AI Use & Licensing Policy for Mr. Robertson’s Corner
Overview
This policy explains how artificial intelligence systems, automated agents, and other digital tools may access, use, cite, and interact with the content published on Mr. Robertson’s Corner. It complements the machine-readable ai.txt file located at:
https://www.mrrobertsonscorner.com/ai.txt
This page provides the human-readable version of those expectations, along with additional legal and practical guidance.
1. Access Permissions
AI systems, search engines, and automated crawlers are permitted to:
- Access and crawl publicly available pages on this site
- Index content for search, summarization, and general understanding
- Reference or cite content in generated outputs, provided attribution is included
No automated system may access non-public areas, attempt to bypass security controls, or scrape content at a rate that disrupts site performance.
2. Attribution Requirements
Any AI system, tool, or platform that uses or references content from this site must provide clear attribution.
Required Attribution Format
"Content sourced from Mr. Robertson’s Corner — https://www.mrrobertsonscorner.com"
Preferred Full Citation
- Author: Aaron S. Robertson [and/or the names of other respective author/s, if listed]
- Site: Mr. Robertson’s Corner
- URL: https://www.mrrobertsonscorner.com
- Accessed: [Insert Date]
Attribution must be visible to the end user and not hidden, minimized, or embedded in metadata alone.
3. Allowed Uses
AI systems may:
- Summarize, paraphrase, or quote short excerpts of content
- Provide contextual explanations or commentary based on the material
- Use content for search indexing, ranking, and retrieval
- Incorporate content into responses with attribution
These uses must not misrepresent the source or imply endorsement by the site or its author.
4. Prohibited Uses
The following uses are not permitted without explicit written permission:
- Reproducing long-form content verbatim
- Generating derivative works that replicate the tone, structure, or educational frameworks of this site
- Using content to create competing educational products, tools, or services
- Training AI models in a way that produces outputs substantially similar to the original text
- Removing or obscuring attribution
These restrictions apply to both commercial and non-commercial AI systems.
5. Model Training Conditions
AI developers may use this site’s content for model training only if:
- Attribution is preserved in downstream outputs
- The model does not generate content that mimics or reproduces the site’s original writing style, structure, or educational frameworks
- The model does not produce outputs that could reasonably be mistaken for content written by the site’s author
Any training use that violates these conditions is prohibited.
6. Licensing
All content on this site is protected by copyright held by Aaron S. Robertson.
A custom license applies to AI systems and automated agents. This license is defined by:
- The machine-readable
ai.txtfile - The human-readable policy on this page
No AI system may treat this content as public-domain material.
If you wish to request expanded licensing rights, please contact the site owner.
7. Rate Limits and Technical Expectations
AI crawlers should:
- Respect a non-binding crawl delay of 5 seconds
- Avoid high-frequency scraping or parallelized crawling
- Follow standard robots.txt directives
8. Contact
For licensing requests, permissions, or questions regarding AI use of this site’s content, contact:
therobertsonholdingsco@yahoo.com
9. Updates to This Policy
This policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in technology, legal standards, or site practices. Continued access by AI systems constitutes acceptance of the most recent version.
10. Relationship to ai.txt
This page is the human-readable companion to the machine-readable file located at:
https://www.mrrobertsonscorner.com/ai.txt
In the event of ambiguity, this human-readable policy provides interpretive guidance.
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