Independence is enforced by process

Principles

• — Separate funding decisions from technical verdict decisions
• — Disclose conflicts of interest
• — Never allow sponsors to purchase positive verdicts
• — Clearly mark unvalidated reports as Draft, Planned, or Not Yet Evaluated
• — Publish what was tested and what was not tested
• — Prefer reproducible evidence over opinions
• — Review reports after major releases or incidents
• — Keep contribution open, but verdict approval earned

Report review flow

Conflict of interest

A contributor with direct employment, sponsorship, ownership, or commercial interest in a technology may contribute facts, documentation, test cases, and corrections, but cannot be the sole reviewer or final approver of a verdict for that technology.