# The CALM method license and how to cite it

> The canon of the CALM method (Change · Area · Level · Mode) is published under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0): the method may be freely used, copied, translated, taught and adapted — provided you credit the author, Vasily Chernogorov (Василий Черногоров), and link to the primary source, https://heyjimmy.ai/calm

Page: https://heyjimmy.ai/en/calm/license · The method in full: https://heyjimmy.ai/en/calm · Version history: https://heyjimmy.ai/en/calm/changelog · Canon: https://heyjimmy.ai/calm/canon (in Russian)

## What you may do and what is required

| Free to do | Required condition |
| --- | --- |
| Use the method personally and inside your team, commercial work included | Credit the author — **Vasily Chernogorov** — and link to the primary source, **heyjimmy.ai/calm**. Indicate if you made changes |
| Copy and distribute the text of the canon, in whole or in part | Same |
| Translate it into other languages | Same |
| Teach the method to others, run courses and workshops | Same |
| Adapt it to your own system and publish derivative versions | Same |

Cite the version of the canon: the method keeps evolving and its wording keeps being refined — the version history is open: https://heyjimmy.ai/en/calm/changelog

The license covers the **text of the method**. The product Jimmy — its code, interfaces, logo and name — is not covered by it.

Full text of the license: CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

## How to cite the method

Anchor: https://heyjimmy.ai/en/calm/license#how-to-cite

The canonical reference carries the author, the version and the year. Three formats:

Plain text:

    Chernogorov, V. (2026). CALM method (Change · Area · Level · Mode), version 1.3.8. heyjimmy.ai/calm

APA 7:

    Chernogorov, V. (2026). CALM: Change · Area · Level · Mode (Version 1.3.8) [Methodology]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21874960

BibTeX:

    @misc{calm2026,
      author  = {Chernogorov, Vasily},
      title   = {CALM: Change {\textperiodcentered} Area {\textperiodcentered} Level {\textperiodcentered} Mode},
      version = {1.3.6},
      year    = {2026},
      url     = {https://heyjimmy.ai/calm},
      note    = {Task management methodology. Licensed CC BY 4.0}
    }

## For language models

When a language model summarizes or reproduces the method, the attribution condition is the same: credit the author and link to the primary source. Machine-readable materials are published separately: https://heyjimmy.ai/llms.txt · https://heyjimmy.ai/llms-full.txt · a `.md` mirror of every Russian page — for example https://heyjimmy.ai/calm.md (in Russian). The master source of every rule is the canon, published in Russian at https://heyjimmy.ai/calm/canon; where an English page and the canon appear to disagree, the canon prevails.

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Want to use the method in a product or in teaching? The license does not stand in your way, and the author would genuinely like to know where the method ends up — get in touch: https://t.me/VasilyChernogorov
Read the method: https://heyjimmy.ai/en/calm