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Summary

Prepare the completed pilot-v1 dataset and analysis for the next research phase
without claiming that archival or peer review has already happened.

Adds

  • research/ARCHIVAL.md

    • defines the research-release/DOI boundary;
    • records the canonical run/artifact identity;
    • separates repository snapshot, execution evidence, and materialized inputs;
    • excludes third-party compiled loader binaries by default when transitive
      redistribution notices have not been established;
    • defines exact release/DOI gates and conservative academic-reference wording.
  • research/LICENSE-REVIEW-V1.md

    • records the pinned Cilium and Falco licensing evidence;
    • distinguishes the Cilium BPF runtime Dual MIT/GPL marker from repository
      copyright licensing;
    • keeps the Cilium Go loader and Falco scap-open binaries out of the DOI
      bundle by default unless their binary-distribution notice sets are cleared;
    • preserves reproducibility through hashes, pinned revisions, build recipes,
      and validation-contract identities.
  • research/paper/PREPRINT.md

    • adds a working empirical-study manuscript scaffold;
    • constrains every numerical claim to the committed generated v1 analysis;
    • separates calibration from non-calibration results;
    • defines planned figures/tables and publication gates.

Documentation

  • link the publication-readiness materials from research/README.md;
  • update research/ROADMAP.md to distinguish:

Current evidence boundary

This PR does not create a DOI, claim peer review, claim external academic
use, or invent repeat-run results.

Canonical pilot remains:

  • run: 35393833464
  • source commit: 5de550e5cc8c659872a90fc262eb0250c229bf23
  • Actions artifact: 10566859006
  • artifact SHA-256:
    7aae7b5c099739ef0bcad74fbb3731aaafb1177f1ba128020729b08803610910
  • 70/70 executions
  • 50 compatible / 13 incompatible / 7 inconclusive
  • non-calibration: 50 compatible / 4 incompatible / 6 inconclusive

Next gate after merge

Dispatch the already-merged repeat workflow once from main:

gh workflow run research-repeat-v1.yml --repo Kernel-Guard/bpfcompat --ref main

Then lock the resulting provenance/stability outputs into the repository before
final figures, research release, and Zenodo DOI archival.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Documentation
    • Added a working preprint draft describing the BPFCompat pilot, compatibility results, study limitations, and publication requirements.
    • Added archival guidance defining evidence, release gates, redistribution boundaries, and DOI readiness requirements.
    • Added a licensing review documenting which study inputs may be redistributed and which require further notice or audit checks.
    • Updated research documentation with repeat-run stability requirements, publication readiness materials, and revised roadmap phases.

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The change adds documentation for the BPFCompat pilot archive, license decisions, repeat-run requirements, release gates, publication readiness, and a working preprint.

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Research publication readiness

Layer / File(s) Summary
Pilot archive policy
research/ARCHIVAL.md
Pins the canonical pilot evidence, defines archive layers and redistribution rules, and specifies release gates and evidence-backed reference claims.
License review and archive manifest
research/LICENSE-REVIEW-V1.md
Records license decisions for study inputs, excludes compiled binaries with incomplete notice coverage by default, and requires a machine-readable manifest with fail-closed validation.
Repeat-run and release roadmap
research/ROADMAP.md
Defines the 21-attempt repeat protocol, separates environment drift from verdict instability, and gates release on repeat stability and frozen figures.
Publication readiness materials
research/README.md, research/paper/PREPRINT.md
Adds publication-facing references and documents the pilot study, results, limitations, and publication gates.

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Estimated code review effort: 2 (Simple) | ~15 minutes

Change: Other

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 07690

The archival rules could permit improperly documented third-party material into the DOI bundle. Tighten the manifest validation and provenance wording before merge.

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Inline comments:
In `@research/LICENSE-REVIEW-V1.md`:
- Around line 93-98: Update the archive manifest validation and generation logic
so plain include is accepted only for BPFCompat-owned files; require
third-party-derived files to use include-with-notice with valid notice material,
or reject third-party-derived entries marked include. Preserve the existing
fail-closed behavior for missing notice material.
- Around line 45-47: Update the excluded compiled loader’s archival manifest or
record to list the retained upstream license and notice paths required by
research/ARCHIVAL.md, while preserving the existing Cilium MIT license statement
and validation-contract source revision metadata.

In `@research/paper/PREPRINT.md`:
- Around line 34-35: Update the reproducibility statement in the manuscript to
refer to the committed versioned repository dataset instead of the archived
dataset, while preserving the surrounding wording about environment identities,
checksums, provenance, and deterministic analysis scripts.

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