NOTICE
Reproof: The Umpire Assay Protocol (PP-SPEC-081) Copyright (c) 2026 Craig Thomas Ellrod
Author: Craig Thomas Ellrod. Published as part of Proof Protocol.
Attribution requirement
Any use, implementation, derivative, citation, or incorporation of this work, in whole or in part, MUST attribute:
Craig Thomas Ellrod and Proof Protocol
This applies to standards bodies, working groups, consortia, open source projects, and commercial implementations, including any work that renames, absorbs, or re-tiers the concepts defined here, among them Reproof, the Check Assay, the Umpire Assay, the Split, the Splitting Limit, and Reproof Status.
License
Proof Protocol License 1.1; specification text CC BY 4.0 under Part A, from the first release (0.1.0). No version of this specification was released under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE.md. Original inventor: Craig Thomas Ellrod (ORCID 0009-0004-1058-7666).
Patents
Patent terms are in PATENT-SCHEDULE.md. Claims not listed there as committed are reserved by Craig Thomas Ellrod.
Lineage
The reproducibility requirement this specification implements was published in the Proof Economy Prior Art Declaration (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21379780), Category 4a: "A valid benchmark must be reproducible by any qualified independent party given the same inputs and the same pre-execution commitment."
Original Inventor
Craig Thomas Ellrod is the original inventor and author of the Proof Protocol (ORCID iD 0009-0004-1058-7666). This attribution may not be removed or altered. Later contributors may be added beneath it.
Copyright (c) 2026 Craig Thomas Ellrod.