feat(services): open-core community/professional tier split

Pro-tier honeypots load from an optional decnet/services/pro/ subpackage that
the registry auto-discovers when present; the Community build omits it, so the
directory's absence IS the entitlement gate (no runtime licence check). Recurse
subclasses so a pro service may extend a community one. Exclude pro from the
community wheel and git-ignore the path (it lives in the private
decnet-professional repo).

Add LICENSING.md documenting the dual-license: AGPL-3.0-or-later core plus a
commercial EULA for the Professional tier.
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# Licensing
DECNET is **dual-licensed open core**.
## Community (this repository)
DECNET core — everything in this repository — is licensed under the **GNU Affero
General Public License v3.0 or later (AGPL-3.0-or-later)**. See [LICENSE](./LICENSE).
AGPL (not GPL) is deliberate: DECNET is a network-deployed honeypot platform, so
the AGPL §13 network-use clause matters — anyone who offers DECNET to others over
a network must make their source available. GPLv3 would leave that loophole open.
## Commercial / Professional
Because the DECNET Foundation holds copyright in the core, the core is **also
available under a commercial license**. A commercial core license is what lets
the proprietary **DECNET Professional** add-on (advanced honeypots, distributed
separately) be combined and shipped with the core without triggering the AGPL's
copyleft obligations.
DECNET Professional itself is closed source, licensed under the
[DECNET Commercial EULA](https://github.com/DECNET-Foundation/decnet-professional),
and is **not** part of this repository. The open-core build neither contains nor
depends on it.
| Tier | Code | License |
|--------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| Community | this repo | AGPL-3.0-or-later |
| Professional | `decnet/services/pro/` (private repo) | DECNET Commercial EULA |
To use DECNET core under terms other than the AGPL, or to obtain DECNET
Professional, contact **licensing@decnet.cl**.
## Contributing
Contributions to the core are accepted under the AGPL. Because the project is
dual-licensed, contributors must agree that their contributions may also be
distributed under the commercial license (a CLA / DCO sign-off). Relicensing
requires that the Foundation hold or be granted rights to all contributed code.