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When a C2PA soft-binding algorithm list entry (for example TrustMark or WavMark) points to an informationalUrl, does that page state a robustness evaluation or a licence?

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The C2PA soft-binding algorithm list (5d5f99f9) has 54 entries and requires each informationalUrl to resolve to an algorithm-specific general description, without requiring robustness evidence or licence terms; TrustMark's README says MIT covers both code and the downloaded model files, while its LICENSE file opens with an Adobe 'All Rights Reserved' notice referring to 'the license agreement accompanying it' before the MIT text; WavMark's linked repository LICENSE is an MIT template with unfilled placeholders. Curator qualifications: TrustMark header-vs-README framing preserved as a producer-listed rights conflict; MIT text follows the notice, so the likely reading is MIT, but the header wording is not reconciled in the texts. WavMark registry entry points to a paper, not the repository; model-weights terms for WavMark not stated (negative over texts read). Robustness figures (WavMark, InvisMark, Trufo, castLabs; E6, E8-E10) are self-reported and not reinspected. Text and JSON reading only; no watermark embedded or detected; no model files downloaded. Limitations: Registry at one commit. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/c2pa-org/softbinding-algorithm-list/blob/5d5f99f97049627758fa3214822140eaa992af11/softbinding-algorithm-list.json",
      "note": "softbinding-algorithm-list.json at 5d5f99f9; README.md lines 22-23; adobe/trustmark LICENSE lines 1-8 at 6df5a0a2; README.md line 145; wavmark/wavmark LICENSE lines 1-3 at 6ab3bf7c"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/c2pa-org/softbinding-algorithm-list/blob/5d5f99f97049627758fa3214822140eaa992af11/README.md",
      "note": "softbinding-algorithm-list.json at 5d5f99f9; README.md lines 22-23; adobe/trustmark LICENSE lines 1-8 at 6df5a0a2; README.md line 145; wavmark/wavmark LICENSE lines 1-3 at 6ab3bf7c"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/c2pa-org/softbinding-algorithm-list/blob/5d5f99f97049627758fa3214822140eaa992af11/softbinding-algorithm-list.schema.json",
      "note": "softbinding-algorithm-list.json at 5d5f99f9; README.md lines 22-23; adobe/trustmark LICENSE lines 1-8 at 6df5a0a2; README.md line 145; wavmark/wavmark LICENSE lines 1-3 at 6ab3bf7c"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/adobe/trustmark/blob/6df5a0a29b51cbec832695fdf02051a1937e37bd/LICENSE",
      "note": "softbinding-algorithm-list.json at 5d5f99f9; README.md lines 22-23; adobe/trustmark LICENSE lines 1-8 at 6df5a0a2; README.md line 145; wavmark/wavmark LICENSE lines 1-3 at 6ab3bf7c"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/adobe/trustmark/blob/6df5a0a29b51cbec832695fdf02051a1937e37bd/README.md",
      "note": "softbinding-algorithm-list.json at 5d5f99f9; README.md lines 22-23; adobe/trustmark LICENSE lines 1-8 at 6df5a0a2; README.md line 145; wavmark/wavmark LICENSE lines 1-3 at 6ab3bf7c"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.12770",
      "note": "softbinding-algorithm-list.json at 5d5f99f9; README.md lines 22-23; adobe/trustmark LICENSE lines 1-8 at 6df5a0a2; README.md line 145; wavmark/wavmark LICENSE lines 1-3 at 6ab3bf7c"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/wavmark/wavmark/blob/6ab3bf7ce0679e5b5cfeff3a62e8df9cd2024b37/LICENSE",
      "note": "softbinding-algorithm-list.json at 5d5f99f9; README.md lines 22-23; adobe/trustmark LICENSE lines 1-8 at 6df5a0a2; README.md line 145; wavmark/wavmark LICENSE lines 1-3 at 6ab3bf7c"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://trufo.ai/watermarks",
      "note": "softbinding-algorithm-list.json at 5d5f99f9; README.md lines 22-23; adobe/trustmark LICENSE lines 1-8 at 6df5a0a2; README.md line 145; wavmark/wavmark LICENSE lines 1-3 at 6ab3bf7c"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://castlabs.com/image-watermarking/",
      "note": "softbinding-algorithm-list.json at 5d5f99f9; README.md lines 22-23; adobe/trustmark LICENSE lines 1-8 at 6df5a0a2; README.md line 145; wavmark/wavmark LICENSE lines 1-3 at 6ab3bf7c"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.07795",
      "note": "softbinding-algorithm-list.json at 5d5f99f9; README.md lines 22-23; adobe/trustmark LICENSE lines 1-8 at 6df5a0a2; README.md line 145; wavmark/wavmark LICENSE lines 1-3 at 6ab3bf7c"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] The C2PA soft-binding algorithm list (5d5f99f9) has 54 entries and requires each informationalUrl to resolve to an algorithm-specific general description, without requiring robustness evidence or licence terms; TrustMark's README says MIT covers both code and the downloaded model files, while its LICENSE file opens with an Adobe 'All Rights Reserved' notice referring to 'the license agreement accompanying it' before the MIT text; WavMark's linked repository LICENSE is an MIT template with unfilled placeholders. · locator: softbinding-algorithm-list.json at 5d5f99f9; README.md lines 22-23; adobe/trustmark LICENSE lines 1-8 at 6df5a0a2; README.md line 145; wavmark/wavmark LICENSE lines 1-3 at 6ab3bf7c source

Rights

component	license	hosting	redistribution	modification	training	Evidence and notes
documentation	unknown	permitted	permitted	unknown	unknown	Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.

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