Really Simple Licensing(RSL) Editor (github.com)

Open-source RSL Editor has launched as a web application for creating and managing Really Simple Licensing (RSL), a standardized, machine-readable licensing format designed for the AI-first web. The tool combines a visual, form-based RSL builder with centralized document management, built-in validation, automated website crawling and sitemap parsing to discover content, and automatic generation of RSL XML documents (v1.0). It also supports embedding RSL metadata into web pages and media files, RSS feeds, batch operations, and multi-license configurations (e.g., commercial, non-commercial, AI-training), plus granular permission and payment fields—illustrated by a sample XML that separates content, licenses, permits, and prohibitions. For the AI/ML community this matters because it makes license intent explicit and machine-actionable, reducing ambiguity when sourcing training data, sharing models, or automating compliance checks. By codifying permits/prohibits (e.g., ai-training, commercial use), enabling validators and crawlers to surface licensing metadata at scale, and producing standardized XML, RSL Editor can streamline dataset curation, provenance tracking, risk assessment, and downstream model usage policies. Practitioners, publishers, and platform builders can use it to embed clear licensing signals directly into web content and feeds—helping automation tools respect creators’ terms and making licensing auditability and governance more tractable.