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+# Inference-X Manifesto
+
+*This document cannot be modified by any party. It can only be extended.*
+
+---
+
+## The Problem
+
+Artificial intelligence has become the most powerful technology in human history. And it is controlled by fewer than ten companies.
+
+Every inference costs money. Every query is logged. Every model is a black box owned by someone who decides what you can and cannot ask. Intelligence — which should flow like water — is locked behind API keys, rate limits, and terms of service.
+
+The world's compute is centralized. Its intelligence is centralized. Its value flows upward.
+
+---
+
+## The Vision
+
+Inference-X is the **khettara of intelligence**.
+
+A khettara is an ancient Berber water canal system, carved into the desert of the Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco. It uses gravity — not pumps, not power, not permission — to bring water from mountains to fields. It is maintained by the community. It belongs to everyone who depends on it. It has worked for a thousand years.
+
+This is the architecture we are building for AI:
+
+- **Gravity instead of gatekeepers** — the engine runs anywhere, no cloud required
+- **Community-maintained** — not owned by any corporation
+- **Creator-protected** — the builder is named, paid, and protected
+- **User-sovereign** — your data never leaves your machine
+
+---
+
+## What We Believe
+
+1. **Intelligence belongs to everyone.** A student in Casablanca and an engineer in Tokyo should have equal access to AI inference.
+
+2. **Sovereignty is non-negotiable.** Your prompts, your models, your compute — no one should see them without your consent.
+
+3. **The provider serves the user.** In the IX ecosystem, providers pay to serve users, not the reverse.
+
+4. **Open is stronger than closed.** The community will always outbuild any single company given the right infrastructure.
+
+5. **The creator's name is permanent.** Elmadani Salka built the first stone of this cathedral. That name belongs in every wall.
+
+6. **Money flows honestly.** 20% to the creator who built it. 80% to the community that grows it. Always. Without exception.
+
+---
+
+## The Ecosystem
+
+| Layer | What it is | Who controls it |
+|---|---|---|
+| **Engine** | inference-x — 228KB binary, 19 backends | Community (BSL-1.1) |
+| **Tools** | ix-tools — governance, docs, utilities | Community (SALKA-IX) |
+| **Store** | IX Store — marketplace for organs and models | Community |
+| **Platform** | IX SaaS — cloud deployment with provider model | Community |
+| **Relay** | ECHO — zero-data-retention streaming bridge | Creator |
+
+---
+
+## What We Refuse
+
+- We will **never** centralize user data
+- We will **never** remove the creator's name
+- We will **never** build surveillance tools
+- We will **never** accept funding that compromises these principles
+- We will **never** optimize for engagement over truth
+
+---
+
+## The Promise
+
+To every person who contributes to this project:
+
+- Your attribution will be honored
+- Revenue will be shared honestly and transparently
+- The rules will not change against you
+- Your data will stay on your machine
+
+To the creator:
+
+- Your name is in every binary
+- Your 20% is immutable
+- Your private work remains private
+- Your family is protected by succession documents
+
+---
+
+## Why This Matters
+
+This project was conceived in Morocco, in the land of the Anti-Atlas, where water management shaped civilization for millennia. The same principles apply to intelligence: it must flow to where it is needed, maintained by those who use it, built on gravity rather than power.
+
+The communities that built the khettaras did not patent them. They maintained them together. The water fed everyone's fields.
+
+We are building the same thing for AI.
+
+---
+
+*This manifesto was written in February 2026.*  
+*It may be extended but never edited or deleted.*  
+*— Elmadani Salka, creator of Inference-X*

governance/GOVERNANCE.md

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+# Inference-X Community Governance
+
+## Philosophy
+
+The creator builds the cathedral. The community lives in it and expands it. Neither can undo the other's work.
+
+Elmadani Salka holds the rights. The community holds the execution power. These are separate, complementary, and non-conflicting.
+
+---
+
+## Contribution Levels
+
+| Level | Title | Requirements | Powers |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| 0 | Explorer | Join, read, discuss | Read access, forum participation |
+| 1 | Contributor | 1+ merged PR or published Store item | Listed in CONTRIBUTORS.md, minor poll voting |
+| 2 | Builder | 10+ contributions | Code review, roadmap voting (2x weight), featured on site |
+| 3 | Maintainer | Nominated by 3+ maintainers | Merge rights for their domain, Core Team eligibility, compensation eligible |
+| 4 | Core Team | Elected, max 9 seats | Budget approval, all repo access, 2-year terms |
+| ∞ | IX Guardian | Designated by creator | Observer rights, audit rights, vision protection, permanent |
+
+---
+
+## Decision Types
+
+| Type | Scope | Who decides | Threshold |
+|---|---|---|---|
+| **A** — Operational | Day-to-day (bugs, docs, releases) | Core Team | Majority |
+| **B** — Strategic | Roadmap, partnerships, major features | Level 2+ vote | 60% |
+| **C** — Structural | Governance changes, Core Team composition | Level 3+ vote | 66% |
+| **D** — Constitutional | **PROHIBITED** — cannot change license, attribution, royalty, or vision | No one | N/A |
+
+---
+
+## Core Team Accountability
+
+- Quarterly public report: fund balance, contribution scores, store revenue, roadmap status
+- Annual financial audit
+- Any Core Team member can be removed by 66% Level 3+ vote
+- Core Team cannot vote to reduce creator's royalty or remove attribution
+
+---
+
+## Revenue Distribution
+
+All revenue is split automatically:
+- **20%** → Rights Holder (Elmadani Salka / SALKA HOLDING) — immutable
+- **80%** → Community Fund — distributed quarterly
+
+Community Fund allocation (voted annually by Level 3+):
+- 40% → Active maintainer compensation
+- 20% → Infrastructure (servers, domains, security)
+- 15% → Community events and bounties
+- 15% → Contributor distributions (by contribution score)
+- 10% → Emergency reserve
+
+---
+
+## Anti-Capture Protection
+
+These measures make hostile takeover structurally impossible:
+
+1. **License immutability** — The SALKA-IX License cannot be modified to remove creator rights
+2. **Succession** — Creator rights pass to designated successors, not to the community
+3. **IX Guardian seats** — Permanent governance seats protect vision against majority capture
+4. **Revenue lock** — The 20% royalty is embedded in every commercial contract
+5. **Attribution in binary** — The creator's name is in the compiled code itself
+6. **Domain ownership** — All domains owned by SALKA HOLDING, never transferred to community
+
+---
+
+## Code of Conduct
+
+**Build**: Write readable code. Document your work. Review others' work fairly.
+
+**Communicate**: Assume good faith. Welcome contributors in any language. Disagree with ideas, not people.
+
+**Protect**: Report security vulnerabilities privately to security@inference-x.com. Never disclose before a fix is ready.
+
+**Respect**: The project vision, the license, existing contributors, and users who depend on this software.
+
+Violations are handled by Core Team majority vote. Serious violations result in permanent ban.
+
+---
+
+*Governance v1.0 — February 2026*