DOCUMENTS

Current drafts

Draft development, version control, and comments for these specifications are on GitHub. Specifications on GitHub.

FCL-CORE-0.1.2 — Draft · open for comment

Core Specification

The core data model: profile envelope, versioning and the reliance envelope, the ten layers, tier map, vertical configurations, AI usage axis, serialization, and three conformance classes — profile, registry, and verifier.

Thirteen open issues are identified in the specification itself.

FCL-RSL-BINDING-0.1 — Draft · open for comment

Binding to Really Simple Licensing

RSL answers whether a machine may ingest an asset. FCL answers what a creator may make with the underlying IP.

The namespace extension binds the two without requiring changes to RSL and without allowing either specification to broaden a permission the other prohibits.

FCL-REGISTRY-MARK-0.1 — Draft · open for comment

Registry and Certification Mark Model

Publishing, resolving, verifying, and displaying permission under the FCL family — registry objects, mark meaning, issuance, and verification.

FCL-CERTIFICATION-RULES-0.1 — Draft · open for comment

Certification Program Rules

Rules governing certification, certification-mark use, economic transparency, audits, suspension, and appeals.

GOVERNANCE — Current · open for comment

Governance and IPR

Custodian status, specification licensing, certification mark applications, antitrust posture, change process, conflicts of interest, dissolution, and the questions that remain unresolved.

This is a draft with no known implementations. It is published to be read critically.

Comments on any section are welcome, and comments on the open issues are especially useful.

If you are considering implementing the specification, please make contact first. We would rather discover and correct a defect now than have someone build a system that depends on it.