faithful REST simulator of a 2-site Cisco ACI fabric (per-site APIC + ND/NDO)"
readme = "README.md"
license = "MIT"
license = "PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0"
authors = [
{ name = "aci-sim contributors" },
]
requires-python = ">=3.11"
classifiers = [
# No "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License" classifier: the SPDX
# `license = "MIT"` field above supersedes license classifiers (PEP 639)
# No license classifier: the SPDX `license` field above supersedes
# license classifiers (PEP 639)
# and modern setuptools rejects having both.
"Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
"Intended Audience :: Developers",