What Licensing Is

Licensing is a formal agreement that permits an institution to reference or integrate
SPL materials within defined limits. It clarifies:

• where and how SPL language may appear,
• which materials may be quoted or assigned,
• what counts as fair reference versus derivative work, and
• how attribution and posture are maintained.

What Licensing Is Not

Licensing does not constitute training, clinical endorsement, or certification
in SPL. It does not authorize:

• the creation of SPL-branded programs or “methods,”
• therapeutic use of SPL as treatment or intervention,
• rewriting SPL language into techniques, protocols, or exercises, or
• teaching SPL as if it were a clinical modality.

Who Licensing Is For

Institutional licensing is intended for settings such as:

• universities and colleges (courses, seminars, writing programs),
• medical, dental, or allied-health education programs,
• seminaries and divinity schools,
• research groups and labs, and
• professional organizations hosting SPL-informed study groups.

Usage Boundaries

Licensed use remains descriptive and literacy-based. SPL materials may be used to:

• assign readings from SPL books and essays,
• introduce SPL posture as an object of study,
• support phenomenological or ethical inquiry, and
• support structured opportunities for descriptive attention under clear restraint.

Licensed use may not:

• promise outcomes, transformation, healing, or regulation,
• claim SPL as therapy or treatment,
• frame SPL as a certifiable technique or modality, or
• reinterpret SPL as a branded intervention system.

Attribution

Institutions agree to standard attribution language when citing SPL in syllabi,
handouts, or internal documents. A short attribution formula will be provided as
part of the licensing agreement.

Next Steps

If you are an institution, program director, or educator interested in licensing,
you may send an initial inquiry describing:

• your institution, department, and role,
• where SPL materials would be used,
• the approximate scale (number of learners), and
• whether use would be curricular, exploratory, or research-adjacent.

At this stage, SPL remains in early circulation. Licensing decisions are made
individually, with particular care for posture protection and ethical fit.

To inquire about institutional licensing, please email
somaphyslit@gmail.com
(or your preferred contact address).