Copyright & claims · plainly

What this house claims — and what it gives away.

A clear, honest statement of the copyright and the unregistered common-law marks behind Only Humans Score. Stated in plain English, hedged where it should be. This is not legal advice.

© Copyright

© 2026 Sean McKendry (a.k.a. Actually Logic). The original creative and literary work on this site — the wings and essays, the writing, the design, and the original source code — is the author’s own work, and copyright in original work is automatic. Quotations, cited research, and named third-party tools belong to their respective authors and are credited where used (house rule: no lying).

What’s deliberately given away

Not everything here is fenced. As stated across the site, play is free and game data is released CC0 (public domain). The point of the project was never to hoard — it’s to keep a human name attached to the human work. The free game stays free, forever.

™ Coined marks (unregistered, common-law)

These phrases were coined for this project and are used by it in commerce. The ™ denotes an unregistered, common-law claim of use — not a registered ® trademark, which is a separate filing the author has not represented as complete:

Only Humans Score™ · the project & its thesis
The machine paints; only humans can score™ · the creed line
The attention economy, in reverse™ · coined here

Common slogans the project simply uses — like “more beds, less parking lots” or “less work, more exercise” — are not claimed as marks; they belong to the commons.

Licensing & permissions

Want to quote at length, reuse the writing, or license a mark? Just ask — [email protected]. Short, fair quotation with credit and a link is always welcome and needs no permission.

Plain truth, not a threat. This page asserts what’s honestly assertable — automatic copyright in original work, and ™ for marks in actual use — and is careful not to claim a registration that doesn’t exist or ownership of things in the commons. It is not legal advice, and registration (®) would be a separate step the author can take if and when he chooses. Per the house rule, the blank for that step is left for the curator’s own hand.