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-# governance
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-IX Governance — rules, craton charters, voting protocols, code of conduct
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+# IX Governance
+
+**Rules, craton charters, community structure**
+
+[inference-x.com](https://inference-x.com)
+
+</div>
+
+---
+
+## Structure
+
+Inference-X uses a **craton system** — stable geographic "cores" each with their own admin and community.
+
+Current cratons:
+
+| Craton | Region | Admin |
+|---|---|---|
+| Anti-Atlas | North Africa / Morocco | anti-atlas-admin |
+| Amazonian | South America | amazonian-admin |
+| Baltica | Northern Europe | baltica-admin |
+| China | East Asia | china-admin |
+| Congo | Central Africa | congo-admin |
+| Dharwar | South Asia | dharwar-admin |
+| Kaapvaal | Southern Africa | kaapvaal-admin |
+| Pilbara | Oceania | pilbara-admin |
+| Siberian | Russia / Central Asia | siberian-admin |
+| Superior | North America | superior-admin |
+| West Africa | West Africa | west-africa-admin |
+
+## Core Rules
+
+1. **Privacy first** — no telemetry, no tracking, ever
+2. **Zero cloud dependency** — the engine must work offline
+3. **Any hardware** — never optimize for one vendor
+4. **Open core** — BSL 1.1, converts to Apache 2.0 after 4 years
+5. **Community over company** — cratons own their regional governance
+
+## Decision making
+
+- Bug fixes and improvements: PR + review
+- Feature additions: discussion in forum → craton vote → merge
+- Protocol changes: RFC process
+
+---
+
+*[inference-x.com](https://inference-x.com)*