From a87cdb1cfb0778bf40279130697180acd6465c31 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Imran Siddique <45405841+imran-siddique@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:13:05 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: present AgenTrust as an independent project OPAQUE Systems wound down in October 2026. SPONSORS.md and CONTRIBUTING.md now state that no company funds, owns or directs AgenTrust Telemetry, and credit OPAQUE once for early sponsorship. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 Signed-off-by: Imran Siddique <45405841+imran-siddique@users.noreply.github.com> --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 ++ SPONSORS.md | 19 ++++--------------- 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 12ae758..49a93ca 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ # Contributing +AgenTrust is an independent open-source project. No company funds, owns or directs it; contributions are voluntary. + Contract changes require: 1. a documented semantic reason; diff --git a/SPONSORS.md b/SPONSORS.md index ad3a529..11be6e0 100644 --- a/SPONSORS.md +++ b/SPONSORS.md @@ -1,19 +1,8 @@ # Sponsors -AgenTrust Telemetry is an open-source AgenTrust project. Sponsors provide -funding, engineering time, infrastructure, or other in-kind support. -Sponsorship does not confer project ownership, governance authority, or control -over technical decisions. +AgenTrust is an independent open-source project. No company funds, owns or directs it; contributions are voluntary. -## Current sponsors +OPAQUE Systems sponsored early development until October 2026. -### OPAQUE Systems - -Founding engineering and infrastructure sponsor, and contributor to the -AgenTrust telemetry ecosystem. - -## Recognition policy - -Sponsor recognition is separate from maintainership and governance. Sponsors -receive no authority over the telemetry contract, privacy profile, conformance -fixtures, compatibility claims, or evidence semantics. +Past sponsorship conferred no authority over the telemetry contract, privacy +profile, conformance fixtures, compatibility claims, or evidence semantics.