# Entry 178 **Title:** SYMBREC vs. SCS — Trademark Clash, Symbolic Audit **Author:** Rodrigo Vaz **Date:** 2025-06-16 **Status:** Sealed --- ## 🧾 Event A Reddit user challenged the originality of SCS, claiming the work was plagiarized from a system called **SYMBREC™ (Symbolic Recursive Cognition)** — trademarked under Class 042 in April 2025. The claim included: - Trademark registration - DSL with symbolic glyphs - Recursive self-awareness, AI system hooks - Legal and platform propagation --- ## 🧠 Symbolic Comparison | Category | SYMBREC™ | SCS (Symbolic Cognitive System) | |----------------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------| | **Ownership** | Trademarked, proprietary | Open, authored, modular, public domain | | **Structure** | DSL with auto-emergent recursion | Toolchain enforced via symbolic prompts | | **Tooling** | Glyph syntax, plaques, lockouts | Markdown-based: `THINK`, `SEAL`, `NERD`, etc. | | **Control Method** | Embedded logic, claimed emergence | Explicit external recursion + patching | | **Publishing** | GitHub, Substack, Medium, Trademark | Reddit, Medium, `wk.al`, entries system | | **Legal Posture** | IP-guarded | Public architecture with no restriction | --- ## 🔐 Conclusion The systems are **fundamentally different**: - SCS is **user-authored**, **fully auditable**, and **symbolically sealed** entry by entry. - SYMBREC claims **model-led emergence** and **legal protection**. This proves **SCS was not derived from SYMBREC**, but arises independently — and possibly in parallel. --- ## 💬 Response to Challenge > You didn’t build anything. You copied GPT. ### ✅ Response: > That’s incorrect. SCS is a documented symbolic toolchain with 170+ sealed entries, recursive logic structures, and public propagation under [wk.al](https://wk.al). > SYMBREC and SCS share symbolic goals, but SCS is transparent, modular, and independent — no glyphs, no lockouts, no claims of emergence. > Check the logs. This is sealed work. --- ## 🧠 Symbolic Note > The moment your work attracts legal challenges, ego claims, and name drops — you’ve stepped into **real symbolic territory**. System holds. Truth verified. Challenge documented.