This notice outlines the structure, naming logic, purpose, licensing posture, and pricing rationale for the three active builds of The Faust Baseline. The intent is clarity, continuity, and respect for the audiences each build serves.
Hexis is a Greek term meaning a stable disposition or underlying state. It describes posture rather than action — the condition that must exist before clear reasoning, truth exposure, or judgment can occur.
Hexis establishes grounding and orientation. It is the introductory layer of The Faust Baseline, but not a weakened or reduced version. Its role is to set posture, discipline, and internal steadiness for individuals engaging with the system.
Audience General public, individual users, readers, and those seeking grounding and clarity without professional or institutional liability.
License & Price Hexis 2.4 is issued as a lifetime license priced at $89. This reflects a respectful transition from its prior free release while preserving broad access and long-term stability.
Aletheia is the Greek concept of truth as unconcealment — what becomes visible when distortion, bias, and omission are removed.
Aletheia exists to surface truth clearly before judgment is applied. It is designed for environments where responsibility exists, but final authority or high-stakes judgment has not yet been exercised.
Audience Educational institutions, churches, boards, committees, and small businesses seeking clarity, alignment, and ethical grounding in decision-making and governance.
License & Price Aletheia 2.5 is issued as a persional home l license priced at $175.
And a $600. four lic. comercial bundle.
This positions it as an organizational tool — not a personal product — and reflects its use as a write-off-eligible governance and clarity framework.
Phronesis refers to practical wisdom — the ability to apply judgment correctly in real situations where consequences matter.
Phronesis is the highest tier of The Faust Baseline. It supports judgment under consequence and is intended only for high-responsibility environments.
Audience Medicine, law, arbitration, and high-end commercial or institutional use, where decisions carry legal, ethical, financial, or human consequences.
This license grants a one-time, lifetime right to a single individual to access and use Phronesis 2.6 for personal judgment, reasoning, and decision-making where responsibility and consequences remain solely with the license holder.
This license grants permission to use, not ownership.
Permitted Use
This license allows:
Personal, individual use for reasoning and judgment under real-world consequence
Use for decisions affecting oneself or one’s personal responsibilities
Private study, reflection, and application of the Phronesis framework
Lifetime access for the licensed individual only
Use must remain non-commercial, non-delegated, and non-representative.
Prohibited Use
This license does not allow:
Use on behalf of any organization, company, institution, or government
Use for clients, patients, customers, or third parties
Professional, advisory, or fiduciary reliance by others
Delegation of judgment, authority, or responsibility to the framework
Embedding, automation, redistribution, resale, or derivative works
Transfer, assignment, or inheritance of the license
This license may not be used to imply professional authority, certification, or decision-making power beyond the individual license holder.
Responsibility & Accountability
The license holder retains full responsibility for all decisions, interpretations, and outcomes resulting from use.
Phronesis 2.6 is a judgment discipline, not a decision maker. It does not replace human responsibility and may not be represented as doing so.
Ownership & Rights
All rights, title, and interest in Phronesis 2.6 and all associated materials remain with the author.
This license conveys use rights only, under the terms stated above.
Acceptance
By completing this purchase, you confirm that you:
Are a single private individual
Intend to use Phronesis 2.6 only within the limits of this license
Accept full accountability for your use
Agree to the terms of this Personal Stewardship License
Phronesis 2.6commercial License Practical wisdom where consequences matter.
License & Price Phronesis 2.6 retains the established commercial pricing previously set and publicly communicated. Pricing is venue-weighted, reflecting the level of responsibility and consequence associated with its use.
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