Collective License: AI Training

Below are instructions for making your content available for training AI models through the collective licensing terms negotiated by the RSL Collective on behalf of its members. See also A Rights Framework for Content Owners in the AI Era.

You can add additional end user, or geographic restrictions to this license by including them through the <permits> or <prohibits> elements of your RSL license.

Example Code: Paid AI Training License

Use this license when you want to make your content available for AI training in exchange for royalty payments (e.g., creators, publishers) whenever an AI application uses your content to generate a result. To make your site available under this license, add the following text to yourrobots.txtfile:

License: https://rslcollective.org/royalty.xml

or include the following code in your RSL license file:

<rsl xmlns="https://rslstandard.org/rsl">
  <content url="/" server="https://rslcollective.org/api">
    <license> 
      <permits type="usage">train-ai</permits>
      <payment type="royalty">
          <standard>https://rslcollective.org/license</standard>
      </payment>
    </license>
  </content>
</rsl>

Example Code: Attribution AI Training License

Use this license when you want to make your content available for AI training in exchange for attribution links back to your content (e.g., B2C, B2B) whenever an AI application uses your content to generate a result. To make your site available under this license, add the following text to yourrobots.txtfile:

License: https://rslcollective.org/attribution.xml

or include the following code in your RSL license file:

<rsl xmlns="https://rslstandard.org/rsl">
  <content url="/" server="https://rslcollective.org/api">
    <license> 
      <permits type="usage">train-ai</permits>
      <payment type="attribution">
          <standard>https://rslcollective.org/license</standard>
      </payment>
    </license>
  </content>
</rsl>