add asset licensing notices

Adds ASSETS.md, NOTICE.md, per-directory READMEs, third-party license
texts, a CI check that notices don't rot, and README forking-guideline
updates. Carves commissioned artwork, the licensed icon system, and
Bluesky marks out of the blanket MIT license. See LEGMS-208.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The load-screen illustration in this directory was commissioned by Bluesky Social PBC from
illustrator [Owen D. Pomery](https://owenpomery.com/work), through his agent
[Brilliant Artists Ltd](https://brilliantartists.co.uk/). Copyright in the artwork remains with
the artist.
**This artwork is not covered by the [MIT license](../../LICENSE) that applies to the rest of
this repository.** Our license is limited to Bluesky's own products and channels, it is exclusive
to us, and it does not permit us to sublicense the artwork or to distribute modified versions
of it.
If you are forking this repository, replace these files. Because our license is exclusive, the
artwork is not available for separate third-party licensing while that license runs — please do
not approach the artist or his agent for permission.
Adding a file here? It is carved out of the MIT license by directory, so a new file inherits
that treatment automatically. If the file is not commissioned artwork covered by this notice,
put it somewhere else.
See [`ASSETS.md`](../../ASSETS.md) for the full asset licensing picture.