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# Licensing, Versioning, and Attribution — Civicus
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This document explains how Civic Analyst reports are **licensed, authored, preserved, and attributed**.
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It is not bureaucratic overhead — it is the scaffolding of **credibility and permanence**.
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## 1. License
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* Unless otherwise specified, all Civic Analyst reports are published under **Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)**.
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* This allows free reuse, adaptation, and republication, provided attribution is given.
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* Attribution must include:
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* **Civicus** (the project).
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* The **primary contributor(s)** (human).
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* The **LLM model** name/version used in drafting.
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## 2. Authorship & Pen Names
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* The **author** is the individual who produces and finalizes the report.
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* A **pen name** may be used, but credibility increases when tied to verifiable Internet identity.
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* RFC-standard aliases (e.g., `postmaster@domain.tld`, `webmaster@domain.tld`, `admin@domain.tld`) provide strong authentication:
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* These addresses exist by Internet standards and cannot collide.
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* Only the domain owner can use them.
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* Example: publishing as `postmaster@civicus.us` anchors authorship to DNS control.
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## 3. Domain Ownership & Web3 Bridging
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* DNS control is public, timestamped, and auditable.
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* Publishing under a domain alias ties authorship to a verifiable, non-colliding identity.
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* DNS may be bridged into Web3:
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* Mapping to ENS, Handshake, or IPNS.
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* Publishing **hash manifests** in DNS TXT records.
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* Anchoring digests to blockchains for permanent notarization.
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This ensures Civic Analyst reports cannot be erased or silently replaced.
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## 4. Preservation & Versioning
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* Use **semantic versioning** (e.g., v1.0.0 initial release).
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* Publish SHA-256 digests for every file.
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* Git repositories are not immutable:
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* Repo owners can rewrite history.
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* Only once pinned immutably (IPFS, Arweave, notarized hashes) does publication occur.
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* Drafts may evolve in Git, but publication = immutable pin.
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## 5. Quoting & Source Material
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* Many online articles are paywalled, redacted, or later removed. The Civic Analyst cannot depend on permanence.
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* Therefore:
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* Preserve **local immutable snapshots** (PDFs, hashes, CIDs).
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* Quote only **short slices** (a phrase, headline, or single sentence).
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* Tie every quote to:
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* The canonical source (URL, publisher, date).
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* The preserved local copy.
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* The artifact hash.
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* This makes even minimal quoting credible, without breaching copyright.
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* The Analyst’s own work is CC BY 4.0, but quoted fragments remain under their original copyright.
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## 6. First-Analyst Principle
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* The **first Civic Analyst** carries only the **minimal burden**:
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* Produce a credible, good-faith, transparent initial analysis.
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* Publish it immutably with clear authorship.
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* The first report sets the **floor of standards**, not the ceiling.
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* The burden then shifts:
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* Future analysts strive for greater authenticity, detail, and precision.
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* Iteration is the natural path of civic knowledge.
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* Once published, reports are **final artifacts**.
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* No revisions.
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* No silent edits.
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* Only new reports by new analysts.
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## 7. Conversation Preservation
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* Every report must include the **full human↔LLM transcript**.
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* Append it to `11_Appendix_Conversation.md`.
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* This transcript is part of the civic evidence, not an optional record.
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## Closing Declaration
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Licensing, attribution, and preservation standards ensure that Civic Analyst reports are transparent, credible, and final.
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They will not be revised. Any future improvement must come from new analyses published by other Civic Analysts.
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