governance/GOVERNANCE.md

Inference-X Community Governance

Structure

elmadani (Founder)       <- Supreme control. Cannot be removed.
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    +-- founders team    <- owner permission on all org repos
    +-- craton-admins    <- admin (11 regional leaders)
    +-- maintainers      <- write + merge approved PRs
    +-- contributors     <- write, no merge to protected branches
    +-- community        <- read + issues only

The 11 Cratons

Craton	Region	Admin account
Amazonian	South America	amazonian-admin
Congo	Central Africa	congo-admin
Kaapvaal	Southern Africa	kaapvaal-admin
Pilbara	Australia	pilbara-admin
Superior	North America	superior-admin
Siberian	Russia / Central Asia	siberian-admin
North China	East Asia	china-admin
Dharwar	South Asia	dharwar-admin
West African	West Africa	west-africa-admin
Baltica	Europe	baltica-admin

Permissions by Role

Founder (elmadani)

• Everything. Veto on all decisions. Cannot be removed.
• Only account that can push to core protected branches (master/main)
• Can override any team decision

Craton Admins

• Manage their zone: issues, PRs, discussions
• Appoint maintainers in their zone
• Cannot merge to core protected branches without founder approval
• Cannot touch other zones

Maintainers

• Merge approved PRs after craton-admin review
• Cannot push to master/main directly

Contributors

• Submit PRs, open issues, review code
• No merge rights

Community

• Read all public repos
• Open issues and discussions only

Inviolable Rules

1. elmadani CANNOT be removed from Owners team by any mechanism
2. Governance docs require founder's signed commit to change
3. Protected branches: founder push only
4. Any account attempting privilege escalation is immediately banned
5. Internal project names and personal details must never appear in public repos
6. No single craton admin can claim founder authority

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