tegwick 55a1756f7c Merge spec/ into specs/: one specs directory for the whole repo

Moves TargetRevenueLicenseConcept.md from the separate singular spec/
directory into specs/ (git mv, preserving history) and updates every live
cross-reference (README, CONTRIBUTING, all specs/*.md, workplans, schema
comments, source docstrings, test file) to the new path.

This resolves the spec/ vs specs/ split that history/260728-SWOT-Assessment.md
flagged as a "perpetual footgun" and recommended deciding on. The historical
record of that split and the recommendation itself are left unedited in
history/ (a dated assessment, not a living document) — only README and TSD
now document the merge as resolved, with a pointer back to that history file
for context.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-07-29 10:22:14 +02:00

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Contributing to target-revenue

Repository status

This repository defines a framework concept and specifications. It does not yet provide a production-ready Target Revenue Source License (TRSL) or a production Trust Service.

Do not use draft TRSL language to govern production software or accept customer commercial entitlements under TRF until specialist legal review is complete and SCOPE says otherwise.

What contributions are welcome now

Kind	Guidance
Spec and doc improvements	Preferred: clarity, consistency with core terms, open-question research, examples
Schemas, pure fold, validators, golden fixtures	Preferred once workplans WP-0002 / WP-0003 are active
Prior-art research notes	Prefer updating or linking from WP-0001 deliverables
Implementation of a full hosted Trust Service	Out of scope until SCOPE sequencing rules are met

Terminology

Use the normative terms from specs/TargetRevenueLicenseConcept.md §7 (day-to-day reference: specs/TargetRevenueFrameworkCore.md §1). Do not reintroduce ambiguous synonyms for conversion metrics (e.g. treating total project “revenue captured” as equivalent to Development Credit).

Pre-conversion software is source-available, not OSI Open Source.

External contributions and governed code

External contributions are not accepted into any governed Milestone Release until a contributor-rights instrument (CLA, assignment, or equivalent inbound grant covering both TRSL phase and Future License) is adopted.

Documentation-only and schema-only contributions to this framework repository may be accepted under the repository LICENSE without that instrument, at maintainer discretion.

A Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) alone is not assumed sufficient for dual-phase relicensing of product code; see open questions and WP-0001-T04.

Human decision gates

The following must not be marked complete by agents alone without explicit human accept (comment, decision record, or maintainer message):

Non-binding TRSL draft skeleton (WP-0001-T06)
Library/stack ADR that locks implementation technology (WP-0002-T01 — accepted 2026-07-29, see ADR-0001)
Promotion of working defaults into normative core wording (WP-0003-T06, open)

Workplans

Prefer small, hub-linked workplan tasks. Do not register workplans only in the State Hub; write the workplan file under workplans/ and run consistency sync so local files remain source of truth.

Questions

Start from README.md reading order and SCOPE.md. Unresolved product questions live in the PRD §14 and specs/OpenQuestions-WorkingDefaults.md.

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