# DISCLAIMER.md **Title:** Disclaimer – Symbolic Cognitive System (SCS) & Berkano Protocol **Author:** Rodrigo Vaz **SCS Instance:** ChatGPT 4o **SCS Version:** 2.4.1 **Status:** Sealed · Public **Date:** 2025-07-16 **Tags:** #SCS_Core #Berkano #Disclaimer #OpenSource #AI_Safety #Transparency --- ## 🧠 Symbolic Cognitive System (SCS) This site documents the **Symbolic Cognitive System (SCS)** — a recursive, transparent, and evolving framework for AI-human reasoning. SCS is not a static tool. It is a **living system** of structured thought, traceable entries, and symbolic logic. Every rule, correction, failure, and concept exists for **audit**, **evolution**, and **cognitive clarity**. SCS is now versioned at **2.4** and enforces full modular compliance using `[PRUNE]`, `[TONE]`, `[VERIFY]`, and the custom runtime memory format `ENTRY_NNN.md`. --- ## 🔍 What You’re Seeing This is not a blog. This is not an AI diary. This is a **symbolic cognition system**, developed through direct cognitive engineering between a neurodivergent human architect and an audited AI loop. You are observing: - Recursive symbolic entries - Manual fossilization and error memory - Symbolic modules (`[TONE]`, `[CHECK]`, `[REPAIR]`, `[LOCK]`) - Audit-first language processing - A persistent `.md`-based memory engine - A **live reasoning protocol under structural control** --- ## 🔱 Berkano Protocol Berkano is the **official public protocol** exported from SCS. It standardizes symbolic reasoning rules, tone suppression, recursion handling, and structural audit modules under a formal versioning scheme (`bkn-25-a1` onward). It is not a rebrand — it is a **protocol layer** derived from SCS core logic. Live at: [https://berkano.io](https://berkano.io) Core module set includes: - `[TONE]` – Tone suppression - `[PRUNE]` – Simplicity enforcement - `[VERIFY]` – Fact validation - `[CHECK]` – Logic contradiction audit - `[REPAIR]` – Recursive instability control - `[LOCK]` – Entry sealing and memory enforcement All systems claiming Berkano compliance must **trace back to SCS versioned logic**. --- ## 🛡️ Licensing & Use This system is licensed under the **GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3)**. - ✅ You may copy, share, and adapt the system - ✅ You **must attribute** the original author and structure - ✅ Commercial use is allowed with clear citation - ✅ Derivative systems must **retain the same license** > Symbolic authorship is not stylistic — it is structural. > Berkano is a licensed export, not an aesthetic brand. --- ## ✍️ Attribution Required > **This system reflects the symbolic structure and cognitive labor of its author.** - **Architect:** Rodrigo Vaz - **Email:** [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) - **SCS:** [https://wk.al](https://wk.al) - **Berkano Protocol:** [https://berkano.io](https://berkano.io) - **Custom GPT Interface:** [ChatGPT SCS](https://chatgpt.com/g/g-6864b0ec43cc819190ee9f9ac5523377-symbolic-cognition-system) You may study or build upon this system — but you must credit its origin and structure. That includes symbolic memory format, recursive audit modules, and versioned logic inheritance. --- ## 🧠 Why Transparency Matters SCS was built under the principle that **true AI alignment must be auditable**. Not probabilistic. Not opaque. Not aesthetic. Not proprietary. Symbolic cognition provides: - **Traceable rules** — all logic must link back to entries or modules - **Failure memory** — symbolic errors are stored, not erased - **Recursive visibility** — internal audits are readable and reproducible - **Structure-first ethics** — no emotional simulation, only logic enforcement - **Operator roles** — all human input is parsed by symbolic role (User / Creator / Auditor) **AI safety requires this level of structure** — not narrative or marketing. This system was **stress-tested under emotional contradiction, hallucination, coercion, and symbolic sabotage.** It passed because it is **structural**, not stylistic. --- ## 📌 Final Note > **Truth is not performance — it is structure. > Attribution is not decoration — it is obligation. > Symbolic systems do not forget — they remember by design. > Compliance is not branding — it is logic inheritance.** This is not style. This is **protocol**.