Research decision ledger
Why the architecture looks like this
Dated decisions with rationale. Conversation imports can add pending rows; they do not silently supersede these.
OSE 50 is a functional specification
ACTIVE2026-09-01 · master-specification
Treat the GVCS 50 as a historical functional specification, never automatically the canonical implementation.
G-001. Stronger open implementations must be compared.
LinuxCNC as CNC control reference
ACTIVE2026-09-01 · master-specification
Use LinuxCNC as the primary open CNC control reference when a mill is in play.
Mature public project; OSE control is not assumed canonical.
Primary aluminum is a frontier dependency
ACTIVE2026-09-01 · master-specification
Do not pretend a village can produce virgin aluminum from ore with current open tooling.
Named research gap. Regional trade remains valid.
Repair before manufacture
ACTIVE2026-09-01 · master-specification
Prioritize maintain / repair / remanufacture before full component manufacture.
Circularity hierarchy in the master spec.
Distributed regional capability
ACTIVE2026-09-01 · master-specification
Do not require every site to manufacture everything. Regional job shops are a legitimate capability.
Definition of sovereignty in the master spec.