[codex] docs: add OpenCoven IP protection records - #29
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Pull request overview
This PR adds a set of root-level IP/security governance documents (patent non-assertion, provenance/origin record, contribution terms, and responsible disclosure policy) intended to clarify OpenCoven’s legal and security reporting posture.
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PATENTSwith a patent non-assertion pledge and prior-art notice. - Add
PROVENANCE.mddocumenting project origin and architectural concept provenance. - Add
CONTRIBUTING.mddefining DCO sign-off expectations and patent non-assertion contribution terms. - Add
SECURITY.mddescribing vulnerability reporting guidance and scope.
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| SECURITY.md | Introduces the project’s vulnerability reporting and scope policy. |
| PROVENANCE.md | Adds a public origin/provenance record for concepts and publication timing. |
| PATENTS | Adds a patent non-assertion pledge plus prior-art positioning. |
| CONTRIBUTING.md | Establishes DCO + contribution/patent terms and contributor workflow guidance. |
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| Contact the maintainers directly: | ||
| - Discord: https://discord.gg/OpenCoven (DM @BunsDev) | ||
| - Or open a GitHub Security Advisory on the repository |
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| **First appeared:** `coven-cli/src/familiar_identity.rs`, commit history from 2026-04-27 | ||
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| A named, role-scoped agent persona — a "familiar" — resolved from a configuration manifest (`familiars.toml`) and attached to a session via a CLI flag or runtime config. Each familiar has an `id`, `display_name`, and `role`. The familiar model is the foundational identity primitive for multi-agent systems in OpenCoven. |
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| **First appeared:** `pty_runner.rs:307` (`spawn_piped_with_observer`), commit history from 2026-04-27 | ||
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| A structured dispatch pattern for launching configured agent/harness processes. The pattern validates a harness allowlist, canonicalizes working directory, checks session state, then dispatches to one of a defined set of low-level spawn primitives. This is the root pattern from which single-chokepoint process execution architectures in agent systems derive. |
| - The agent spawn harness: a structured dispatch pattern that validates and routes process execution through a defined set of primitives | ||
| - The multi-agent orchestration substrate: composable, purpose-scoped agents ("familiars") coordinating through structured routing with shared session context | ||
| - The session memory and continuity substrate (OpenTrust): durable, portable agent memory and session state with provenance tracking | ||
| - The graded approval tier model: auto → familiar-review → human-review → human-required escalation for agent actions affecting protected resources |
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Summary
Adds the OpenCoven root IP protection and disclosure documents:
PATENTS: patent non-assertion pledge and prior-art noticePROVENANCE.md: origin and publication recordCONTRIBUTING.md: DCO and patent contribution terms, merged with any existing repo guidanceSECURITY.md: responsible disclosure policy, merged with any existing repo guidanceValidation
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