The invitation layer
The Open Bench is how SPACEBOY invites people in. SPACEBOY publishes the thinking as public intellectual property, the community layer carries it, and COACT Studio provides the infrastructure where ventures collaborate, co-act and co-invest. Ownership is grounded in the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 of South Africa. The tag is #BRINGMESPACEBOY.
The Open Bench
The portfolio is not a trophy cabinet. It is a public laboratory.
SPACEBOY is the invitation layer. Everything drawn, written and built here is offered to the public so others can study it, remix it and build their own version - with clear rules about what is open, what is community-owned, what is reserved, and what is off-limits. Open source does not mean no ownership. It means ownership is deliberately layered.
SPACEBOY UNIVERSE - PUBLIC IP LIBRARY
Frameworks, visual systems, venture architectures, methodologies, stories, experiments, software, brands, cultural artifacts.
OPEN COMMUNITY LAYER
See it. Study it. Learn it. Remix it. Build it.
COACT / VIOLET / SIH INFRASTRUCTURE
Where ideas become ventures, organisations, products and ecosystems. The current operating layer lives at coact.co.za.
#BRINGMESPACEBOY
Human intervention when the system needs a guide.
Ownership and Copyright
All original works on this site - frameworks, drawings, documents, copy, code, marks, artwork and visual systems - were authored by or on behalf of SPACEBOY INNOVATION HUB (PTY) LTD. They are protected from the moment of fixation under the Copyright Act 98 of 1978 (Republic of South Africa). No licence, assignment or waiver is implied unless it is explicitly stated below. The public layer is a deliberate act of licensing, not an absence of ownership. Third-party rights remain with their owners - the Nasalization typeface is the property of Ray Larabie / Typodermic Fonts and is used as artwork under its licence.
| LAYER | COVERS | YOU MAY | YOU MAY NOT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public | Original frameworks, methodologies, stories, diagrams | Study, teach, adapt with attribution | Pass off as your own or remove attribution |
| Community | Contributed remixes, cohort work | Use and build on, contribute back | Enclose or resell as-is |
| Copyright | Written works, artwork, sheets, code, copy | Quote and cite | Reproduce, distribute or adapt wholesale |
| Trademark | SPACEBOY, COACT, VIOLET, VentureOS marks | Refer to them accurately | Trade under them or register confusingly similar marks |
| Commercial licence | Productised systems, curriculum, select software | Licence by written agreement | Deploy without one |
| Proprietary | Live infrastructure, client data, code inside ventures | Nothing | Access or copy |
Public
- COVERS
- Original frameworks, methodologies, stories, diagrams
- YOU MAY
- Study, teach, adapt with attribution
- YOU MAY NOT
- Pass off as your own or remove attribution
Community
- COVERS
- Contributed remixes, cohort work
- YOU MAY
- Use and build on, contribute back
- YOU MAY NOT
- Enclose or resell as-is
Copyright
- COVERS
- Written works, artwork, sheets, code, copy
- YOU MAY
- Quote and cite
- YOU MAY NOT
- Reproduce, distribute or adapt wholesale
Trademark
- COVERS
- SPACEBOY, COACT, VIOLET, VentureOS marks
- YOU MAY
- Refer to them accurately
- YOU MAY NOT
- Trade under them or register confusingly similar marks
Commercial licence
- COVERS
- Productised systems, curriculum, select software
- YOU MAY
- Licence by written agreement
- YOU MAY NOT
- Deploy without one
Proprietary
- COVERS
- Live infrastructure, client data, code inside ventures
- YOU MAY
- Nothing
- YOU MAY NOT
- Access or copy
DON'T JUST LOOK AT WHAT WE BUILT.
LEARN HOW IT WAS BUILT.
BUILD YOUR OWN.
AND IF YOU NEED US