Incentive to Hire
The license that pays you back for hiring people.
The Plain Version
When a large AI company installs MnemosyneC, the license includes an Incentive to Hire: every Liana Banyan cooperative member they bring on to operate it pays for itself, roughly twice over.
They are not required to hire from us. They are paid to.
Each hire creates the discount. The discount is doubled as an estimate. Net-save by hiring from the cooperative. Job-creation, by price.
How It Works
MnemosyneC generates verified savings of 20% on AI inference costs (Caithedral Core, BP065, Cohen’s kappa 0.936). That is the underlying mechanism. The Incentive to Hire is layered on top.
The structure:
- A large AI company licenses MnemosyneC under the Upekrithen fork path (Apache 2.0 access alongside the SSPL cooperative build).
- The license carries a hiring covenant: each cooperative member they hire to deploy, operate, or maintain the substrate generates a discount credit against their license cost.
- That credit is sized at roughly double the cost of the hire for a standard deployment cycle – “doubled as an estimate” is the correct framing, not a precise actuarial claim.
- Net result: the hiring cost is recovered and then some. Job-creation is not charity. It is a financial instrument built into the price.
The 20% gain-share on verified AI savings is the umbrella. The Incentive to Hire is the direct-hire expression of that gain-share.
What It Is Not
Not a requirement. No AI company is compelled to hire from the cooperative. The covenant encourages, it does not compel. The incentive is financial: they save more when they hire from us.
Not equity. Members who get hired through this channel receive wages from the hiring company, not equity or ownership shares. They continue to hold their cooperative membership, their Marks, and their track record inside Liana Banyan. The three cooperative currencies (Credits, Marks, Joules) do not convert to fiat. Members get fiat through actual employment and actual payment.
Not a placement fee. Liana Banyan is not a staffing agency charging a cut. The discount comes from the AI company hiring LB members, structured as a savings credit on the license. The cooperative member is employed and paid by the hiring company.
The 16 Initiatives Create a Trained Pipeline
Every Liana Banyan initiative is an operating business that employs members. Those members build real track records: Let’s Make Dinner cooks and coordinators. Harper’s Guild writers. Didasko educators. Defense Klaus advocates. Battery Dispatch field technicians.
Each one of those track records is searchable by a hiring AI company looking for cooperative-class operators. The Incentive to Hire connects that pipeline to enterprise deployment.
Cold Start members – people just entering the cooperative – are specifically included in the pipeline. The Incentive to Hire is a front door for people who have never had a front door.
The Legal Path: Apache 2.0 + Upekrithen
The Upekrithen fork path gives AI companies what they need for enterprise integration: Apache 2.0 access, clean IP provenance, and the ability to deploy without triggering the SSPL copyleft. The hiring covenant travels with that license. Taking the Apache path means taking the carrot.
The Cooperative Defensive Patent Pledge (#2260) remains intact. The patents protect the commons from being closed by a third party. They are not a moat for us.
Cooperative Compact → Patent Portfolio →
What This Means for Cooperative Members
If you are a member of Liana Banyan, the Incentive to Hire means there is a financial mechanism that makes you attractive to hire – not because you are cheap, but because hiring you generates a real discount for the company that hires you. Your membership is a credential with a dollar figure attached.
Join for $5/year → Download MnemosyneC →
Questions
Is this real? The mechanism is real. The “doubled as an estimate” framing is intentionally honest – the exact multiplier will vary by deployment size and scope. The structure is ratified canon.
Does the AI company have to report hires? The covenant runs on verified employment records, not self-reporting. The cooperative maintains the member track record ledger. Hire-and-discount is auditable.
What if they hire and then fire? The discount applies to sustained employment during the license term. Short-cycle abuse is addressed in the covenant terms. Counsel is reviewing the binding language.
Incentive to Hire is part of the 20% gain-share canon ratified BP070. Canon source: reference_mirror_clause_1to1_hiring_covenant_bp070_bp078.
Not charity. A way out. Everyone gets their shot.
SSPL Free Forever + Pledge #2260 + BP078 + Liana Banyan