completed open source license and attributions

Author: affinity7software

MIT_License.md renamed to LICENSE

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-## 📄 License
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the MIT License. See [LICENSE](./LICENSE) for details.
+
+Third-party components used in GitHub Actions workflows and automation are documented in:
+- [THIRD-PARTY-ACTIONS-AND-TOOLS.md](./THIRD-PARTY-ACTIONS-AND-TOOLS.md)
 
-© 2025 Affinity7 Consulting Ltd  
-Licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE) — free to use, modify, and distribute with attribution.
 
 

README.md

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+# THIRD-PARTY-ACTIONS-AND-TOOLS
+
+This project uses the following external GitHub Actions and command-line tools in its CI/CD workflows.
+
+---
+
+## GitHub Actions
+
+- **actions/checkout@v4**  
+  License: MIT  
+  Source: https://github.com/actions/checkout
+
+- **tibdex/github-app-token@v1**  
+  License: MIT  
+  Source: https://github.com/tibdex/github-app-token
+
+- **imranismail/setup-kustomize@v2**  
+  License: MIT  
+  Source: https://github.com/imranismail/setup-kustomize
+
+- **actions/upload-artifact@v4**  
+  License: MIT  
+  Source: https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact
+
+---
+
+## CLI / Unix Tools
+
+These tools are installed or invoked directly in the workflow:
+
+- **curl**  
+  License: curl license (similar to MIT)  
+  Source: https://curl.se/
+
+- **gettext/envsubst**  
+  License: GPL-3.0-or-later  
+  Source: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/
+
+- **yq (mikefarah/yq)**  
+  License: MIT  
+  Source: https://github.com/mikefarah/yq
+
+- **jq**  
+  License: MIT  
+  Source: https://github.com/stedolan/jq
+
+- **kustomize**  
+  License: Apache-2.0  
+  Source: https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize
+
+- **bash**, **find**, **grep**, **chmod**, **cp**, **mkdir**, etc.  
+  License: GPL / BSD / Public Domain (varies by utility)  
+  Included as standard tools in most Linux distributions
+
+---
+
+This file is provided to comply with open source license obligations and to clearly document external components used in GitHub workflows and automation.