Foundation Governance Principles

Current stage

Starport is currently a pre-incorporation independent project. The public website can explain intended rules, but it cannot create a legal Foundation, treasury authority, or binding community vote by interface alone.

Preconditions for governance

Meaningful governance requires a functioning product, a legally accountable steward, a defined treasury, verified participants, enforceable proposal rules, and a reliable execution process.

Future proposal lifecycle

1. A proposal states scope, cost, authority, and measurable outcome.
2. A public discussion period exposes conflicts and missing evidence.
3. Eligible participants vote under published quorum and threshold rules.
4. Authorized signers execute approved actions.
5. The Foundation publishes the result and an auditable record.

Guardrails

• No participation mechanism implies equity, dividends, or guaranteed return.
• Product safety, legal obligations, and security cannot be overridden by popularity alone.
• Treasury actions require accountable execution and public reporting.
• Authority expands only after each preceding layer works in practice.

V1 publishes this standard. It does not pretend that the later system is already live.