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Licence

The text is free to use — CC BY 4.0

The written specification of F-ACT is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0). You can copy it, translate it, fork it and reuse it — including commercially — as long as you give credit. An open standard that cannot be reproduced is not open; this is how we make sure it stays that way.

You are free to

  • Copy and redistribute the text in any medium or format.
  • Adapt it — remix, translate into other languages, or build training and guidance material on top of it.
  • Use it for any purpose, including commercially, and inside your own products and documentation.
  • Quote clauses in policies, contracts, audit reports, filings and academic work.

Under these terms

  • Give appropriate credit to Society OS Pty Ltd as the author, and link back to https://f-act.org/standard.
  • Provide a notice that the text is licensed under CC BY 4.0, with a link to the licence.
  • Indicate if you made changes — and not in a way that suggests the Foundation endorses you or your changes.
  • Not apply legal terms or technical measures that stop others from doing anything the licence permits.
Attribution to reuse

When you reproduce or adapt the text, include an attribution like this (adjust the version if you used a different one):

“The Framework for Agent Conformance & Trust (F-ACT), Version 1.0, Priority Edition” by Society OS Pty Ltd, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Source: https://f-act.org/standard

Two different rights — both settled in your favour

Copyright and patents are separate. CC BY 4.0 covers the copyright in the words — your right to copy, translate and republish the document. It says nothing about patents. The right to build and run what the standard describes is granted separately, and just as openly, by the royalty-free patent pledge. Together they mean you can both reproduce the text and implement the standard without asking permission or paying a fee.

Reuse is not endorsement

The licence lets you reproduce and adapt the text; it does not let you imply the Foundation endorses your product, your changes or your organisation. Conformance is claimed only by self-declaration in the public registry, and the F-ACT name and marks stay governed by the trademark terms.

Read the text you are free to use

The full normative specification of F-ACT 1.0.

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