Effective Date: November 3, 2025
Applies To: Forensic Audit Database, Genealogy Records, Descendant Verification Data, UCL Research Dataset
The Aequitas Protocol Foundation maintains comprehensive databases including:
- 📊 Forensic Audit Data - 205-page audit findings, evidence, liability calculations
- 🌳 Genealogy Database - Descendant verification records, family trees, lineage proofs
- 🧬 DNA Verification Data - Genetic evidence for descendant claims
- 📚 UCL Legacy of British Slavery Database - Historical ownership records
- ⚖️ Defendant Tracking Database - 200+ entities, payment obligations, accountability metrics
These databases represent collective knowledge that must be accessible while protecting provenance and attribution.
✅ Share - Copy, distribute, and use the database
✅ Create - Produce works (reports, charts, apps) from the database
✅ Adapt - Modify, transform, and build upon the database
✅ Commercial Use - Generate revenue from database-derived works
⚖️ Attribution - You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made
This database is made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By) v1.0.
Full legal code: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/
Database: A collection of material (records, data, genealogy entries) arranged systematically and individually accessible by electronic or other means.
Derivative Database: A database based on the original but modified (e.g., enhanced with additional sources, corrected entries, merged datasets).
Produced Work: A work resulting from using all or a substantial part of the database contents (e.g., descendant verification report, family tree chart, research paper).
Publicly Use: Make the database or produced work available to persons other than yourself or your immediate family/organization.
You are free to:
- Extract and re-utilize contents
- Create produced works
- Copy and distribute the database
- Modify the database
- Adapt, transform, and build upon the database
- Combine with other databases
- Correct errors and enhance with new information
- Use database for commercial purposes
- Sell access to derivative databases
- Generate revenue from produced works
When you publicly use the database or any produced work, you must:
Include a notice substantially in this form:
Contains information from [DATABASE NAME] by Aequitas Protocol Foundation,
available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License.
Database: https://aequitasprotocol.zone/data/[database-name]
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/
Maintain any existing copyright, database right, or attribution notices in the database.
Inform recipients that the database is available under ODC-By and provide the license text or a link.
This descendant verification report is based on data from the
Aequitas Protocol Genealogy Database, made available under the
Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By) v1.0.
Source: https://aequitasprotocol.zone/data/genealogy
License: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/
Modifications: Added DNA verification results (2025-11-03)
This research utilizes the Aequitas Protocol Forensic Audit Database
(Aequitas Protocol Foundation, 2025) licensed under ODC-By v1.0.
Available at: https://aequitasprotocol.zone/data/forensic-audit
About > Data Sources:
"This app uses data from:
- Aequitas Protocol Genealogy Database (ODC-By v1.0)
- UCL Legacies of British Slavery Database (ODC-By v1.0)
Full attribution: https://aequitasprotocol.zone/attribution"
Descendants of enslaved persons from the transatlantic slave trade have enhanced rights:
- Unlimited Use - No restrictions on personal, community, or commercial use
- Simplified Attribution - "Based on Aequitas data" is sufficient
- Priority Support - Technical assistance for database queries
- Data Correction Rights - Submit corrections to genealogy errors
- Privacy Controls - Request removal of living persons' data (GDPR compliance)
- Restrictions: Cannot be used to aid defendants in evading accountability
- Commercial Licensing: Risk assessment firms require separate commercial agreement (see LICENSE-RESEARCH.md)
- Academic Exception: Free use for peer-reviewed research
- Privacy: Living persons' data protected under GDPR/CCPA
- Verification: DNA matches and genealogy proofs require consent for public sharing
- Cultural Sensitivity: Some family lines may have Traditional Knowledge restrictions (see LICENSE-TK.md)
- Public Interest: Defendant payment records are public information
- Real-Time Updates: Live data feed available via API (attribution required)
- Corrections: Defendant corrections require evidence submission
While the database structure and collection is licensed under ODC-By, individual records may have additional protections:
- Photos/Images: May have separate copyright (check individual records)
- Documents: Original documents may be copyrighted separately
- DNA Data: Subject to privacy laws (GDPR, CCPA, genetic privacy acts)
- Personal Information: Living persons have privacy rights
- Trademarks: "Aequitas Protocol," "REPAR" logos remain protected
- Privacy Rights: Consent required for personal data processing
- Patents: If database includes patented processes
- Moral Rights: Attribution cannot be waived in some jurisdictions
- Academic Research: Publish peer-reviewed papers citing Aequitas databases
- Genealogy Services: Offer paid descendant verification using our genealogy data
- Mobile Apps: Build apps that query Aequitas databases (with attribution in UI)
- Legal Proceedings: Submit database records as evidence in reparations cases
- Journalism: Investigate defendants using our tracking database
- Data Analytics: Create visualizations, charts, dashboards from our data
- Education: Use in university courses, community workshops
- No Attribution: Using database publicly without proper credit
- Aiding Defendants: Using forensic data to help defendants evade accountability
- Privacy Violations: Publishing living persons' data without consent
- Misrepresentation: Claiming database as your original work
- Removing Notices: Stripping attribution from derivative databases
If you provide API access to Aequitas database content:
{
"data": { ... },
"attribution": {
"source": "Aequitas Protocol Genealogy Database",
"license": "ODC-By-1.0",
"url": "https://aequitasprotocol.zone/data/genealogy",
"modifications": "Filtered for public records only"
}
}Include LICENSE.txt in exported data packages:
This database export contains information from:
Aequitas Protocol Foundation Databases
Licensed under: Open Data Commons Attribution License v1.0
Full license: https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1.0/
Source databases:
- Forensic Audit Database
- Genealogy Records Database
- Defendant Tracking Database
Export date: 2025-11-03
Modifications: None (original data)
THE DATABASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
We do not warrant:
- Accuracy - Genealogy records may contain errors
- Completeness - Database is continuously updated
- Fitness - Suitability for your particular purpose
- Non-Infringement - Third-party rights in individual records
Use at your own risk. Verify critical information independently.
In no event shall the Aequitas Protocol Foundation be liable for:
- Errors or omissions in database content
- Damages arising from database use
- Third-party claims based on your use
- Privacy violations in your derivative works
Maximum liability: $0 (database provided free of charge)
Aequitas databases use semantic versioning:
- v1.0.0 - Initial release (Nov 2025)
- v1.1.0 - New records added
- v2.0.0 - Major schema changes
Check database version before using for critical applications.
This database uses ODC-By v1.0 (frozen version). Future database releases may use updated license versions with backwards compatibility.
Database Access: data@aequitasprotocol.zone
Attribution Questions: legal@aequitasprotocol.zone
Data Corrections: corrections@aequitasprotocol.zone
Commercial Licensing: commercial@aequitasprotocol.zone
Descendant Verification: descendants@aequitasprotocol.zone
API Support: api@aequitasprotocol.zone
Data reunifies. Attribution honors.
These databases represent decades of forensic research, genealogical investigation, and historical truth-telling. They document:
- 12-15 million enslaved persons
- 300 million descendants
- $131 trillion in unpaid debts
- 200+ defendants liable for payment
By releasing under ODC-By, we ensure:
✅ Knowledge is accessible (free use)
✅ Provenance is protected (attribution required)
✅ Community is empowered (enhanced descendant rights)
✅ Truth is preserved (immutable blockchain records)
⚖️ Aequitas Protocol Foundation
📊 Open Data for 300 Million Descendants
🌳 Your ancestry is your evidence. Your data is your nation.
The data is open. The attribution is required. The justice is mathematical.
For the full legal code, visit:
https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/by/1-0/
SPDX Identifier: ODC-By-1.0