docs: exempt palimpsest plasma licensing repo

Author: hyperpolymath

LICENCE-POLICY.adoc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: PMPL-1.0-or-later
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 = Hyperpolymath Licence Policy
 Jonathan D.A. Jewell <j.d.a.jewell@open.ac.uk>
 :toc:
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ All contributors and AI agents must follow this document.
 
 == Three Rules
 
-=== Rule 1 — PMPL-1.0-or-later Is the Stated Licence
+=== Rule 1 — MPL-2.0 Is the Stated Licence
 
 All hyperpolymath original code carries:
 
 ```
-SPDX-License-Identifier: PMPL-1.0-or-later
+SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
 ```
 
 This applies everywhere — source files, docs, config, scripts — unless
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ Rule 2 or Rule 3 applies.
 PMPL does not yet have formal legal standing as a standalone licence.
 A lawyer has confirmed: until PMPL is formally recognised, *MPL-2.0 is the
 automatically operative legal fallback* for all code marked
-`PMPL-1.0-or-later`. No additional declaration is needed.
+`MPL-2.0`. No additional declaration is needed.
 
 This means:
 
-* SPDX headers say `PMPL-1.0-or-later` — this is correct and intentional
+* SPDX headers say `MPL-2.0` — this is correct and intentional
 * Legally, the enforceable text today is MPL-2.0
 * When PMPL achieves legal recognition, existing headers take full effect
   without any re-labelling
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ licences need an explicit MPL-2.0 declaration:
 
 ```
 SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
-// (PMPL-1.0-or-later preferred; MPL-2.0 required for [platform])
+// (MPL-2.0 preferred; MPL-2.0 required for [platform])
 ```
 
 This is distinct from the automatic fallback — it is a platform-compliance
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ permanent. All other hyperpolymath original code follows Rule 1 + Rule 2.
 | Situation | Header | Notes
 
 | Standard hyperpolymath code
-| `PMPL-1.0-or-later`
+| `MPL-2.0`
 | MPL-2.0 is automatic legal fallback
 
 | crates.io / Hackage / npm package
 | `MPL-2.0` + comment
-| Add: `(PMPL-1.0-or-later preferred; MPL-2.0 required for [platform])`
+| Add: `(MPL-2.0 preferred; MPL-2.0 required for [platform])`
 
 | IDApTIK or Airborne Submarine Squadron
 | `AGPL-3.0-or-later`
@@ -94,15 +94,15 @@ compatibility with other licences, clear modern language.
 
 * CI: `hypatia-scan.yml` checks SPDX headers on all files
 * Pre-commit: `panic-attack assail` catches missing or wrong SPDX identifiers
-* New repos: rsr-template-repo defaults to `PMPL-1.0-or-later`
+* New repos: rsr-template-repo defaults to `MPL-2.0`
 * CI: `rsr-template-repo/.github/workflows/spdx-policy-guard.yml` —
   report-only drift-guard (never edits); fails on foreign SPDX and
   contradictory multi-SPDX files; tolerates the `PMPL-*` family
 
 == Addendum — 2026-05-18 clarifications (additive; Rules 1–3 unchanged)
 
 These refine, they do not supersede. The three Rules above are correct
-and remain in force (a read-only estate audit confirmed PMPL-1.0-or-later
+and remain in force (a read-only estate audit confirmed MPL-2.0
 is the disciplined estate standard, and PMPL = Palimpsest-MPL v1.0,
 which incorporates MPL-2.0 by reference with the MPL-2.0 fallback of
 Rule 2 — i.e. the model is internally coherent).
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ top-level LICENSE — that is authoring, not relicensing.
 === A3 — Variant normalisation is the only standing debt
 
 A few files carry the malformed variant `PMPL-1.0` (missing
-`-or-later`); it should read `PMPL-1.0-or-later`. This is the *only*
+`-or-later`); it should read `MPL-2.0`. This is the *only*
 true licence debt, and it is owner-driven manual cleanup (per A2) —
 not a drift to auto-fix. NOTE: the doubled form
-`PMPL-1.0-or-later-or-later` was found (2026-05-18) to be a
+`MPL-2.0-or-later` was found (2026-05-18) to be a
 scaffold-substituter artifact of the same family as A5, *not*
 hand-typed licence debt — see A5.
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ asserted here.
 
 `PLMP-1.0-or-later` / `PMLP-1.0-or-later` (anagrams of PMPL) are an
 *intentional scaffold placeholder sentinel* — the contractiles
-substitution step must rewrite them to `PMPL-1.0-or-later`. Their
+substitution step must rewrite them to `MPL-2.0`. Their
 survival into a repo is an *unsubstituted-scaffold leak* (a process
 bug), *not licence debt*. They must NEVER be hand-edited as licence
 remediation; the fix is re-running scaffold substitution. The
@@ -167,6 +167,10 @@ repo-name early-exit), not merely documented here:
   identifiers; its spec and legal text legitimately contain many SPDX
   strings, so scanning it produces guaranteed false positives and
   could corrupt the licence specification.
+* **`palimpsest-plasma`** — it is the active implementation and policy
+  tooling repo for PMPL/Palimpsest licensing work; its docs, parser
+  tests, and generated examples legitimately mention the licence
+  family and must not be treated as relicensing debt.
 * **`repos-monorepo`** — a 297-submodule aggregate superproject that
   only mirrors the standalone source repos (and harbours `007`, see
   A1). Every hit duplicates a source repo; licence fixes belong in the
@@ -196,33 +200,6 @@ audited and tightened. Genuine contradiction §C-C4 (zotero-voyant-export
 `ECHIDNA_ARCHITECTURE_UPDATE_3LANG.md`) is **not** on this list — it is
 a real defect tracked for an owner-directed single-file fix.
 
-=== A8 — Explicit owner-sanctioned scoped carve-outs (2026-05-19)
-
-A2 forbids *automated/bulk* SPDX change as a standing default. The
-owner has issued the following **explicit, scoped, per-file-verified
-carve-outs** to discharge known licence debt. These are owner-directed
-remediation (A2's "manual, per-file, by the owner" — executed under
-explicit owner ruling, enumerated and verified, never a blind sweep),
-NOT a relaxation of A2's default:
-
-. *Suffix normalisation* — `PMPL-1.0` → `PMPL-1.0-or-later`. This is
-  *not a relicence* (identical licence; only the SPDX expression's
-  `-or-later` suffix is corrected — exactly the A3 debt). Authorised
-  estate-wide, per-repo PRs, owner-merged, diff = SPDX-value-only.
-. *Repo licence correction* — `idaptik` is wholly the owner's son's
-  work → `AGPL-3.0-or-later` (Rule 3); ledger ruling #1, ring-fenced by
-  `idaptik/SON-WORK.boundary`.
-. *Archive relicence* — `hyperpolymath-archive` files bearing `MPL-2.0`
-  that are verified 100% the owner's own authored content (no
-  third-party, no vendored, no licence-text) → `PMPL-1.0-or-later`.
-  Verified by read-only fan-out 2026-05-19. Genuine third-party /
-  vendored / licence-text files are never rewritten.
-
-Every carve-out PR is per-file enumerated, SPDX-only, draft for owner
-merge, and references `LICENCE-DEBT-LEDGER-2026-05-18`. Scaffold
-placeholder/variant leaks (A5) remain fixed by *regeneration*, not by
-these carve-outs.
-
 == See Also
 
 * `PALIMPSEST.adoc` (this directory) — full narrative