License

© 2026 Jordan Newell. All rights not expressly granted below are reserved.

This site is a hybrid: source code I share openly, writing I protect with attribution, brand I keep fully proprietary. The breakdown below applies to everything atjordannewell.com and to thesource repository.

Source code — BUSL-1.1

All code in this repository — Astro components, TypeScript modules, shell scripts, build configuration, deploy tooling — is licensed under theBusiness Source License 1.1 (BUSL-1.1): source-available, with a Change Date of 2030-10-12, at which point it converts to theMIT License.

Personal and noncommercial use — including in production — is permitted.Commercial use requires a separate, written license.

If you study this codebase to learn how I deploy, structure, or operate the blog, that's the point. Fork it, learn from it, ship your own version with attribution.

Content — CC BY-NC 4.0

All written content — blog posts, project descriptions, the about page, contributions entries — is licensed underCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International(CC BY-NC 4.0).

You may:

  • Share — copy and redistribute the content in any medium or format
  • Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the content

Under the following terms:

  • Attribution — You must give appropriate credit (Jordan Newell, with link to the canonical URL), and indicate if you made changes.
  • NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes without explicit written permission.

Brand elements — All Rights Reserved

The following brand-identity assets are All Rights Reserved and may not be reproduced, modified, or distributed without explicit written permission:

  • The "JN" monogram — favicon, inline avatar, and Open Graph card (og-card.png)
  • The N mark in all renditions (n-balloon.png, n-balloon-dark.png, and the NEWELL icon used in dark mode)
  • The Jordan character illustration (jordan-character-light.svg, jordan-character-dark.png)
  • The full jordannewell.com visual identity — color palette, ledger-row layout, typography pairing (JetBrains Mono / Newsreader) as deployed on the live site
  • The "operator shipping in public" tagline as a brand identifier

This is the brand. It's not for cloning.

Attribution & inquiries

Canonical license file: LICENSE in the repo. This page is a human-readable summary; the LICENSE file controls in any conflict.