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 — MIT

All code in this repository — Astro components, TypeScript modules, shell scripts, build configuration, deploy tooling — is licensed under the 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.

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.

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 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
  • The site's "Live" operator-signals section as a distinctive design element

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.