docs: add trademark non-affiliation notice (README + NOTICE)

Add a Trademarks & disclaimer section to the README and a root NOTICE
file stating this is an independent, unofficial project not affiliated
with Samsung, and that Samsung/SmartThings marks are used nominatively.

Ship NOTICE inside the distributed artifacts by adding it to
license-files (wheel .dist-info/licenses/) and the sdist include list.
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Jack Nagy
2026-08-07 16:46:47 +01:00
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SmartThings-Local
Copyright (c) 2026 Jack Nagy
This software is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for
the full terms.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trademarks & disclaimer
------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is an independent, unofficial project. It is NOT affiliated with,
authorised, endorsed, or sponsored by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. or any
of its subsidiaries.
"Samsung", "SmartThings", and any related names, marks, and logos are
trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. They are used in this project
only nominatively -- to identify the hardware and protocols this software
interoperates with -- and no claim is made to any right in them. Use of
these marks does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by their
owner.
The software is provided for interoperability with hardware you own,
without warranty of any kind.
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## Contributing
If you submit a PR, please don't include real device UUIDs, MACs, serials, IPs, or bearer tokens. Use the placeholders from `.env.example`.
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## Trademarks & disclaimer
This is an independent, unofficial project. It is **not affiliated with, authorised, endorsed, or sponsored by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.** or any of its subsidiaries.
"Samsung", "SmartThings", and any related names, marks, and logos are trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. They are used in this project **only nominatively** — to identify the hardware and protocols this software interoperates with — and no claim is made to any right in them. Use of these marks does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by their owner.
The software is provided under the [MIT License](LICENSE) for interoperability with hardware you own, without warranty of any kind.
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readme = "README.md"
requires-python = ">=3.11"
license = "MIT"
license-files = ["LICENSE"]
license-files = ["LICENSE", "NOTICE"]
authors = [{ name = "Jack Nagy" }]
keywords = ["smartthings", "samsung", "ocf", "coap", "dtls", "home-assistant", "iot"]
classifiers = [
@@ -60,5 +60,6 @@ include = [
"tests",
"README.md",
"LICENSE",
"NOTICE",
"pyproject.toml",
]