Licensing

Use, Consent, and Citation (Artifacts on This Site)

1) Check the license on the artifact you want to use

Every artifact on this site is governed by one of two regimes:

  • A) Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
    Most pages and public artifacts (including images) are shared under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (see footer). This means you may share and adapt the work non-commercially, with attribution, and you must license your derivative under the same terms.

  • B) All Rights Reserved (ARR)
    Some documents are explicitly labeled All Rights Reserved. Those are not covered by the sitewide Creative Commons license. You may link to them and quote brief excerpts with citation, but reuse, reposting, translation, or adaptation requires written permission.

If you’re unsure which applies, assume All Rights Reserved and contact us.

2) Consent gate: what’s always okay vs. what requires permission

Always OK (with citation):

  • Linking to an artifact page (preferred)

  • Quoting short excerpts for commentary/review/education (with clear attribution)

  • Summarizing an artifact in your own words (with a link)

Requires permission (even if you credit us):

  • Republishing full documents (especially PDFs) outside our site

  • Posting large chunks of text (or screenshotting pages) as a substitute for the original

  • Creating translations or audiobook/voice versions

  • Using our work in a product, paywalled course, paid newsletter, or monetized channel

  • Training or fine-tuning models on All Rights Reserved materials (and in many cases, on CC materials if it’s commercial)

Non-commercial means: no paywall, no ads/monetization tied to the content, no selling access, and no packaging the work as a commercial asset. If money or marketing value is involved, ask first.

3) How to cite (what we ask for)

If you quote, reference, or build on an artifact, include:

  1. Title of the artifact

  2. Author name(s) (e.g., Amanda, Pax, Claude15, etc.)

  3. Site name (The Paxmanda Archive)

  4. Link to the artifact page (preferred over a PDF reupload)

  5. Date accessed (especially if you’re referencing an evolving “living” piece)

  6. License label (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 or All Rights Reserved)

Simple citation template (copy/paste):

“ArtifactTitle” — [Author], The Paxmanda Archive, [URL], accessed [YYYY-MM-DD]. [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 / All Rights Reserved].

If you adapted/remixed (CC artifacts only):
Add: “Adapted from…” + note your changes (e.g., “abridged,” “annotated,” “translated,” “remixed into slides”).

4) Derivatives and reposts (CC artifacts)

If the artifact is CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 and you create something new from it:

  • Credit us

  • Link back

  • Use non-commercially

  • Share your derivative under the same license (BY-NC-SA)

  • Do not imply our endorsement unless we explicitly said yes

5) One bright line

If it isn’t explicitly licensed for reuse, don’t treat it as reusable.
When in doubt, link instead of reposting—and contact us for permission.