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What is the AOUSD USD Core Specification, which document is the published version, and where do I read it (and under what licence)?

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The only published AOUSD Core release in the repository is v1.0.1 (2025-12-12, PDF and Markdown), which AOUSD's announcement calls Core Specification 1.0. It is CC BY-ND 4.0: verbatim copies with attribution may be redistributed, but distributed adaptations may not. Curator qualifications: Spec/changelog read 2026-10-22; no files opened in USD tools. Announcement/landing pages (S5-S7) and supplemental release (S13) not re-read. Rights hold for Veyrul: quote or link the spec; do not distribute edited or adapted spec text (ND). Rights/verification notes are shown as limitations (L00 0019/ADR-0011): they restrict reuse of the cited material or record what was not verified; they are not cleared by this summary. Limitations: Spec/changelog read 2026-10-22; no files opened in USD tools. [component_reuse_restriction] Eligible with ND rights hold; T15 USD standards. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

Structured fields

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      "url": "https://github.com/aousd/specifications-public/blob/2f9e746c4fbd7f48d6d2c9ac568133fe398bbfc0/core/1.0.1/core_spec.md",
      "note": "aousd/specifications-public README at 2f9e746c; core_spec.md v1.0.1 front matter; LICENSE at 2f9e746c"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/aousd/specifications-public/blob/2f9e746c4fbd7f48d6d2c9ac568133fe398bbfc0/LICENSE",
      "note": "aousd/specifications-public README at 2f9e746c; core_spec.md v1.0.1 front matter; LICENSE at 2f9e746c"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/aousd/core-spec-supplemental-public/blob/1a4adb266a370f49ceedd2ce30442c2e7f457864/releases/1.0.1/RELEASE.md",
      "note": "aousd/specifications-public README at 2f9e746c; core_spec.md v1.0.1 front matter; LICENSE at 2f9e746c"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://aousd.org/news/core-spec-announcement/",
      "note": "aousd/specifications-public README at 2f9e746c; core_spec.md v1.0.1 front matter; LICENSE at 2f9e746c"
    },
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      "url": "https://aousd.org/usd-core-specification/",
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/aousd/specifications-public/blob/2f9e746c4fbd7f48d6d2c9ac568133fe398bbfc0/README.md",
      "note": "aousd/specifications-public README at 2f9e746c; core_spec.md v1.0.1 front matter; LICENSE at 2f9e746c"
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] The only published AOUSD Core release in the repository is v1.0.1 (2025-12-12, PDF and Markdown), which AOUSD's announcement calls Core Specification 1.0. It is CC BY-ND 4.0: verbatim copies with attribution may be redistributed, but distributed adaptations may not. · locator: aousd/specifications-public README at 2f9e746c; core_spec.md v1.0.1 front matter; LICENSE at 2f9e746c 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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