diff --git a/pilot/index.tpl.html b/pilot/index.tpl.html
index 4e54e8a..827095c 100644
--- a/pilot/index.tpl.html
+++ b/pilot/index.tpl.html
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ h1 em{color:var(--cyan);font-style:normal}
 footer{border-top:1px solid var(--line);padding:1.4rem 0 3rem;color:var(--dim);
   font-family:var(--mono);font-size:.82rem}
 footer a{color:var(--cyan)}
+.sig{margin:0;letter-spacing:.12em;line-height:1.9;color:var(--dim)}
 :focus-visible{outline:2px solid var(--cyan);outline-offset:2px}
 @media (max-width:640px){.card{grid-template-columns:1fr}.card .thumb{max-height:170px}}
 </style>
@@ -84,6 +85,7 @@ footer a{color:var(--cyan)}
 </nav>
 
 <footer class="wrap">
-  The Teaching Lab &middot; every page here describes systems the author operates &middot;
-  <a href="https://www.bztmon.com">bztmon.com</a>
+  <p style="margin:0 0 .9rem">The Teaching Lab &middot; each chapter documents infrastructure I run.</p>
+  <p class="sig">&copy; 2026 Jonathon Wright &middot; <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a>
+    &middot; hand-built static, shipped via GitOps &middot; <a href="https://www.bztmon.com/">bztmon.com</a></p>
 </footer>
diff --git a/pilot/mirror.tpl.html b/pilot/mirror.tpl.html
index cee7294..6f49522 100644
--- a/pilot/mirror.tpl.html
+++ b/pilot/mirror.tpl.html
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@
   .s23-pulse{position:absolute;left:34%;top:44%;width:26%;aspect-ratio:1;border-radius:50%;pointer-events:none;
     mix-blend-mode:screen;opacity:.25;background:radial-gradient(circle,rgba(232,121,249,.55),transparent 62%)}
   .refs li{margin:.45rem 0;font-size:.92rem}
+  .outro{max-width:64ch;margin:0 auto;padding:2vh 24px 14vh;text-align:center;border:0}
+  .outro p{font-family:var(--mono);font-size:.7rem;letter-spacing:.12em;color:var(--ink-dim);line-height:1.9;margin:0}
   @media (prefers-reduced-motion: reduce){
     html{scroll-behavior:auto}
     .s21-ring,.s23-pulse{display:none}
@@ -825,12 +827,17 @@ cache re-warm cost.</li>
 </ul>
 
 <footer>
-  DOSSIER / 005 &middot; last validated 2026-08-25 against the running estate and the
+  DOSSIER / 005 &middot; last reviewed 2026-08-25 against the running estate and the
   sources above &middot; corrections in this revision: retention/GC semantics, warm-cache
-  guarantees, retry arithmetic, upstream namespace routing &middot;
+  behaviour, retry arithmetic, upstream namespace routing &middot;
   <a href="/">The Teaching Lab</a> &middot; <a href="https://git.bztmon.com/jwright/exploded-cluster">source</a>
 </footer>
 
+<footer class="outro">
+  <p>&copy; 2026 Jonathon Wright &middot; <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/">CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a>
+    &middot; hand-built static, shipped via GitOps &middot; <a href="https://www.bztmon.com/">bztmon.com</a></p>
+</footer>
+
 </div>
 
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