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Koydo Research · Reference document · v1.0 · Final
By Koydo Lyceum · with Lior Feranzo
What is the Koydo Storybook rights posture?
The Koydo Storybook rights posture is the operating reference for the rights model behind the Koydo Storybook pillar. Three categories: original Koydo expression (Koydo authors the body originally; KOYDO LLC owns the copyright), public-reference metadata (Koydo links to canonical public-domain or CC-licensed sources without republishing the body; the source's attribution stays attached to every reference), and explicit republication under CC-BY or public-domain terms (the source's license permits republication; Koydo carries the attribution string as required). The posture is structural — every Koydo Storybook artifact carries one of these three rights postures in the koydo_knowledge_documents registry, and the editorial gate on a new storybook checks the rights posture before the artifact lands. The Curatorial Steward owns the rights register; updates publish to this page's version log.
Every Koydo Storybook artifact carries one of three rights postures. The posture is recorded in the koydo_knowledge_documents registry as a `rights_posture` field; the operator console and the public storybook surface both read from that field.
The Koydo Storybook pillar composes against public-domain primary sources rather than republishing them. The pattern is: Koydo authors original editorial frames (the six-beat structure of a Koydo storybook — question, primary source, observation, connection, question-back, archive), the primary source itself is linked to the canonical archive (Smithsonian Open Access, NASA Image and Video Library, NOAA, Library of Congress), and the storybook surface displays the source attribution alongside the link.
This is the same rights pattern the Koydo Microschool OS compliance packs follow: Koydo authors the operating templates originally; the state-requirement source is linked to the public-domain canonical URL rather than republished. The pattern is structural across every Koydo content surface that touches a third-party source.
Every new storybook artifact crosses an editorial gate under the Curatorial Steward before it lands on the public Storybook surface. The gate checks rights posture: for original-koydo-expression artifacts, the gate verifies the artifact is Koydo-authored end-to-end; for public-reference-metadata artifacts, the gate verifies the source URL is canonical and the source's attribution is displayed; for explicit-republication artifacts, the gate verifies the license permits republication, the attribution string is verbatim, and the license URL is present.
Artifacts that fail the gate are returned for revision. Artifacts that pass are recorded in the rights register with their posture, the source URL (when applicable), and the date of the gate sign-off.
The rights posture is shared across the Storybook pillar, the Curiosity Cabinet pillar, the Method Library evidence-tab, and the Microschool OS compliance-pack templates. A single rights register backs all four surfaces. Changes to a source's rights posture (e.g., a Smithsonian Open Access asset that transitions to a more restrictive license) trigger a registry update; the Curatorial Steward publishes the update to this page's version log and any affected Koydo surface displays the new posture.
Koydo composes against these assets without republishing the body. The default posture is public-reference-metadata: Koydo authors original editorial frames, the primary source is linked to the canonical archive, and the source's attribution is displayed alongside the link. Explicit republication is reserved for sources whose license actively permits it (typically CC-BY 4.0); those carry the attribution string verbatim plus the license URL.
Original Koydo expression means Koydo authored the body originally; KOYDO LLC owns the copyright. Explicit republication means the source's license permits republication and Koydo elects to republish (rather than link out); the source's attribution and license URL stay attached. Most Koydo storybook editorial is original-koydo-expression; explicit republication is the exception.
The Curatorial Steward (Lior Feranzo) owns the rights register. Every storybook artifact carries a rights posture in koydo_knowledge_documents; the editorial gate before publication checks the posture. Updates to a source's rights posture publish to this page's version log.
Yes. Every storybook artifact carries one of three explicit rights postures (original Koydo expression, public-reference metadata, or explicit republication under CC-BY or public-domain terms). The editorial gate verifies the posture before the artifact lands on the public surface. Schools using the Microschool OS see the same posture surfaced in the operator console.
The Curatorial Steward updates the rights register, publishes the change to this page's version log, and propagates the new posture to every Koydo surface that references the source. If the new license is more restrictive than the prior posture (e.g., a public-domain asset transitions to a non-commercial license), the affected surfaces either re-anchor to a different source or unwind the reference.
No. The Koydo content corpus that AI assistants and Koydo agents work against is built from original Koydo expression plus public-reference-metadata links plus explicit republication under permissive licenses. Copyrighted bodies are not ingested into the Koydo corpus.
Report to legal@koydo.app. The Curatorial Steward and Legal coordinate the response: the artifact in question is paused, the rights posture is re-verified, and the resolution publishes to this page's version log. Routine takedown requests are processed within seven business days; complex cases publish their resolution path in the version log.
Authored by Koydo Lyceum, the editorial and research authority for Koydo public content. Methodology questions reach lyceum@koydo.app.
Editorial steward
Lior Feranzo
Curatorial Steward — KOYDO LLC
Nine years at a regional natural-history museum's education department before joining KOYDO LLC. Authored the Smithsonian Open Access editorial posture and the Koydo Catalog method's six-beat structure.
Profile: /about/lior-feranzo
KOYDO LLC, Wylie, Texas (Collin County). Published under CC BY 4.0. Last modified 2026-05-14.