Event traffic light: choosing a safe starting point

Green — ready for this lab

• The supplied fictional scenario.
• Your own abstract idea or original notes.
• Public-domain or licensed material when you record the source and terms you know.
• A learner-owned asset used privately, when the learner is comfortable and has permission.

Yellow — pause, simplify, or substitute

• An asset whose origin is unclear.
• An organization or family image that may become public.
• A familiar work that is doing too much of the directing.
• A project with a public or commercial goal but no review plan.

Use a fictional substitute or a no-tool paper version until the source and intended use are clear.

Red — do not use in the activity

• A request to imitate a living artist, a recognizable protected work, character, logo, or trademarked identity.
• Private, sensitive, client, account, or another person’s material.
• A request to get around a refusal, guardrail, or platform boundary.
• A claim that the exercise, a prompt, or an output decides legal rights.

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Source: labs/from-inspiration-to-invention/materials/event-traffic-light.md