1. Purpose
The Tokenized Licensing as a Service (TLaaS) model within the Decentralized Licensing Authority (DLA) is designed to digitize, automate, and enforce licensing agreements on-chain. It ensures that licenses are:
- Tamper-proof through blockchain immutability.
- Interoperable across ecosystems.
- Programmable for automation, renewals, and conditional rights enforcement.
- Economically sustainable via tokenized incentives and governance.
Its primary purpose is to remove friction in licensing—whether for software, creative works, patents, or regulated industry operations—while embedding compliance, governance, and dispute resolution directly into the licensing lifecycle.
2. Scope
The TLaaS scope under the DLA includes:
- Digital License Creation: Issuers can mint licenses as NFTs (ERC-721) or semi-fungible tokens (ERC-1155) with embedded metadata.
- License Validation: On-chain verification of authenticity, rights, and expiry.
- Automated Renewal & Payment Processing: Smart contract logic handles periodic renewals.
- Revocation & Dispute Resolution: Built-in governance voting and override routing.
- Cross-Platform Interoperability: Licenses usable across multiple platforms in the CHLOM ecosystem (LEX, DAL, Smart Compliance modules).
- Regulatory Alignment: Optional KYC/AML integration for jurisdictions with strict compliance needs.
3. Economic Model
The TLaaS economic model ensures self-sustainability and ecosystem value creation:
3.1 Revenue Streams
- License Minting Fees – Paid by issuers to create new licenses.
- Renewal Fees – Paid periodically by holders.
- Transaction Fees – Applied to transfers, trades, or sublicenses.
- Royalty Distributions – Split between license issuers, DLA treasury, and validators.
- Staking Rewards – Incentivizing validators and governance participants.
3.2 Tokenomics
- DLA Utility Token (DLAU): Used for fees, governance votes, and staking.
- Stablecoin Integration: For predictable fiat-equivalent payments.
- Burn Mechanisms: A percentage of fees burned to control supply.
3.3 Value Distribution
| Recipient | Percentage of Fee Revenue |
| DLA Treasury | 30% |
| License Issuer | 40% |
| Validators | 20% |
| Auditors & Dispute Councils | 10% |
4. Governance & Compliance
- Validator Role: Stake tokens to verify license authenticity.
- Council Role: Handle disputes and overrides via voting.
- Automated Compliance: Integrations with Smart Compliance (S-CaaS) modules for sanctions screening and fraud detection.
5. Benefits Summary
- Eliminates manual enforcement of licensing agreements.
- Creates recurring revenue for issuers.
- Provides transparent governance with community oversight.
- Enables license portability across multiple decentralized applications.
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