# Merge–Butterfly agreement **Entity class:** Legal, policy, or governance instrument **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] ## Definition **Merge–Butterfly agreement** is a legal, policy, or governance instrument. Merge–Butterfly agreement includes **upfront payments, milestones, hardware purchase commitments, access fees and royalties**. The entry centers on the instrument's parties, scope, authority, dates, and outcome, distinguishing announced terms from implementation and enforcement. ## Relationships <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] and [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ### Key Relationships - **Merge–Butterfly agreement** includes **upfront payments, milestones, hardware purchase commitments, access fees and royalties**. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> ## Research Edges <!-- BEGIN CONSCIOUSNESS MAPPING TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> #### Consciousness mapping and transfer graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] · [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] #### Outgoing typed edges - **Edge 690 — `includes` → **upfront payments, milestones, hardware purchase commitments, access fees and royalties**** — **VERIFIED_PRIMARY**; evidence `BUTTERFLY_MERGE_CURRENT`. <!-- END CONSCIOUSNESS MAPPING TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> ## Integrated Relationship Records ### upfront payments, milestones, hardware purchase commitments, access fees and royalties The relationship value **upfront payments, milestones, hardware purchase commitments, access fees and royalties** is integrated here because the September 10 graph import supplied it as `includes` of this subject, not as an independently named entity. Its complete active record follows, with headings demoted to preserve this page's hierarchy. <!-- BEGIN INTEGRATED LOWERCASE GRAPH NODE: upfront payments, milestones, hardware purchase commitments, access fees and royalties --> **Entity class:** Technology, method, or technical system **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] #### Definition **upfront payments, milestones, hardware purchase commitments, access fees and royalties** is a technology, method, or technical system. **Merge–Butterfly agreement** includes **upfront payments, milestones, hardware purchase commitments, access fees and royalties**. The entry centers on the technology's mechanism, implementation, applications, and technical lineage, keeping demonstrated capability separate from projected deployment. #### Relationships <!-- BEGIN HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] and [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section. ##### Key Relationships - **Merge–Butterfly agreement** includes **upfront payments, milestones, hardware purchase commitments, access fees and royalties**. <!-- END HUMANIZED RELATIONSHIPS 2026-09-11 --> #### Research Edges <!-- BEGIN CONSCIOUSNESS MAPPING TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> ###### Consciousness mapping and transfer graph patch — 2026-09-10 **Collections:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] **Related source articles:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] · [[articles/The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards|The Architecture of Continuity and Emerging Neuroinformatics Standards]] · [[articles/2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces|2026 Annual Report on Brain-Computer Interfaces]] · [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] ###### Incoming typed edges - **Edge 690 — **Merge–Butterfly agreement** `includes` → this entry** — **VERIFIED_PRIMARY**; evidence `BUTTERFLY_MERGE_CURRENT`. <!-- END CONSCIOUSNESS MAPPING TRANSFER RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> <!-- END INTEGRATED LOWERCASE GRAPH NODE: upfront payments, milestones, hardware purchase commitments, access fees and royalties -->