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Referencing NSI in professional work (talks, writing, podcasts, client conversations) for professional gain
A micro license
€500/yr
Using NSI with paying clients (1:1 or small groups) using official frameworks, diagrams or worksheets
Licensed Practitioner Agreement + Certification
€3000 + Renewal
Delivering NSI inside organisations, leadership teams, group programmes, retreats or institutions
Faculty/Strategic Delivery License
(by application)
€12000 + Renewal
Embedding NSI in apps, AI models, software or digital platforms
Technology/API License
€32000/yr + Royalties
Deploying NSI across a company, university, clinic, school or health system
Corporate / Institutional License
€25k -100k/yr + Royalties
Core Rule of Use:
If NSI is informing your revenue, curriculum, client delivery, organisational work or technology, you require a license. No informal use. No reinterpretation. No rebranding.
NSE Licensing and Usage Rights
Nervous System Intelligence™ (NSI) is a protected canon, a defined system of language, models, diagrams, research architecture, and applied methodology.
It is being openly shared for public learning.
It is not open-source for public teaching, reproduction, or commercial use.
Learning is free. Use is licensed.
If you are teaching, selling, embedding, or adapting NSI, you need permission.
What Is Protected
The Nervous System Economy (NSE) owns and defends all NSI intellectual property, including but not limited to:
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Frameworks and models: Ladder of States™, Anchors, Growth Arc™, Field Generator™, Rulebook, visual grammar and naming system
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Written and visual works: diagrams, slides, books, research papers, worksheets, terminology
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Technology and measurement: PRI readiness architecture, biological gating logic, computational models
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Trademarks and identity: Nervous System Intelligence™, NSI™, Nervous System Economy™ and associated marks
All of the above are protected under Copyright, Trademark, and emerging Patent law, supported by technology-based monitoring and a public record of confirmed violations.
Permitted Without a License
(Personal Use Only)
Learning is open. Use is licensed.
You may:
✔ Read, watch, study and apply the material in your own life
✔ Share personal reflections or short quotations with attribution (non-commercial)
You may not:
✖ Teach NSI frameworks in any format (workshops, trainings, sessions)
✖ Use NSI diagrams, models, names or language in client work or paid offerings
✖ Upload NSI material into AI systems or training datasets
✖ Reproduce or adapt NSI frameworks as your own methodology
Why This Level of Protection Exists
Because making this information open to individuals who would personally benefit from it now, matters.
Doing that in ways that hold clean boundaries also matters as we organise and prepare to:
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Fund research, empirical science, and public education through an open–but–protected ecosystem
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Preserve the canon from dilution or misapplication while maintaining scientific and ethical integrity
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Ensure practitioners, organisations and technologists are best placed to leverage the full application of NSI correctly, ethically and legally.
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Seek investment, grants and fundraising that are commensurate with the quality of our IP protection.
Notice of Violation:
If you have received notice of improper or unlicensed use of Nervous System Intelligence™ material, please contact: legal@nervoussystemeconomy.com to explore resolution options.
We believe in open science for personal and collective benefit, and we equally believe in enforcing clear boundaries when the work is used for commercial gain (financial or otherwise).
Public Registry of Violations
To protect the integrity of this work, NSE maintains a public record of confirmed and unresolved violations.
This registry will only list cases after reasonable contact and resolution attempts have been made by legal counsel on behalf of the Nervous System Economy.
How to Proceed
Through end 2025, you are invited to email shannon@nervoussystemeconomy.com directly for licensing application, queries or payment.