Sigma Stratum Public Policy - License Notice
This policy document is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
International (CC BY 4.0). This document license does not grant rights to
Sigma marks, certification, patents, or proprietary runtime assets.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Version | 2026-05-22 |
| Scope | Commercial runtime assets, proprietary Sigma Runtime technology, white-label deployment, resale, managed deployment, certification, marks, and CC BY-NC commercial use |
| Maintainer | Sigma Stratum Research Group |
Open standard. Closed runtime. Governed certification.
You can build an independent implementation of the public SRS/SRIP standard without a Sigma commercial runtime license.
You need separate written terms when you use Sigma Runtime as a product or service, Sigma proprietary assets, Sigma marks, official certification, managed Sigma deployment, white-label deployment, resale, or CC BY-NC materials commercially.
| Use case | Sigma commercial runtime license required? |
|---|---|
| Reading SRS/SRIP | No |
| Citing SRS/SRIP with attribution | No |
| Independent implementation of public SRS/SRIP requirements | No |
| Selling an independent product built from public SRS/SRIP requirements without Sigma marks/certification | No |
| Using Sigma Runtime proprietary code or private modules | Yes |
| Accessing private ALICE modules | Yes |
| White-label Sigma Runtime deployment | Yes |
| Reselling Sigma Runtime access | Yes |
| Claiming Sigma Certified status | Yes |
Using ∿ as a product badge or certification mark |
Yes |
| Commercializing CC BY-NC research-origin materials | Yes, unless separately authorized |
Sigma Runtime as an operated product includes sigmaruntime.com, proprietary runtime code, private modules, ALICE internals, runtime telemetry, production memory/control mechanisms, private datasets, product UX, commercial deployment topology, support, SLA, and enterprise deployment assets.
Those product assets are separate from the public SRS/SRIP specification layer.
For commercial runtime licensing, white-label deployment, resale, managed deployment, certification, marks, or CC BY-NC commercial-use questions:
Sigma Stratum Research Group
Email: legal@sigmastratum.org
Website: https://sigmastratum.org