[codex] docs: add OpenCoven IP protection records - #1
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Pull request overview
Adds IP protection and disclosure documentation (PATENTS/provenance/contribution/security policies) at the repository root, intended to establish origin records and reporting processes.
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PATENTSwith a patent non-assertion pledge and prior-art notice. - Added
PROVENANCE.mddescribing architectural origin and publication record. - Added
CONTRIBUTING.md(DCO + patent contribution terms) andSECURITY.md(responsible disclosure policy).
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| SECURITY.md | Introduces a security vulnerability reporting policy and scope definition. |
| PROVENANCE.md | Adds a provenance/origin record and prior-art style references. |
| PATENTS | Adds a patent non-assertion pledge and prior-art notice table. |
| CONTRIBUTING.md | Adds DCO sign-off instructions and patent non-assertion contribution terms. |
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| If you discover a security vulnerability in OpenCoven, please report it responsibly. | ||
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| **Do not open a public GitHub issue for security vulnerabilities.** | ||
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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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| # Contributing to OpenCoven | ||
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| Thank you for your interest in contributing. OpenCoven is MIT licensed and community-driven. We want contributing to be easy, open, and safe for everyone. | ||
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| ## Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) | ||
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| OpenCoven uses the **Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) v1.1** for all contributions. This is a lightweight mechanism — not a CLA — that asks you to certify that you have the right to submit what you're submitting. | ||
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| OpenCoven is MIT licensed. The maintainers of this project have not filed and do not intend to file patents on the architectural patterns, protocols, or mechanisms described in this repository. | ||
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| # PROVENANCE.md — OpenCoven Origin Record | ||
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| > This document exists to establish the clear, timestamped origin of the architectural ideas that define OpenCoven. It is a public record, not a legal claim. It is maintained so that future readers — contributors, users, researchers, patent examiners — can verify where these ideas came from and when. | ||
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| ## Origin | ||
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| **OpenCoven** was created by **Valentina Alexander** (`@BunsDev`) and first published publicly on **April 27, 2026** under the MIT License. | ||
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| - GitHub organization: https://github.com/OpenCoven | ||
| - Website: https://OpenCoven.ai | ||
| - Discord: https://discord.gg/OpenCoven | ||
| - X / Twitter: https://x.com/OpenCvn | ||
| - License: MIT (https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT) | ||
| - Repository creation date: **2026-04-27** (verifiable via GitHub API: `https://api.github.com/repos/OpenCoven/coven`) | ||
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| This repository has no fork parent. It is an original work with no upstream source repository. |
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| ### 1. The Familiar Identity Model | ||
| **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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| This concept was original to this repository. It has been independently acknowledged as prior art by third parties in their own published documentation. | ||
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| ### 2. The Agent Spawn Harness | ||
| **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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