docs(license): flag the earlier copyright-registration deadline

If the July and August 2026 pushes of the 1.1 code to the public Gitea count
as publication, the three-month window for statutory damages and fees closes
around 29 October to 1 November 2026, not January 2027.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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US$65), and exclude AI-generated material that is more than trivial.
Registration is needed to sue and to keep a takedown in place after a
counter-notice. Statutory damages and fees also depend on registering within
three months of publication. 1.2 and 1.3 were published on 18 and 19 October
2026, so that window closes around 18 January 2027.
three months of first publication.
- 1.2 and 1.3 reached AMO on 18 and 19 October 2026, so their window runs to
about 18 January 2027.
- The 1.1 code was pushed to the public Gitea in July and August 2026. If
those pushes count as publication, its window closes around 29 October to
1 November 2026. The old license's copy ban suggests they didn't, but that
reading is low confidence.
- So file by late October 2026 to be safe, and have an IP attorney confirm.
- **Replace the Chrome repository's `LICENSE.txt`.** It still carries the old
EULA and the public@zavage.net contact.
- **Report clones** through Mozilla's infringement form or