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= Rebel Earthling License (RE License) =


The **Rebel Earthling License (RE License)** is a unique licensing model designed to support ethical, traceable, and community-driven content. It enables a dual-function approach, making it suitable for both blockchain-stored and non-blockchain files while ensuring that all contributions, updates, and modifications are transparently logged and attributed.
The '''Rebel Earthling License (RE License)''' is a unique licensing framework designed to embed, verify, and manage digital rights metadata across any file type, in a secure and decentralized manner. Built within the [[Seigr Ecosystem]], the RE License provides a transparent and community-driven ethics model for creative and technical work. Functioning on an IPFS-backed blockchain, contributions become verifiable and shareable, empowering creators with detailed tracking and cumulative collaboration across projects.
 
The RE License enables projects to track, validate, and build upon contributions sustainably, preserving the ethical impact of each element. This modular approach aligns with Seigr’s blockchain, connecting each piece directly to a reward-based structure that honors both contribution and collaboration.


== Purpose of the RE License ==
== Purpose of the RE License ==


The RE License’s core mission is to:
The RE License serves several primary goals:
* Empower creators to share, adapt, and build upon original works with full transparency and traceability.
* Facilitate ethical and sustainable practices within a collaborative ecosystem.
* Provide robust tracking for files stored on blockchain and non-blockchain systems, supporting a decentralized library of all versions and their contributors.
 
== Key Elements of the RE License ==
 
The RE License is structured around several key components that ensure traceability, compatibility, and ethical alignment.
 
=== 1. Collaborative Contribution Log ===
Every file licensed under RE includes a **Collaborative Contribution Log** that documents all contributors, whether the work is music, video, text, code, or other media. This log captures:
* '''Contributor Name(s)''': Listing all creators who contributed to each version.
* '''Contribution Type''': A description of each change, such as “visual enhancement,” “audio remix,” or “code update.”
* '''Timestamp''': Date and time of the modification for chronological tracking.
* '''Change Description''': Summary of the change made.
* '''Version Number/Hash''': Each version is assigned a sequential number (for non-blockchain) or cryptographic hash (for blockchain).
* '''Licensing Tag''': Indicates permissions or restrictions specific to the contribution (e.g., “non-commercial use only”).
* '''Sustainability and Ethics Tags''': Optional tag for contributors to specify eco-friendly practices or ethical considerations.
 
=== 2. Dual-Compatibility Structure ===
The RE License is designed to work seamlessly with both blockchain-stored and non-blockchain files:
* **Blockchain-Compatible Metadata**: For files stored on blockchain, a cryptographic hash identifies each version, linking all updates and modifications.
* **Embedded Metadata for Non-Blockchain Files**: For traditional file sharing, the RE License metadata is embedded within the file’s properties, remaining intact and accessible across different devices and platforms.


=== 3. Digital Signature Integration ===
'''Empowering Collaborative Creation''': The license encourages contributors to share, adapt, and build upon work with transparent attribution and traceability.
To ensure authenticity, a **digital signature tool** will allow users to embed a license fingerprint directly into any file. This signature includes:
'''Modular Contribution Tracking and Rewards''': Contributions are traceable and rewardable within Seigr’s blockchain, allowing modular development and continuous engagement.
* License type (RE License)
'''Sustainability and Ethics''': By aligning with Seigr’s values, the RE License promotes sustainable practices, ensuring contributions align with a commitment to ethical impact.
* Original author
== Key Features of the RE License ==
* File version
* Timestamps
* Digital hash for blockchain compatibility (optional)


This digital signature ensures that the RE License and its metadata remain embedded within the file, enabling traceability even if the file is shared, duplicated, or modified.
The RE License includes core components that ensure transparency, adaptability, and a community-centered focus.


=== 4. Unified Contributor Registry ===
=== Universal Metadata Embedding ===
The RE License maintains a **Global Contributor Registry**:
* Each contributor’s work across RE-licensed projects is visible and searchable.
* Contributors can link their entries to a pseudonym or external profile, maintaining credit across all contributions.


=== 5. Community Integrity and Flagging ===
'''Description''': Embeds metadata in any file type without altering the file's core format. This metadata includes the creator’s unique RE License signature, enabling universal verification.
A **Community Integrity Flagging System** will be available to uphold the RE License’s ethical standards:
'''Implementation''': Metadata is embedded as a hash, serving as a unique RE License "signature" that can later be decoded to retrieve details like creator, permissions, blockchain information, and more.
* Community members can flag any contributions or uses that violate ethical guidelines (e.g., environmentally harmful applications).
'''IPFS Integration''': Metadata files are securely stored on IPFS, ensuring that metadata can be accessed via its hash, enabling decentralized and tamper-resistant records.
* Flagged contributions are noted in the blockchain metadata and embedded file metadata, alerting users to any potential ethical issues.
=== IPFS Daemon Integration ===


== Practical Workflow ==
'''Description''': Uses IPFS for decentralized storage and retrieval, with an integrated IPFS daemon managed by the RE License app.
'''Setup''': Users can enable an IPFS daemon, which automatically handles metadata uploads and retrievals, or they may connect to a shared IPFS node.
'''Graceful Start and Shutdown''': A shutdown function is integrated, ensuring IPFS ends gracefully, freeing up system resources upon app exit.
=== Contribution and Management Logs ===


The RE License Verification Tool will facilitate easy adoption and transparency for creators and collaborators:
'''Description''': Each embedded file has a JSON metadata file created or updated. This file records:
Creator Identity: Alias, wallet, and blockchain.
Permissions: Commercial and royalty permissions.
Timestamp: Date the RE License metadata was created.
Signature: Digital signature linking back to the creator’s key.
'''Centralized Access''': Creators can access all licensed files, track modifications, and manage their contributions through a unified view.
=== Decoding and Metadata Retrieval ===


1. **File Creation**: The original author creates the file and applies the RE License metadata with the digital signature tool.
'''Description''': The RE License app provides a decoding module that verifies and extracts metadata hashes from any licensed file.
2. **Modification Logging**: As contributors make changes, they use the tool to log their name, type of contribution, and a brief change description. These entries are added to the metadata.
'''Functionality''': The extracted hash is used to locate the metadata JSON on IPFS or locally, populating RE License details for verification.
3. **Blockchain Updates**: If stored on the blockchain, each version update creates a new cryptographic hash, which is stored as a unique entry on the blockchain.
'''Error Handling''': Clear logging and feedback are provided if metadata is missing, incomplete, or incorrectly formatted, ensuring transparency.
4. **File Verification**: Recipients can access the file’s full history using the RE License Verification Tool, which displays the contribution log and verifies against blockchain data.
=== Community Flagging Protocol ===
5. **Global Recognition**: Each new contributor is added to the Unified Contributor Registry, making their contributions verifiable across the RE network.


== Goals for Development ==
'''Description''': Enables contributors or community members to flag contributions for review, ensuring alignment with ethical standards and shared community values.
== Seigr Blockchain Integration ==


1. **Tool for Digital Signature Integration**: Develop an open-source tool for embedding RE License metadata into any file format.
The RE License integrates with Seigr’s IPFS-based blockchain, allowing for decentralized file hosting, traceability, and ethical rewards. Key aspects of this integration include:
2. **RE License Verification Tool**: Provide users with a straightforward tool for reading metadata, logging modifications, and verifying contributions.
3. **Blockchain and Non-Blockchain Compatibility**: Ensure that all files can transition seamlessly between blockchain storage and traditional storage while retaining full contribution history.
4. **Global Contributor Registry**: Create a searchable database of all contributors across RE-licensed projects, with support for linked identities.
5. **Community Integrity Protocol**: Implement a flagging system for community members to report contributions that misalign with ethical guidelines.


== Future Considerations ==
'''Decentralized File Hosting and Rewards''': Nodes within Seigr’s ecosystem participate in decentralized file hosting, and are rewarded for uptime based on the IPFS files they serve.
'''Proof of Contribution''': Each contribution’s origin, history, and adaptations are stored on IPFS, creating a verifiable trace of contributions aligned with Seigr’s ethical values.
'''Community-Aligned Incentives''': By upholding ethical standards, contributors are rewarded based on quality, collaboration, and alignment with the Seigr community's values.
== Working with the RE License ==


We may consider the following enhancements as the RE License evolves:
Install and Launch: Run the RE License app with the IPFS daemon or shared IPFS node support.
* **API Integration**: Allow websites to embed live metadata from the RE License repository.
Embed Metadata: License any file by embedding its RE License metadata.
* **Cross-License Compatibility**: Ensure compatibility with other open-source licenses, such as Creative Commons or MIT, to enable broader adoption.
Manage Licensed Files: Access and manage licensed works from the manage page, where you can view and retrieve metadata.
* **Dynamic Online Verification**: Enable automatic license verification for online content linked to the RE License, so that websites can provide a real-time view of the content’s version history and contributors.
Decode RE License: Decode licensed files to verify their metadata, permissions, and creator details.
The RE License is a dynamic, ethical solution designed to foster sustainable open collaboration. By enabling transparency and traceability, it ensures the contributions within Seigr’s ecosystem remain valuable and accessible to the community.


== Next Steps ==
== Learn More ==


1. Finalize the RE License metadata structure for both blockchain and non-blockchain applications.
To explore each feature in detail, see:
2. Develop the Digital Signature Tool and the RE License Verification Tool.
3. Test the Community Integrity Protocol with a small group of beta users to gather feedback.
4. Establish the Unified Contributor Registry to centralize and standardize contribution recognition.


This page will be updated as development progresses, ensuring the RE License remains adaptable, ethical, and in alignment with Rebel Earthling’s mission.
* [[Universal Metadata Embedding]]
* [[IPFS Integration]]
* [[Contribution Management Logs]]
* [[Decoding and Metadata Retrieval]]
* [[Community Flagging Protocol]]
The RE License is more than a licensing framework—it embodies Seigr’s commitment to sustainable, open, and ethical collaboration for all community members.

Latest revision as of 04:00, 30 October 2024

Rebel Earthling License (RE License)[edit]

The Rebel Earthling License (RE License) is a unique licensing framework designed to embed, verify, and manage digital rights metadata across any file type, in a secure and decentralized manner. Built within the Seigr Ecosystem, the RE License provides a transparent and community-driven ethics model for creative and technical work. Functioning on an IPFS-backed blockchain, contributions become verifiable and shareable, empowering creators with detailed tracking and cumulative collaboration across projects.

The RE License enables projects to track, validate, and build upon contributions sustainably, preserving the ethical impact of each element. This modular approach aligns with Seigr’s blockchain, connecting each piece directly to a reward-based structure that honors both contribution and collaboration.

Purpose of the RE License[edit]

The RE License serves several primary goals:

Empowering Collaborative Creation: The license encourages contributors to share, adapt, and build upon work with transparent attribution and traceability. Modular Contribution Tracking and Rewards: Contributions are traceable and rewardable within Seigr’s blockchain, allowing modular development and continuous engagement. Sustainability and Ethics: By aligning with Seigr’s values, the RE License promotes sustainable practices, ensuring contributions align with a commitment to ethical impact.

Key Features of the RE License[edit]

The RE License includes core components that ensure transparency, adaptability, and a community-centered focus.

Universal Metadata Embedding[edit]

Description: Embeds metadata in any file type without altering the file's core format. This metadata includes the creator’s unique RE License signature, enabling universal verification. Implementation: Metadata is embedded as a hash, serving as a unique RE License "signature" that can later be decoded to retrieve details like creator, permissions, blockchain information, and more. IPFS Integration: Metadata files are securely stored on IPFS, ensuring that metadata can be accessed via its hash, enabling decentralized and tamper-resistant records.

IPFS Daemon Integration[edit]

Description: Uses IPFS for decentralized storage and retrieval, with an integrated IPFS daemon managed by the RE License app. Setup: Users can enable an IPFS daemon, which automatically handles metadata uploads and retrievals, or they may connect to a shared IPFS node. Graceful Start and Shutdown: A shutdown function is integrated, ensuring IPFS ends gracefully, freeing up system resources upon app exit.

Contribution and Management Logs[edit]

Description: Each embedded file has a JSON metadata file created or updated. This file records: Creator Identity: Alias, wallet, and blockchain. Permissions: Commercial and royalty permissions. Timestamp: Date the RE License metadata was created. Signature: Digital signature linking back to the creator’s key. Centralized Access: Creators can access all licensed files, track modifications, and manage their contributions through a unified view.

Decoding and Metadata Retrieval[edit]

Description: The RE License app provides a decoding module that verifies and extracts metadata hashes from any licensed file. Functionality: The extracted hash is used to locate the metadata JSON on IPFS or locally, populating RE License details for verification. Error Handling: Clear logging and feedback are provided if metadata is missing, incomplete, or incorrectly formatted, ensuring transparency.

Community Flagging Protocol[edit]

Description: Enables contributors or community members to flag contributions for review, ensuring alignment with ethical standards and shared community values.

Seigr Blockchain Integration[edit]

The RE License integrates with Seigr’s IPFS-based blockchain, allowing for decentralized file hosting, traceability, and ethical rewards. Key aspects of this integration include:

Decentralized File Hosting and Rewards: Nodes within Seigr’s ecosystem participate in decentralized file hosting, and are rewarded for uptime based on the IPFS files they serve. Proof of Contribution: Each contribution’s origin, history, and adaptations are stored on IPFS, creating a verifiable trace of contributions aligned with Seigr’s ethical values. Community-Aligned Incentives: By upholding ethical standards, contributors are rewarded based on quality, collaboration, and alignment with the Seigr community's values.

Working with the RE License[edit]

Install and Launch: Run the RE License app with the IPFS daemon or shared IPFS node support. Embed Metadata: License any file by embedding its RE License metadata. Manage Licensed Files: Access and manage licensed works from the manage page, where you can view and retrieve metadata. Decode RE License: Decode licensed files to verify their metadata, permissions, and creator details. The RE License is a dynamic, ethical solution designed to foster sustainable open collaboration. By enabling transparency and traceability, it ensures the contributions within Seigr’s ecosystem remain valuable and accessible to the community.

Learn More[edit]

To explore each feature in detail, see:

The RE License is more than a licensing framework—it embodies Seigr’s commitment to sustainable, open, and ethical collaboration for all community members.

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