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Does the Alembic project publish sample .abc files, and what terms cover them?

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The Alembic repository does not publish a curated sample-scene set. Its 46 .abc files are test inputs: mostly fuzzer and malformed-input regressions and security proof-of-concept files, plus two small renderer test files (prman cube.abc and xforms.abc). The only licence file is a BSD 3-clause text addressed to source and binary forms, which does not mention the .abc data, so reuse terms for those files are unclear.

The Alembic repository does not publish a curated sample-scene set. Its 46 .abc files are test inputs: mostly fuzzer and malformed-input regressions and security proof-of-concept files, plus two small renderer test files (prman cube.abc and xforms.abc). The only licence file is a BSD 3-clause text addressed to source and binary forms, which does not mention the .abc data, so reuse terms for those files are unclear. Curator qualifications: Repository metadata read 2026-10-22; no .abc files downloaded or opened. .abc data rights unclear (BSD text names source/binary forms only); security PoC files should not be redistributed as samples. 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: Repository metadata read 2026-10-22; no .abc files downloaded or opened. [component_reuse_restriction] Eligible as an observation; T15.05; keep .abc data on rights hold. 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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  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/alembic/alembic/blob/2d54c7c2c3ba4dd9f30215c9663f0ea1aa8fd2a5/LICENSE.txt",
      "note": "GET api.github.com/repos/alembic/alembic/git/trees/2d54c7c?recursive=1 (truncated false); LICENSE.txt at 2d54c7c L1-12; README.txt at 2d54c7c (whole file)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/alembic/alembic/tree/2d54c7c2c3ba4dd9f30215c9663f0ea1aa8fd2a5",
      "note": "GET api.github.com/repos/alembic/alembic/git/trees/2d54c7c?recursive=1 (truncated false); LICENSE.txt at 2d54c7c L1-12; README.txt at 2d54c7c (whole file)"
    }
  ]
}

Evidence claims

  • [sourced_fact] The Alembic repository does not publish a curated sample-scene set. Its 46 .abc files are test inputs: mostly fuzzer and malformed-input regressions and security proof-of-concept files, plus two small renderer test files (prman cube.abc and xforms.abc). The only licence file is a BSD 3-clause text addressed to source and binary forms, which does not mention the .abc data, so reuse terms for those files are unclear. · locator: GET api.github.com/repos/alembic/alembic/git/trees/2d54c7c?recursive=1 (truncated false); LICENSE.txt at 2d54c7c L1-12; README.txt at 2d54c7c (whole file) source

Rights

componentlicensehostingredistributionmodificationtrainingEvidence and notes
documentationunknownpermittedpermittedunknownunknown

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