From 5355a9bb20c20bbd890c2c22ceaa1fcf32dbd6d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Qvist Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 15:33:25 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Updated readme --- README.md | 6 ++++++ README.mu | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index e3aad125..d63c0e38 100755 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -89,6 +89,12 @@ Compatibility with the Reticulum Protocol is defined as having full interoperabi and sufficient functional parity with this reference implementation. Any specific protocol implementation that achieves this is Reticulum. Any that does not is not Reticulum. +No second-order protocol specification derivatives currently do, or will ever exist. You cannot get a better specification, than one that is executable, functional, testable, deployed and operating 24/7 across the planet. + +There is not, and never will be an "official" external, derived "formal spec", "RFC" or anything similar for Reticulum: + +**The reference implementation *is* the final, authoritative specification.** + The reference implementation is licensed under the Reticulum License. The Reticulum Protocol was dedicated to the Public Domain in 2016. diff --git a/README.mu b/README.mu index d5925189..f22a67e4 100644 --- a/README.mu +++ b/README.mu @@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ The Python code in this repository is the Reference Implementation of Reticulum. Compatibility with the Reticulum Protocol is defined as having full interoperability, and sufficient functional parity with this reference implementation. Any specific protocol implementation that achieves this is Reticulum. Any that does not is not Reticulum. +No second-order protocol specification derivatives currently do, or will ever exist. You cannot get a better specification, than one that is executable, functional, testable, deployed and operating 24/7 across the planet. + +There is not, and never will be an "official" external, derived "formal spec", "RFC" or anything similar for Reticulum: + +`!The reference implementation `*is`* the final, authoritative specification.`! + The reference implementation is licensed under the Reticulum License. The Reticulum Protocol was dedicated to the Public Domain in 2016.