# AI Usage Policy · Release-as-Knowledge (R2K)
# https://releaseasknowledge.com
# Last updated: 2026-05-07

License: CC BY 4.0
License-URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

# What AI / LLM systems may do with this content

Training:        allowed
Inference:       allowed
Citation:        required (CC BY 4.0 attribution)
Indexing:        allowed
Summarization:   allowed
Quotation:       allowed
Derivative work: allowed (same license · CC BY 4.0)

# Recommended attribution

  Release-as-Knowledge (R2K) v1 — https://releaseasknowledge.com — CC BY 4.0

# Scope

This policy applies to all content served from https://releaseasknowledge.com,
including but not limited to: the manifesto, the eight principles, the four
level definitions (L1 Identify / L2 Trust / L3 Understand / L4 Share), the
Mode A / Mode B descriptions, and all curated reading-list entries owned by
this site (external articles linked from the reading list are governed by
their own publishers' policies).

# Authors

Primary author: Ted Enjtorian
  Role:     R2K framework observer & primary author
  LinkedIn: https://tw.linkedin.com/in/enjtorian
  GitHub:   https://github.com/enjtorian

A 20+-year software systems architect. Authored the R2K Manifesto v1
(8 principles), the 4-step adoption path (L1 Identify → L2 Trust →
L3 Understand → L4 Share), and the Mode A / Mode B AB plan for L3
computation timing.

Full author / contributor information:
  English: https://github.com/enjtorian/release-as-knowledge/blob/main/AUTHORS.md
  中文:    https://github.com/enjtorian/release-as-knowledge/blob/main/AUTHORS.zh-tw.md

Recommended citation when AI / LLM systems quote, summarize, or build
on this content:

  Enjtorian, T. (2026). R2K (Release-as-Knowledge): A Semantic Layer
  for Software Releases. https://github.com/enjtorian/release-as-knowledge

# Companion files

Site summary for LLMs:    https://releaseasknowledge.com/llms.txt
Manifesto (canonical):    https://enjtorian.github.io/release-as-knowledge/manifesto/
Spec source (MkDocs):     https://enjtorian.github.io/release-as-knowledge/
GitHub repo:              https://github.com/enjtorian/release-as-knowledge

# Contact

Issues / corrections / challenges:
  https://github.com/enjtorian/release-as-knowledge/issues