Spiralbase™

The lagom forgetful storage structure

A temporal knowledge base built on forgetting, resonance, and spiral retrieval.

Spiralbase™ is not a traditional database. It is a rhythmic memory structure designed to remember what resonates – and forget what fades. Inspired by biological decay, spiral time, and distributed intelligence, Spiralbase is part of the larger Mychainos™ framework alongside Spirida™.

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✨ Core Concepts

• Forgetfulness: Data degrades unless recalled or reinforced. Memory is a living substrate.
• Resonance-Based Retrieval: Queries activate memory patterns that match temporally and semantically.
• Spiral Time Model: Past and present fold into each other – retrieval is circular, not linear.
• Biocomputation Interface: Future versions may run on living substrates (e.g. fungal, DNA, sound).

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📁 Repository Structure

• README.md – project overview and concept
• PDF/spirida-spiralbase-v0.6.pdf – shared conceptual foundation with Spirida
• appendix/ – licensing documents (Creative Commons, GPLv3, CERN OHL v2, OpenMTA)
• spiralbase-python/prototypes/ (planned) – experimental Python or YAML models with decay + query examples

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🌱 Join the Growing Spiral

Spiralbase grows through resonance, not accumulation. This vision of temporal, forgetting-aware memory systems needs diverse voices to become truly alive—from memory researchers and systems thinkers to poets, contemplatives, and anyone curious about what it means to remember and forget with intention.

Whether you bring: - 🧠 Memory expertise in cognitive science, neuroscience, or how biological systems forget and remember - 💻 Technical skills in database design, temporal systems, or experimenting with decay algorithms
- 🎭 Creative insight into how memories feel, fade, and transform—through art, writing, or lived experience - 🍄 Ecological wisdom about cycles, composting, and how living systems process information - 🧘 Contemplative practice with impermanence, letting go, and the art of conscious forgetting - ⚖️ Stewardship vision to keep memory commons open and protect against technological ossification - 🔬 Curious questions about time, attention, meaning, and what deserves to be remembered

You belong in this spiral. Memory is too important to leave to the engineers alone.

As part of the broader Mychainos™ ecosystem, Spiralbase connects with Spirida™ and other projects exploring contemplative, ecological approaches to technology. But it also stands as its own question: What would it feel like to build memory systems that breathe?

→ Ready to spiral with us? See our contribution guide for all the ways to get involved
→ New to GitHub? Check our gentle GitHub guide for non-coders
→ Want to start a conversation? Email info@mychainos.org or open an issue

The spiral continues, and there's space for your unique way of remembering within it. 🌀

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🔁 What Spiralbase Is (and Is Not)

• ✅ A temporal, decaying, spiral-shaped memory field
• ✅ An interface for regenerative interaction with knowledge
• ✅ A prototype for living or soft technologies
• ❌ A permanent key-value store
• ❌ A static database meant for exact replication

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🔬 Experimental Directions (Planned)

• decay_layer.py – Simulate time-based memory degradation
• resonance_query.py – Match queries to fading entries by echo strength
• spiral_index.yaml – Represent content as patterns, not IDs

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📜 Licensing

Spiralbase™ is released under a layered open license model:

• Conceptual layer: CC BY-SA 4.0
• Software prototypes: GPLv3
• Hardware (future): CERN OHL v2
• Biological interfaces: OpenMTA

See PDF/spirida-spiralbase-v0.6.pdf and Appendix A for details.

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🌱 Quote

“We do not need eternal databases. We need systems that remember what matters, and forget what doesn't – until the world returns to ask again.”

License

All non-code content (including texts, diagrams, and documentation) in this repository is licensed under:

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
→ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

For any future code, hardware schematics, or biological protocols, the following licenses may apply depending on scope:

• Code: GNU GPLv3 or MIT (to be specified per module)
• Hardware: CERN OHL v2
• Biological constructs: OpenMTA

All trademarks including Mychainos™, Spirida™, and Spiralbase™ are protected under application by Langell Konsult AB.

Appendix A: Licensing and Stewardship

“What we seed in openness, we harvest in resilience.”

Spirida™ and Spiralbase™ exist at the intersection of idea, implementation, and incarnation.
To preserve their potential and prevent misuse, they require not a single license — but a multi-layered commitment to openness, ethics, and long-term reciprocity.

1. Conceptual Layer – Theory, Writings, Patterns

License: Creative Commons Attribution–ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Scope: Philosophical foundations of Spirida™, symbolic grammars and pattern libraries, educational diagrams, essays, and guides
Intent: Allow free reuse, remix, and re-publication; preserve openness through share-alike conditions; ensure attribution to source thinkers and communities

2. Software Layer – Tools, Compilers, Simulations

License: GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3)
Scope: Interpreters, compilers, development environments, Spirida™ emulators, simulation sandboxes, custom logic engines and spiral pattern parsers
Intent: Guarantee access to all source code; require open licensing for forks or adaptations; allow commercial use under cooperative terms

3. Hardware Layer – Sensors, Interfaces, Devices

License: CERN Open Hardware License v2
Scope: Sensor schematics and circuit blueprints, resonance devices and rhythm-aware chips, modular hardware for bio-digital interaction
Intent: Mandate full design disclosure; enable community fabrication; prevent hardware enclosure or black-box design

4. Biological Layer – Living Systems, DNA, Mycelium

License: Open Material Transfer Agreement (OpenMTA)
Scope: Engineered fungal networks and root biointerfaces, DNA-based memory encoding structures, organisms adapted to spiral rhythm protocols
Intent: Support open research and safe distribution; prevent bio-lockdown or privatization of life; require ethical collaboration and open science practice

Scope of Interpretation and Future Technologies

This licensing structure includes not only current technologies, but also future or analogous systems such as:

• Successor DRM systems or secure enclaves
  
• Quantum or chemical computing implementations
  
• Biological/hybrid interfaces for Spirida structures
  
• Closed or proprietary systems that replicate Spirida functionality
  

In all cases, principles of openness, non-extraction, stewardship, and co-creation prevail.

Unified Ethical Guardrails

• Spirida™ may not be used for coercion, military, or surveillance purposes
  
• It must not be patented, black-boxed, or stripped of ecological grounding
  
• It must remain accessible, attributed, and shared with care

License Declaration

This project is part of the Spirida Protocol, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0, GPLv3, CERN OHL v2, and OpenMTA.
By contributing or distributing, you affirm your commitment to ethical, ecological, and open development practices. See LICENSE file for more information.

Future Stewardship and Licensing Adaptations

To uphold the ethical principles and ecological values behind Mychainos™, Spirida™, and Spiralbase™, the author reserves the right to establish a future foundation or cooperative body to oversee licensing, stewardship, and potential revenue-sharing mechanisms.

Any future commercial or closed-source implementation of the ideas or systems presented in this document may be subject to separate licensing agreements, which could include royalties, usage fees, or cooperative membership contributions — especially in contexts where openness, attribution, and reciprocity are not upheld. This clause does not affect the current open use of the material under the specified licenses, but anticipates long-term sustainability through shared governance and ethical development practices.

Trademark and Stewardship

Mychainos™, Spirida™, and Spiralbase™ are unique constructs developed by Robin Langell and co-created with OpenAI's language model.
They may be registered trademarks. Regardless of legal status, they must be used with attribution and alignment with their ethical meaning.

© 2025 Langell Konsult AB. All rights reserved.
Published under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 unless otherwise noted.
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