---
id: "rsl-standard"
title: "RSL: Really Simple Licensing"
creator: "RSL Collective"
creator_url: "https://rslstandard.org"
url: "https://rslstandard.org/"
category: "ai-search-visibility-seo-geo-aeo"
subcategory: "ai-crawler-access-and-robots"
region: "West"
access: "free"
date_added: "2026-10-19"
resource_kind: "entity"
verification_basis: "supplier-inventory-v2.4"
access_evidence: "Supplier-approved free inventory; not independently verified by this site."
domain_top: "AI search visibility (SEO/GEO/AEO)"
domain_sub: "AI crawler access and robots"
source_type: "standard-policy"
last_verified: "2026-10-19"
last_content_modified: "2026-10-19"
---

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# RSL: Really Simple Licensing

Open standard for publishing machine-readable licensing and payment terms for AI crawlers, linked from robots.txt, with an optional nonprofit collective.

An unrated entity, not a level-rated lesson. A standard-policy from RSL Collective; catalog added 2026-10-19, last verified 2026-10-19.

by [RSL Collective](https://rslstandard.org)

[Read the original →](https://rslstandard.org/)

Category: [AI search visibility (SEO/GEO/AEO)](/ai-search-visibility-seo-geo-aeo/index.md)
Tags: [ai-crawler-access-and-robots](/tags/ai-crawler-access-and-robots/index.md), [ai-search-visibility-seo-geo-aeo](/tags/ai-search-visibility-seo-geo-aeo/index.md)
Added: 2026-10-19
Last verified: 2026-10-19
Status: ok
Resource kind: entity
Type: standard-policy
Region: West
Original language: en
Access: free
Last modified: 2026-10-19
Subcategory: [AI crawler access and robots](/ai-search-visibility-seo-geo-aeo/ai-crawler-access-and-robots/index.md)
Verification basis: Supplier-reported import check. Subsequent source corrections and content reviews are recorded separately.
Access evidence: Supplier-approved free inventory; not independently verified by this site.
Source domain: AI search visibility (SEO/GEO/AEO)
Source subdomain: AI crawler access and robots

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