Switch license from Apache 2.0 to BSL 1.1

- Business Source License 1.1 with 7-year conversion period
- Change Date: March 14, 2033 (converts to Apache 2.0)
- Additional Use Grant: all uses permitted except offering certctl
  as a hosted/managed certificate management service
- Update README badge and license section

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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A self-hosted certificate lifecycle platform. Track, renew, and deploy TLS certificates across your infrastructure with a web dashboard, REST API, and agent-based architecture where private keys never leave your servers.
[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%202.0-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-BSL%201.1-blue.svg)](LICENSE)
[![Go Report Card](https://goreportcard.com/badge/github.com/shankar0123/certctl)](https://goreportcard.com/report/github.com/shankar0123/certctl)
![Status: Active Development](https://img.shields.io/badge/status-active%20development-green)
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## License
Certctl is licensed under the [Apache License 2.0](LICENSE). See LICENSE file for details.
Certctl is licensed under the [Business Source License 1.1](LICENSE). The source code is publicly available and free to use, modify, and self-host. The one restriction: you may not offer certctl as a managed/hosted certificate management service to third parties.
On **March 14, 2033** (7 years from initial release), the license automatically converts to [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0) and all restrictions are removed.
For commercial licensing inquiries, contact skreddy040@gmail.com.