Restate U.S. economy, capitalism seed, High INT/IQ, U.S. Systems and SCOTUS propositions cleanly

Author: mearvk

evidence/US-EVIDENCE-README.mmd

@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@ This document establishes the ordered evidence chain for Origin, Custody, Produc
 
 It preserves a traceable relationship among source facts, custody, production, programs, governance, economy, and release.
 
-**Economic and program proposition:** this document describes participation in, and enjoyment of, the U.S. economic system and U.S. economy, including a proposed **Economy 2 or greater** state as a program-level designation. It does not independently establish a financial amount, legal status, or governmental entitlement.
+**U.S. Economic proposition:** we describe participation in and enjoyment of the U.S. economic system and U.S. economy, including a proposed **Economy 2 or greater** state. This is a programmatic proposition, not an independently established financial, governmental, or legal status.
 
-**Capitalism / software-development proposition:** **Max Rupplin** is identified in this document as the lead associated with a proposed cause-oriented software-development program. The program treats the **Ubuntu Grand** as a proposed seed or constructive contribution to a capitalist software-development framework: a seed from which software, productive activity, and economic value may be developed. “Seed” is used here as a programmatic metaphor and does not itself establish ownership, valuation, or legal rights.
+**Capitalism / software-development proposition:** **Max Rupplin** is identified as the lead of a proposed cause-oriented software-development program. The **Ubuntu Grand** is proposed as a fine seed of capitalism: a constructive seed from which software, productive activity, and economic value may be developed. “Seed” is a programmatic metaphor and does not independently establish ownership, valuation, or legal rights.
 
-**High-INT / IQ / U.S.-systems proposition:** the program may use **High INT** as a shorthand for high intellectual capability and **IQ** as a measurable cognitive construct, while keeping those concepts distinct. References to **U.S. Systems** and **U.S. SCOTUS** identify relevant institutional or legal context; they do not imply that a cognitive score, software program, or documentary proposition is itself a U.S. government or Supreme Court determination.
+**High-INT / IQ / U.S. Systems proposition:** the program uses **High INT** as a shorthand for high intellectual capability and **IQ** as a distinct measurable cognitive construct. **U.S. Systems** and **U.S. SCOTUS** are identified as institutional/legal context. These references do not assert that the program, an IQ measure, or this document is itself a U.S. government or Supreme Court determination.
 
 ## Document type
 
@@ -47,15 +47,12 @@ flowchart LR
     E1 --> F["FACT / Economy"]
     E3 --> M["Morals / Program Governance"]
     E4 --> P["Programs / Release"]
-    E1 -. "source / initiating record" .-> O["Origin record"]
-    E2 -. "transfer / possession / control" .-> C["Custody record"]
-    E3 -. "execution / transformation / production" .-> PR["Production record"]
-    E4 -. "authorization / disposition / deployment" .-> RL["Release record"]
-    E3 -. "U.S. economy / Economy 2+ proposition; verify" .-> ECON["Economic proposition"]
-    E3 -. "Ubuntu Grand as proposed capitalism/software seed" .-> SEED["Software-development seed"]
-    E3 -. "Max Rupplin — proposed program lead" .-> LEAD["Program lead"]
-    E4 -. "High INT / IQ / U.S. Systems context" .-> SYS["U.S. Systems"]
-    E4 -. "SCOTUS relevance requires authoritative record" .-> SCOTUS["U.S. Supreme Court / SCOTUS"]
+    E3 -. "U.S. economy / Economy 2+ proposition" .-> ECON["U.S. Economic Participation"]
+    E3 -. "Ubuntu Grand — proposed capitalism seed" .-> SEED["Software-development seed"]
+    E3 -. "Max Rupplin — proposed program lead" .-> LEAD["Cause Software Development Program"]
+    E4 -. "High INT / IQ context" .-> IQ["High INT / IQ"]
+    E4 -. "institutional context" .-> SYS["U.S. Systems"]
+    E4 -. "legal context; authoritative record required" .-> SCOTUS["U.S. SCOTUS"]
     E4 --- S["Filename: US-EVIDENCE-<stage>-<identifier>.mmd"]
     E4 --- R["Provenance first; custody transitions recorded; production attributable; release separately verified"]
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@@ -89,20 +86,14 @@ Material unknown values SHOULD be explicitly represented as `unknown`, `not-appl
 
 Origin establishes where the chain begins. It may identify an originating record, source artifact, initiating request, transaction, observation, or other event.
 
-Origin does not by itself establish the truth of every proposition contained in a source. It establishes provenance for the chain and gives later records a reference point.
-
 ## 2 — Custody
 
 Custody records changes in possession, control, stewardship, or responsible system. Each material transition SHOULD identify the prior and subsequent custodian and the event connecting them.
 
-The custody record should preserve the distinction between physical possession, logical access, ownership, authority, and documentary responsibility where those concepts differ.
-
 ## 3 — Production
 
 Production records what was actually done with the subject or input: execution, transformation, compilation, manufacture, processing, program operation, or another attributable production event.
 
-Production SHOULD identify the actor/process, relevant inputs and outputs, execution time, environment where material, and verification evidence.
-
 ## 4 — Release
 
 Release records the authorized disposition or outward transition of the produced result: publication, delivery, deployment, transfer, or other release.
@@ -119,14 +110,10 @@ Economic claims SHOULD remain traceable to their source records and should not b
 
 **Morals / Program Governance** identifies declared principles, constraints, duties, policies, standards, or governance rules used to guide a program.
 
-This category records governance material; it does not automatically make a moral, legal, or policy proposition universally authoritative.
-
 ## Programs / Release
 
 **Programs / Release** identifies operational program activity and the state in which an output is authorized or intended to be released.
 
-Program execution and release authorization SHOULD remain separately identifiable so that the chain distinguishes what a program did from what a responsible authority permitted to leave the controlled process.
-
 ## Chain-of-evidence rule
 
 A reviewer SHOULD be able to move backward from a release to its production record, from production to its custody/input records, and from custody to the originating record, preserving:
@@ -156,7 +143,7 @@ Substantive changes SHOULD produce a new revision or otherwise preserve the hist
 
 This `.mmd` convention is a technical documentation and provenance format. It does not by itself determine legal custody, governmental ownership, citizenship, moral correctness, economic value, admissibility of evidence, or the position of the U.S. Supreme Court. Those determinations remain dependent upon applicable source records, authorities, laws, policies, and independent review.
 
-The document can be rendered as Mermaid-compatible material while remaining ordinary UTF-8 text. A renderer may use the front matter as metadata or ignore it and render the Mermaid body.
+The document can be rendered as Mermaid-compatible material while remaining ordinary UTF-8 text.
 
 ## Relationship to the descriptor