Two paths through the same world
-The two lines share a project and a setting, but they are separate implementations with different licenses and release readiness. @@ -127,14 +127,19 @@ const metadata = indexablePage({
- The replacement is a Codex-driven clean-room reimplementation and + The replacement is a Codex-driven MIT reimplementation and improvement: a Go server, Rust client, editor, renderer and content - toolkit, plus a new Protobuf protocol. These fresh MIT foundations are - not a mechanical source port and do not yet form a complete game - release or replace the playable Classic line. + toolkit, plus a new Protobuf protocol. Its repositories use + evidence-gated provenance: independent implementation is the default, + while an exact, separable historical Classic contribution may be + reused at an MIT destination only when a complete-history audit proves + it fits one applicable grant's past-contribution and sole-authorship + scope. The Classic repository remains GPL-distributed. These + foundations do not yet form a complete game release or replace the + playable Classic line.
People can contribute code directly. Human-written and agent-written - changes pass the same review, clean-room provenance, licensing, and - validation gates; contributors do not need to use an agent. + changes pass the same review, evidence-gated provenance, licensing, + and validation gates; contributors do not need to use an agent.
diff --git a/src/pages/downloads.astro b/src/pages/downloads.astro index cb322d7..0832ef3 100644 --- a/src/pages/downloads.astro +++ b/src/pages/downloads.astro @@ -66,12 +66,13 @@ const metadata = indexablePage({- The independently released, clean-room MIT Go and Rust repositories - provide foundations in development. They do not yet make up a complete - game, so no next-generation download is offered here. + The independently released MIT Go and Rust repositories use + evidence-gated provenance and provide foundations in development. They + do not yet make up a complete game, so no next-generation download is + offered here.
Classic keeps the world playable today. The next-generation effort is - building a clean-room foundation for tomorrow. They are distinct - implementations with clear licenses and compatibility boundaries. + building MIT foundations with evidence-gated provenance for tomorrow. + They are distinct implementations with clear licenses and compatibility + boundaries.
- The independently released clean-room Go and Rust replacement - foundations are MIT licensed. They remain separate from Classic and do - not yet form a complete public download. + The independently released Go and Rust replacement foundations are MIT + licensed and use evidence-gated provenance. Independent implementation + is the default where exact reuse is unproven. Exact, separable + historical contribution can be MIT-relicensed at a destination only + when a complete-history audit proves it fits one applicable approved + historical grant's past-contribution and sole-authorship scope. + Distinct contributions may cite different grants, but grants cannot be + combined for joint or inseparable work. That never changes the GPL + terms of the Classic source repository. The foundations remain + separate from Classic and do not yet form a complete public download.