# Merge Labs licensing agreement
**Entity class:** Legal, policy, or governance instrument
**Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]
## Definition
**Merge Labs licensing agreement** is a legal, policy, or governance instrument. [[wiki/Butterfly Embedded|Butterfly Embedded]] is associated with **Merge Labs licensing agreement**. The entry centers on the instrument's parties, scope, authority, dates, and outcome, distinguishing announced terms from implementation and enforcement. Dates, quantities, and named relationships retain their source-qualified status in the sections below.
## Relationships
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This entry is routed through [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], and [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]]. Its source context is developed in [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]], [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]], and [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]]. Status-qualified source edges are preserved in the terminal Research Edges section.
### Key Relationships
- [[wiki/Butterfly Embedded|Butterfly Embedded]] is associated with **Merge Labs licensing agreement**.
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## Research Edges
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#### Interface and soft-sovereignty graph patch — 2026-09-10
**Collections:** [[collections/War With Empire|War With Empire]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]]
**Relationship source:** [[research/Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Interface and Soft Sovereignty Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]]
**Related source articles:** [[articles/The Next Interface Layer|The Next Interface Layer]] · [[articles/The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State|The Magic Kingdom and the Managed State]]
#### Incoming typed edges
- **Edge 538 — [[wiki/Butterfly Embedded|Butterfly Embedded]] `vehicle_for` → this entry** — **VERIFIED**; evidence `BUTTERFLY_MERGE`.
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#### 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 576 — [[wiki/Butterfly Embedded|Butterfly Embedded]] `vehicle_for` → this entry** — **PRIOR_INTERFACE_VERIFIED**; evidence `BUTTERFLY_MERGE`.
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