Purpose
This document defines a clean structural separation between the Scintilla Foundation and the commercial entity.
Why Separation Matters
If consequential claims should not be governed by unilateral authority, then stewardship cannot be collapsed into revenue capture. Separation exists so that commercial success does not harden into authority over governance, truth claims, or shared ecosystem legitimacy.
Foundation Role
- steward core ecosystem public goods and institutional responsibilities
- define and maintain shared specifications and standards
- oversee governance evolution
- manage material parameter and policy updates
- commission audits
- maintain exposure and safety discipline where relevant
- ensure neutrality across ecosystem institutions
Commercial Role
- build integrations
- provide tooling and SDKs
- support enterprise onboarding
- offer managed services where appropriate
- monetize ecosystem services without controlling core governance or stewardship unilaterally
Anti-Capture Logic
The separation is not cosmetic. It exists so that:
- stewardship is not collapsed into revenue capture
- commercial success does not become authority over truth or governance
- shared ecosystem institutions remain larger than any one operator
- the founder’s principles survive operational scale