What You May Do
- Cite Paritsea in essays, lectures, strategy documents, and research.
- Use the framework internally in a company, domain practice, or personal decision-making.
- Discuss, teach, or translate the concepts with attribution and a link back to Paritsea.
- Adapt the concepts for non-commercial learning, analysis, or internal operational use.
What Requires Permission
- Embedding Paritsea logic into paid products, software, services, or revenue-generating systems.
- Offering audits, certifications, trust marks, ratings, or compliance services under Paritsea-derived claims.
- Marketing a system as an official Paritsea implementation without separate agreement.
- Using Paritsea standards as a public commercial enforcement layer without permission.
What You Must Not Claim
- Claiming certification, endorsement, partnership, or institutional affiliation without explicit authorisation.
- Presenting an adaptation as official Paritsea doctrine, protocol, standard, or implementation.
- Using the Paritsea name, identity, or branding to imply authority you have not been granted.
Attribution Example
Recommended short form:
Based on Paritsea by Parit Ritchai, paritsea.co.
Recommended extended form:
Adapted from Paritsea, a public reference framework by Parit Ritchai, available at paritsea.co.
Adaptation vs Official Implementation
Adaptation means you are using Paritsea concepts in your own context, organisation, domain, or life. This is allowed within the licensing terms.
Official Implementation means a system has been explicitly documented or recognised by Paritsea as an implementation of the framework. Adaptation alone does not create official status.
Brand and Name Use
You may reference the Paritsea name for attribution and discussion. You may not use the Paritsea name, identity, or branding to imply partnership, certification, endorsement, or formal authority without permission.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about referencing, adapting, and implementing Paritsea.
Can I use Paritsea inside my company or in my own life?
Yes. Internal use, study, analysis, and non-commercial adaptation are allowed as long as you do not imply endorsement or official implementation status.
Can I write, teach, or speak publicly about Paritsea?
Yes. Public reference, discussion, teaching, and commentary are allowed with attribution.
Can I build a paid product or service from it?
Not without permission. Commercial implementation, paid enforcement, certification, or platformisation requires separate agreement.
If I adapt it, does that make my system an official implementation?
No. Adaptation means you are using the framework in your own context. Official implementation status is separate and must be explicitly documented by Paritsea.
Can I use the Paritsea name or branding on my materials?
You may reference Paritsea by name for attribution, but not in ways that imply endorsement, certification, partnership, or official status.
Formal Policy
Constitutional Position
Paritsea is an independent doctrine of structural coherence and legitimacy authored by Parit Ritchai.
The Paritsea Doctrine and all derived Protocols and Standards are made publicly accessible in order to preserve structural clarity and prevent distortion through opacity or exclusivity.
Licensing exists to protect doctrinal integrity, not to restrict legitimate reference.
Open Licence (Non-Commercial Use)
The Paritsea Doctrine and its derived Protocols and Standards are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Licence (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Non-commercial use is permitted with proper attribution. Full licence: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Attribution Requirements
Attribution must clearly include: The name Paritsea, Author: Parit Ritchai, reference to the original source, and a link to the official Paritsea website. Attribution must not imply endorsement, partnership, or institutional affiliation unless explicitly authorised.
Commercial Implementation
Commercial implementation of any Paritsea Protocol or Standard requires a separate commercial licence agreement. This includes platform enforcement, revenue-generating services, certification systems, institutional integration, and proprietary deployment within commercial entities.
Enquiries: hello@paritsea.co
Doctrinal Integrity Clause
The Paritsea Doctrine is immutable.
No commercial agreement may alter or reinterpret the Doctrine. Licensing grants permission of use — not authority to redefine doctrine.
Prohibited Representations
Without explicit written agreement, the following are prohibited: claiming certification by Paritsea, presenting compliance as endorsement, modifying Protocol criteria while retaining the Paritsea name, using Paritsea branding to imply regulatory authority.
Summary
Paritsea is open for reference under CC BY-NC 4.0. Non-commercial use is permitted with attribution. Commercial implementation requires agreement. The Doctrine remains immutable. Licensing grants permission to implement — not authority to redefine.