Framework is free. Workbooks are paid. Both are honest.

This work is published under a split licence. The framework concepts are open under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. The workbook content is © Lubor Fedak, All Rights Reserved.

1. Framework concepts — CC BY 4.0

The 25 axioms, 6 Heureka patterns (P1–P6), 10 deletion surfaces (D1–D10), 42 lexicon terms, 5 waves, anti-pattern catalogue, Pre-Flight Audit questions, and Hours Returned methodology are published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). You may cite, share, adapt, build on, and use these commercially with attribution to "The Last Manual Worker" (manwo.org).

2. Workbook content — All Rights Reserved

The narrative prose, worked examples, transition essays, foreword, illustrations, Man Wo character, brand mark, channel name, and print typography of every workbook edition are copyright © Lubor Fedak. Reproduction or redistribution requires explicit written permission. Buying a copy grants personal use; bulk distribution or photocopying for staff requires either per-copy purchase or a separate corporate licence.

3. Episode videos — YouTube Standard Licence

Embedding and citing with attribution allowed. Mirroring or re-uploading requires permission via hello@manwo.org.

4. Free chapter PDFs — personal-use marketing samples

The free chapter PDFs distributed under each YouTube episode are marketing samples of the framework. Free for personal use; redistribution permitted with attribution; not licensed for inclusion in derivative paid products.

5. Why this split

The framework is the contribution to the field — open, citable, redistributable with attribution, designed to spread. The workbooks are the commercial expression — curated, bound, writeable, applied to specific use-cases. Both are honest about what they are. The previous "free forever" wording the channel used pre-launch was retired on 2026-05-18 in favour of this more honest split-license positioning. The framework's value is network-effect-driven; restricting concept use slows adoption. The workbooks support the founder's livelihood without creating cult-traps, vendor dependence, or paywalls on the framework itself.