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OPEN STANDARD V1.0

SEARLE
PROTOCOL

The Open License Standard for AI Content Rights. Define how machine intelligence interacts with your creative work. Training, reading, and commerce — your content, your rules.

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THE CHINESE ROOM

Named after John Searle's argument demonstrating that a computer executing a program cannot be shown to have a "mind" or "understanding," regardless of how intelligently it may behave.

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01. THE PROBLEM

THE GAP IN
THE CODE.

Traditional open source licenses (MIT, Apache, CC) were written for humans. They do not account for the scale of ingestion by Large Language Models.

Robots.txt is a gentleman's agreement. Creators need a cryptographically verifiable, machine-readable standard to declare "No Training" or "Open Weights Only" with legal force.

02. CONFIGURE

DEFINE YOUR BOUNDARIES

Adjust the dimensions below to find your protocol.

DIM_01

AI TRAINING

Can models use this data to update their weights?

DIM_02

AI READING

Can models read this content during inference (RAG)?

DIM_03

COMMERCE

Is commercial use allowed for the output?

RECOMMENDED VARIANT

SEARLE-NT

SPDX: Searle-NT-1.0
No Training. Reading and Commerce Allowed.
03. PROTOCOL SUITE

SEARLE-OS

TRAININGAllowed
READINGAny Model
COMMERCEAllowed

SEARLE-NT

TRAININGForbidden
READINGAny Model
COMMERCEAllowed

SEARLE-OW

TRAININGForbidden
READINGOpen Weights
COMMERCEAllowed

SEARLE-NR

TRAININGForbidden
READINGForbidden
COMMERCEAllowed

SEARLE-NC

TRAININGForbidden
READINGAny Model
COMMERCEForbidden

SEARLE-NC-OW

TRAININGForbidden
READINGOpen Weights
COMMERCEForbidden

SEARLE-STRICT

TRAININGForbidden
READINGForbidden
COMMERCEForbidden

SEARLE-FP

TRAININGForbidden
READINGPer Platform
COMMERCEPer Terms
04. IMPLEMENTATION

MACHINE READABLE

1

Choose Variant

Select the license that matches your intent from the grid above.

2

Add Metadata

Include JSON-LD or Meta tags in your document head.

3

Chain Attestation (Optional)

Register your content hash on the Base registry for immutable proof.

index.html
<head>
  <!-- License Meta Tag -->
  <meta name="searle:license" content="SEARLE-NT-v1.0">

  <!-- JSON-LD Structured Data -->
  <script type="application/ld+json">
  {
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@type": "DigitalDocument",
    "license": "https://searleprotocol.org/licenses/NT",
    "usageInfo": {
      "@type": "RightsStatement",
      "aiTraining": false,
      "aiReading": true,
      "commercial": true
    }
  }
  </script>
</head>

IMMUTABLE PROOF
ON BASE.

"The protocol itself is the first asset protected by itself."

Contract Address (Base Mainnet)
0x7f2c...3a9B VERIFIED
BLOCK 1928374

FAQ

Is this legally binding?

Searle Protocol creates a standardized machine-readable declaration of intent. While untested in court specifically for AI training, it provides a clearer legal standing than silent copyright.

How does verification work?

Scrapers verify the hash of your content against the signature on the Base blockchain to ensure the license hasn't been tampered with.

Does this stop scrapers?

It stops compliant scrapers immediately. For non-compliant scrapers, it builds a massive class-action evidentiary trail.

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