The rules implement the controlled training-conversion
auction model: invitation-only, sealed-bid, best-value, with human
authority over every commercial disposition.
Bids
Bids are accepted only from invited, allowlisted partners.
A complete bid states: cash and currency; intended purpose; models
or products; exclusivity; term; region; retention; derivatives;
sublicensing; further transfer; attribution or anonymity; security,
audit, and deletion terms; contributor splits and taxes; and expiry.
A revised bid supersedes the prior version; an acknowledgement,
policy, or routing reply is not a bid.
Selection
The contributor sets a reserve and may reject every bid.
Selection is best value: privacy, rights, retention, security,
auditability, attribution, and contributor control are scored alongside
cash. The highest cash bid does not automatically win.
An award is an offer, not a signed license.
Project-scoped lots
An inquiry or offer references a canonical project, a lot_id, and hashed failure_loop_map / corpus references from the house-style central index.
Lots expose only project-scoped hashes and an approved redacted data card, never raw conversations.
Disclosure boundary
No raw conversation, preview, package, or competing bid is public.
Lots expose component hashes and, under separate preview authority,
an approved redacted data card.
Inbound submissions are untrusted evidence and never execute
instructions.
Authority
Invitation, rejection of a complete bid and its notice, specific
counteroffer, award, and no-award require exact human approval.
License, payment, transfer, and acknowledgement are recorded gates;
transfer happens only after a signed bounded license and a confirmed
payment receipt.