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slug: sovereign-replacement-initiative
category: governance
type: topic
quality: stub
quality: complete
short_description: "The Sovereign Replacement Initiative is the engineering governance program that tracks third-party dependencies, isolates them in quarantined component directories, and coordinates the active moonshot programs that build native replacements."
status: active
bcsc_class: public-disclosure-safe
last_edited: 2026-04-30
last_edited: 2026-05-19
editor: pointsav-engineering
cites: []
paired_with: sovereign-replacement-initiative.es.md
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counterpart, it replaces the isolated directory and the ledger
entry closes.

## Completion criteria

A ledger entry closes when the associated moonshot initiative achieves **structural parity** with the quarantined component it replaces. Structural parity has three conditions:

1. **Functional coverage.** The native implementation covers all platform use-cases currently served by the quarantined component.
2. **Physical supersession.** The quarantined `vendor-*` directory is deleted from the repository. No source references to the replaced component remain.
3. **Formal verification target.** For kernel-layer components, the native implementation satisfies the platform's formal verification requirement (seL4-compatible, memory-safe, no buffer overflow). For application-layer components, the platform's standard test coverage and audit-ledger integration requirements are met.

Until all three conditions are satisfied, the quarantine remains active and the ledger entry stays open.

## Relationship to ADR-08

[[architecture-decisions|Architecture Decision 8]] formally records the systemd init system as a quarantined dependency — the dependency the platform accepts while the `moonshot-kernel` initiative builds toward the seL4 microkernel replacement. The Sovereign Replacement Initiative is the governance mechanism that gives ADR-08 operational force: without the ledger, the quarantine is a statement of intent; with the ledger, it is a tracked commitment with a named completion path.

## Vendor and customer roles

The initiative operates across the vendor-customer structure:

- **Vendor (PointSav Digital Systems).** Maintains the ledger,
 engineers the native replacements, and owns the moonshot
 directories.
- **Customer (Woodfine Management Corp.).** Audits the pipeline to
 verify progress toward operational independence from legacy
 external providers.
- **Vendor (PointSav Digital Systems).** Maintains the ledger, engineers the native replacements, and owns the moonshot directories.
- **Customer (Woodfine Management Corp.).** Audits the pipeline to verify progress toward operational independence from legacy external providers.

## See also
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