Félix Malfait a9d996ff7e Clarify application licensing and add trademark policy (#23564)
## What

- `twenty-sdk`, `twenty-client-sdk`, `create-twenty-app`,
`twenty-shared` and `twenty-ui` are now MIT (package.json + LICENSE
files). The SDKs are bundled into third-party applications and app front
components import twenty-ui, so these need a permissive license for apps
to be licensable by their authors. `twenty-shared` is included because
both SDKs inline it at build time; an MIT SDK bundling AGPL code would
defeat the purpose. Apps under `packages/twenty-apps` were already MIT.
- Added a "Twenty Application Exception" to LICENSE (additional
permission under AGPLv3 section 7): applications that interact with
Twenty through the app platform interfaces (APIs, manifests, logic
functions, front components, SDKs) are not subject to copyleft and can
be licensed freely by their authors. Modifying Twenty itself remains
fully AGPL, including the network clause.
- Rewrote the LICENSE intro to describe the three licensing zones (AGPL,
Enterprise-marked files, MIT packages) and fixed the intro incorrectly
saying "GPL".
- Added TRADEMARK.md: what anyone can do without asking (self-host,
"built on Twenty", forks under their own name) and what requires
permission (using the name or logo for a product, domain, or hosted
offering).

## Why

Gives app developers and partners legal certainty that building on the
platform does not pull their apps under AGPL, while the core stays AGPL.

The exception and trademark wording should get a legal review before
being announced.
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