Bayanat Labs Open-Programme Policy and Operating Manual
The rules Bayanat Labs follows when it chooses, licenses and publishes open Arabic data, as files anyone can read, check and reuse: the open-programme policy (selection rubric, release tiers, licence matrix), the operating manual with its gated stages and definition of done, and bl-score, a command-line tool that applies the rubric to a scoping memo. In English and Arabic. Documentation, not legal advice.
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 (text); Apache-2.0 (code) |
|---|---|
| Version | v1.0.1 · Policy v1.0.1 and operating manual v1.0.1; bl-score v0.1.0. |
| Published | |
| Updated | |
| Who it is for | Teams that publish open Arabic data and want a licence-first release policy and a gated build process to adopt or adapt. |
| Level | Intermediate |
Key numbers
Counted by script from the released files. The repository has no MANIFEST.json. Each key number is counted from the operating manual as published on /open/how-we-build and pinned to its SHA-256.
Downloads and identifiers
| Where | What |
|---|---|
| GitHub | Repository on GitHub |
| bayanatlabs.com | Open-data policy (summary) |
| bayanatlabs.com | How we build open datasets (summary of the manual) |
Get started
Run the policy checks and bl-score locally
git clone https://github.com/Bayanat-Labs/open-policies
cd open-policies
python -m venv .venv && . .venv/bin/activate
pip install pyyaml jsonschema pytest
pip install ./tools/bl-score
python policy/scripts/validate_policy.py --policy-dir policy
bl-score tools/bl-score/examples/green_p0.yamlWhat is released
| Part | Licence | In this release |
|---|---|---|
| Open-programme policy: text, selection rubric, release tiers, licence matrix and schemas (policy/) | CC BY 4.0 | Yes |
| Operating manual: public edition in English and Arabic, stages, definition of done and crawler rules (manual/) | CC BY 4.0 | Yes |
| bl-score, validators, scripts and tests | Apache-2.0 | Yes |
Attribution: Policy by Bayanat Labs; Operating manual by Bayanat Labs. https://github.com/Bayanat-Labs/open-policies
Intended uses
- Read the rules behind every Bayanat Labs open release: release tiers, licence matrix, selection rubric and gated stages.
- Adopt or adapt the licence matrix and the operating manual for your own open-data programme, with attribution.
- Score a dataset idea against the rubric with bl-score.
Out of scope
- Legal advice for your organisation: the files are documentation, not a legal opinion.
- A substitute for checking the licence and terms of each source you use.
Rights at a glance
Training, display, redistribution and synthetic-voice use are separate permissions.
| Use | Status | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Training | Allowed | Text under CC BY 4.0, code under Apache-2.0. |
| Display | Allowed | CC BY 4.0, with attribution. |
| Redistribution | Allowed | Text under CC BY 4.0 with attribution and a note of any changes; code under Apache-2.0. |
| Synthetic voice | Not applicable | Text and code only. |
Limitations
- Written for Bayanat Labs' own releases: the thresholds and gates are its defaults, and a project may make them stricter.
- Statutes and platform terms are summarised only to explain the rules; check the current text of each before relying on it.
Sources and licences
Written by Bayanat Labs. The files cite statutes and platform terms by link and short quotation only, to explain the rules.
How to cite
Cite as:
Bayanat Labs (2026). Bayanat Labs open policies, version 1.0.1. Bayanat Labs. https://github.com/Bayanat-Labs/open-policies
No DOI. Cite the URL in the citation above and the date you read it.
@misc{bayanatlabs2026openpolicies,
author = {{Bayanat Labs}},
title = {Bayanat Labs open policies, version 1.0.1},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Bayanat-Labs/open-policies}}
}
Changelog
| Date | Version | Change |
|---|---|---|
| v1.0.1 | Published on GitHub: policy v1.0.1, operating manual v1.0.1 and bl-score v0.1.0, in English and Arabic. |
Corrections and removal requests
If something in this release should not be there, or is wrong, email hello@bayanatlabs.com. We handle removal requests within 30 days, and platform requests within 24 hours. How removal requests work
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