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Terms of Use

Terms for using the RSF website, public materials, white paper, participation channels, and RSF-related names.

Acceptance

By accessing the RSF website, downloading RSF materials, submitting feedback, or participating in RSF review activities, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you are acting for an organization, you represent that you have authority to do so.

License and Copyright

Unless a page or document states otherwise, short website text, public summaries, issue templates, and public review materials may be used under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

The complete RSF White Paper PDF/DOCX and any marked full-version documents are not automatically licensed for full reproduction. Copyright belongs to the RSF Initiative. Full copying, republication, translation, commercial use, training use, or redistribution of complete documents requires prior written authorization.

Required citation format: RSF Robotics Service Framework v1.4, RobotToday.com.

Permitted Use

You may read, link to, cite short excerpts from, and discuss RSF public materials for research, education, review, and non-commercial industry discussion, provided that attribution is given and the use does not imply endorsement, certification, authorization, or partnership.

Restricted Use

You may not use RSF materials to operate a certification program, training center, service-provider authorization program, paid course, commercial service package, or standards-compliance claim without separate written permission. You may not present modified RSF materials as official RSF documents.

Participation and Submissions

Feedback, comments, suggestions, and RFC responses may be used by RobotToday and the RSF Initiative to improve RSF materials. Do not submit confidential, personal, customer, product, or proprietary information unless a separate written agreement is in place.

Names, Marks, and Certification

RSF, Robotics Service Framework, RSF Initiative, and RobotToday-related names may not be used in a way that suggests official certification, endorsement, authorization, partnership, or governance role without written approval.

No Professional Advice

RSF materials are provided for industry discussion and framework development. They do not replace formal standards, safety assessments, legal requirements, manufacturer instructions, engineering judgment, insurance requirements, or site-specific operating procedures.

Changes

RSF materials, website pages, release schedules, RFC topics, and these terms may be updated as the initiative develops. Material changes to public framework documents should be reflected through the Roadmap, changelog, or related notices where appropriate.

Contact

For licensing, commercial use, full-document reproduction, translation, training, certification, or partnership requests, contact [email protected].