Governance and Intellectual Property

Ownership

Condrox AI is wholly owned by Tobias Østen. All source code, documentation, knowledge stores, test suites, deployment infrastructure, and this website were created by him. No third party holds any claim on the intellectual property. No employer, no investor, no funding body, no academic institution has any ownership stake.

The system was built independently, on personal time, using personal resources. It is not a work for hire. It is not a university project. It is not a startup with external funding. It is the product of one person's sustained engineering effort over 16 development phases spanning December 2025 to July 2026.

Copyright

Copyright © 2026 Tobias Østen. All rights reserved.

The copyright covers:

• All source code in the core/, api/, agents/, dashboard/, tests/, and scripts/ directories
• All documentation in the Docs/ directory
• All knowledge store configuration and JSON word identity files
• All test scenarios and verification probes
• The Evidence Engine and all generated reports
• This website and all its content
• The Condrox AI name and logo

Licensing

The current license is proprietary. All rights are reserved. No open-source license has been granted at this time.

Licensing options under consideration for the future:

• Permissive open-source license (MIT or Apache 2.0) for the core cognitive pipeline and Evidence Engine
• Commercial license for enterprise deployment and support
• Academic license for research and educational use
• Hybrid model: open core with commercial extensions

The decision on licensing will be made based on sustainability, community impact, and the ability to maintain quality standards. No timeline has been set for this decision.

Decision-Making Structure

All decisions about Condrox AI are made by Tobias Østen. This includes:

• Technical architecture and design decisions
• Feature prioritization and roadmap
• Testing standards and acceptance criteria
• Security practices and policies
• Documentation standards
• Licensing and commercial terms
• Partnership and collaboration terms

There is no board, no committee, no advisory group. The advantage is speed and consistency. The risk is key-person dependency. The 938-test suite, full documentation, and Evidence Engine are the mitigations against that risk. Any competent engineer can take over the codebase using the existing documentation and tests.

Intellectual Property Protection

• Source code is maintained in a version control system with full commit history
• Each phase has documented entry and exit criteria
• The Evidence Engine produces signed reports with timestamps
• All development phases are documented with specific dates and test counts
• The system version (3.4.0) is centralized in core/__init__.py and referenced consistently across all components, documentation, and deployment configuration

Data Rights

The knowledge store (21,917 items across 15 domains) was compiled from publicly available official sources. No proprietary data was used. No user data is collected by the system itself. The API does not log request content beyond what is necessary for debugging and performance monitoring.

Privacy

• No user accounts or personal data collection
• No analytics or tracking on this website
• No cookies beyond what is strictly necessary
• API requests are not persisted with their content
• SQLite database stores system state, not user data
• Contact email (kontakt@pcnorge.no) is monitored by Tobias Østen directly

Acceptable Use

The API is intended for legitimate technical evaluation, research, and integration purposes. The following uses are not permitted:

• Attempting to extract the knowledge store for redistribution
• Reverse engineering the cognitive pipeline for competitive products
• Using the system to generate harmful, deceptive, or illegal content
• Circumventing rate limits or authentication
• Using the system for automated mass queries without authorization

Contact for Licensing and Partnerships

For licensing inquiries, partnership discussions, investment conversations, or commercial deployment, contact Tobias Østen directly at kontakt@pcnorge.no. All inquiries are handled personally and confidentially.