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