Hi,
We discussed this with the GitHub team, but it didn't result in a specific way to integrate the opt-out signal as a file in a GitHub repository.
An issue is that AI actors are not adhering to new way of expressing TDM opt-out.
Best regards, Cordialement,
Laurent Le Meur
Directeur EDRLab
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> Le 8 mars 2026 à 09:37, nervy.bright_5x@icloud.com a écrit :
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> Dear TDM Rep,
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> Thanks for your work on the TDM Reservation Protocol.
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> I’m looking for a reliable way to opt out of TDM on my personal GitHub repositories and in my search for a solution I came across the Text and Data Mining Reservation Protocol Community Group. In the TDM Reservation Protocol spec, I see there are methods defined for declaring reservations of TDM rights on an origin server, in HTTP responses, HTML content and more. But I didn’t find any methods that apply to code repositories. Does TDM Rep have any recommendations for how I can reserve my rights on my GitHub repos? Would adding a TDM file at the root of the repo be sufficient? It would be very helpful if this scenario could be added to the spec.
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> Kind regards,
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> Samuel
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