diff --git a/PRODUCT.md b/PRODUCT.md
index 53eb090..adc5eee 100644
--- a/PRODUCT.md
+++ b/PRODUCT.md
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ web
 ## Users
 
 - **Primary: self-hosters.** Developers and sysadmins who run their own
-  infrastructure and want a CAPTCHA they control instead of a SaaS (ALTCHA
-  Sentinel, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha). They deploy the server with Docker or a
+  infrastructure and want a CAPTCHA they control instead of a third-party
+  service (reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Turnstile) or a commercial licence (ALTCHA
+  Sentinel). They deploy the server with Docker or a
   binary, create one API key per site, wire the widget into their forms and
   call `/api/v1/verify` from their backend. Comfortable with a terminal,
   environment variables and a reverse proxy.
@@ -36,8 +37,9 @@ running.
 
 ## Positioning
 
-Same open ALTCHA protocol and official widget as ALTCHA Sentinel, but free,
-self-hosted and fully owned: no cloud, no tracking, no external dependencies
+Same open ALTCHA protocol and official widget as ALTCHA Sentinel. Sentinel is
+self-hosted too: the difference is the licence and the scope. GateCHA is free,
+MIT-licensed, never calls home and covers the essentials: no cloud, no tracking, no external dependencies
 in SQLite mode. GateCHA is not affiliated with ALTCHA, and every surface that
 compares them says so.
 
@@ -96,6 +98,9 @@ Three repositories, one product:
   copy, privacy claims stated precisely (what does and does not leave the
   browser).
 - Always state non-affiliation with ALTCHA when comparing to Sentinel.
+- Sentinel is self-hosted commercial software; ALTCHA's SaaS is ALTCHA Cloud.
+  Never describe Sentinel as a cloud service, and only state Sentinel features
+  checked on altcha.org.
 
 ## Evidence on Hand
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 41e20ee..d0b562e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 🌐 **[Website](https://gatecha.org)** · 📖 **[Documentation](https://gatecha.org/docs)** · 🧩 **[WordPress plugin](https://github.com/Upellift99/GateCHA-WordPress)**
 
-GateCHA is an open-source alternative to [ALTCHA Sentinel](https://altcha.org/docs/v2/sentinel/). It wraps the [ALTCHA](https://altcha.org/) proof-of-work CAPTCHA protocol with a management layer: API key management, per-site configuration, replay protection, and a dashboard with statistics.
+GateCHA is a free, open-source alternative to [ALTCHA Sentinel](https://altcha.org/docs/sentinel/), ALTCHA's commercial self-hosted server. It wraps the [ALTCHA](https://altcha.org/) proof-of-work CAPTCHA protocol with a management layer: API key management, per-site configuration, replay protection, and a dashboard with statistics. GateCHA is not affiliated with ALTCHA.
 
 ## Features
 
diff --git a/internal/his/his.go b/internal/his/his.go
index 9c7e061..b0f2858 100644
--- a/internal/his/his.go
+++ b/internal/his/his.go
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 // Signature": it scores aggregate client interaction signals to estimate the
 // probability that a verification was automated.
 //
-// This is GateCHA's open-source take on the concept behind ALTCHA Sentinel's
-// proprietary HIS. It deliberately consumes only privacy-preserving aggregates
+// This is GateCHA's open-source take on the Human Interaction Signature concept
+// found in ALTCHA Sentinel. It deliberately consumes only privacy-preserving aggregates
 // (counts, distances, durations, timing variance) — never raw coordinates,
 // timestamps, or key contents — so it leaks nothing about what the user typed
 // or where they pointed.