Rights
Public on the internet is not a licence.
Linking, hosting, and model training are different acts. A file is mirrored only when a licence is recorded. Desk wording is not part of that licence. This site does not train a model.
| Label | What it would mean | Used in this corpus |
|---|---|---|
| Public domain | Copyright expired, waived, or clearly dedicated. Jurisdiction still matters. | No record carries this label. A CC0 file is recorded as licensed for redistribution, not as a court finding. |
| Licensed for redistribution | A licence that actually permits the copy, with its attribution rules. | 1021 upstream files, mirrored 2026-10-10. EIP and ERC files because those repositories are CC0-1.0, and a BIP only when that file states a licence. |
| Official external source only | Link to the publisher. Metadata and original commentary. No HTML transcription. | The design-paper studies, which this site does not host as PDFs. |
| Rights uncertain | The historic library already had a file, or the licence is not on the document. Full text stays off the HTML page. | Bitcoin, the Ethereum PDF, Interledger, Corda, and the other historic files. |
| Metadata only | Index line, source, and a correction path. Used when even a short characterisation would overclaim. | Reserved. The current historic notes still say what the old index said. |
What Blockchain Lab will not do
Blockchain Lab does not train a model on this library. Desk wording is not a training grant. Where a standard is mirrored, the upstream licence is the only licence for that file.
Papers without a recorded licence are not transcribed. The study page is this desk's wording, and the source link is the document.
Legacy PDF paths stay, because removing them would break the old library. Keeping a path is not a finding that the file is in the public domain.
A takedown request goes to info@blockchainlab.com and is handled under the corrections policy.