License

Attribution-NonCommercial License with Permitted Use Carve-Outs

Copyright (c) 2026 Christopher Whitworth

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person or organization obtaining a copy of this work and associated files (the “Work”), to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, and distribute the Work subject to the following conditions:

1. Attribution Required

All copies, substantial portions, or derivative works must clearly credit “Christopher Whitworth” as the original author. Attribution must be reasonable to the medium: a citation in academic work, a credit line in documentation, a comment in source code, or equivalent. The above copyright notice and this license shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Work.

2. Permitted Uses

The following uses are allowed without additional permission from the author, even if they involve monetary compensation:

• Educational content — courses, lectures, textbooks, training materials, and instructional media (including monetized video content such as YouTube) where the primary purpose is teaching or raising awareness about AI security topics.
• Academic and research use — citation, quotation, analysis, or incorporation into academic papers, theses, dissertations, and research publications, whether open-access or behind a paywall.
• Nonprofit and public interest — use by charitable organizations, nonprofits, NGOs, and public interest groups for mission-aligned work.
• Government internal use — use by government agencies and their contractors for internal analysis, policy development, or operational decision-making, provided the Work itself is not resold as a standalone product.
• Reference and supporting material — citation or incorporation as supporting evidence in proposals, reports, assessments, or contract deliverables, provided the Work is not the primary deliverable being sold.
• Journalism and commentary — reporting, critique, review, and public discussion, including in monetized publications and media.

3. Restricted Uses

The following uses require the express written permission of the author:

• Resale — selling or sublicensing the Work itself, in whole or substantial part, as a standalone product or primary deliverable.
• Repackaging — incorporating a substantial portion of the Work into a commercial product, service, or platform where the Work constitutes a core component of the value being sold.
• Commercial training data — using the Work as training data for commercial AI/ML models or products.

Any use not clearly covered by the Permitted Uses above should be assumed to require permission.

Disclaimer

THE WORK IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE WORK OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE WORK.