Evidence and trust

QA, claims, and reproducibility in public view.

CodonTrace is strongest when it stays evidence-first: deterministic runs, release checks, reproducibility notes, claim gates, and explicit scientific limits.

PASSPatch apply validation
PASSPackaging validation
PASSPublished on PyPI via Trusted Publishing
PASSWheel smoke
PASSCore boundary
PASSRelease tests
PASSGenesis gates

Allowed now

Defensible wording.

  • Deterministic research software.
  • Replay/audit-first evidence layer.
  • Digital evolution and ALife experimentation.
  • Mechanism-level records and claim gates.

Blocked without stronger evidence

Do not overclaim.

  • Proof of AGI.
  • Proof of consciousness.
  • Proof of collective intelligence.
  • Proof of open-ended autonomous discovery.

Reproducibility bundle

Expected evidence trail.

  • Seed and experiment spec.
  • Runtime digest.
  • Artifact manifest.
  • Replay bundle.
  • Environment metadata.
  • Artifact preservation plan.

License / commercial note

AGPL stays visible.

CodonTrace Genesis core is released under AGPL-3.0-or-later. Any future commercial Studio, SaaS, or closed-source distribution should launch only with a clear license strategy.