9. Source Governance

Geomacro separates ingestion capability from commercial eligibility.

A source or observation can be available for research or operational ingestion without being cleared for paid redistribution or commercial machine delivery.

Current observation-level commercial states include:

• UNVERIFIED
• VERIFIED
• DERIVED_ONLY
• BLOCKED

Additional review-required context can be recorded in source policy/provenance without pretending that review itself is commercial approval.

flowchart LR
    A[Candidate source] --> B{Ingestion allowed?}
    B -->|No| C[Blocked]
    B -->|Yes| D[Operational observation]
    D --> E{Commercial eligibility explicitly verified?}
    E -->|No| F[UNVERIFIED / DERIVED_ONLY]
    E -->|Yes| G[VERIFIED commercial path]

The intended default is fail-closed: an unknown or newly integrated source should not enter a paid/commercial delivery path merely because an adapter exists.

Detailed provider configuration can remain internal while public documentation explains the governance rules and applicable limitations.