Establish a public-disclosure policy for active and commercial projects

Priority: High

Problem

Recent public writing references active projects such as DogBuild and the commercial product PingStep, including architecture, workflow, operating controls, and links. This can strengthen credibility, but publication boundaries should be deliberate so active product strategy, employer/IP constraints, confidential details, or premature claims are not exposed accidentally.

Goal

Define a durable pre-publication disclosure policy for active, commercial, employer-related, and in-progress engineering work.

Scope

• Define what may be published about active open-source projects.
• Define what may be published about commercial/private products before and after launch.
• Define employer/IP/confidentiality checks for experience-derived material.
• Distinguish verified shipped behavior from roadmap/intended behavior.
• Define how market claims and competitor comparisons must be sourced and dated.
• Define when repo/source links are appropriate versus product-only links.
• Integrate the checklist into Insight and Project publishing documentation.

Acceptance criteria

• A concise disclosure checklist exists for every new Insight/Project publication.
• Active open-source, commercial/private, and employer-derived work each have explicit publication boundaries.
• Shipped/current behavior is clearly separated from roadmap or aspiration.
• Market/competitor claims require dated evidence or are excluded.
• Publishing documentation requires the disclosure check before public release.
• Existing recent content involving DogBuild/PingStep is reviewed against the new policy and any material issue is corrected.

Start by reviewing the existing Insight and Project publishing documentation and recent content involving DogBuild and PingStep. Define the disclosure checklist and publication boundaries described in the issue, then apply the check to the named existing content. Done means the checklist is integrated, claims and links meet the policy, and any material issue is corrected.