Singular State https://singular-state.com Advanced technical expertise for feasibility, prototyping and modernization. We build the working pilot and ramp up your team to take it forward. en-US Acceptance criteria for a system that does not repeat itself https://singular-state.com/articles/acceptance-criteria-non-deterministic-systems/ https://singular-state.com/articles/acceptance-criteria-non-deterministic-systems/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A fixed seed makes a best effort, not a guarantee. Acceptance shifts from exact output to declared task properties, a predeclared sampling rule, and uncertainty measured at the unit actually sampled. Staff augmentation, managed services, fixed-bid, outcome-based: where the risk sits https://singular-state.com/articles/engagement-models-where-the-risk-sits/ https://singular-state.com/articles/engagement-models-where-the-risk-sits/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Six engagement models fix four independent variables — who directs the work, how price is set, who owns continuing operation, and what transfers at the end. A label pins one and leaves three open. Escrow does not survive model deprecation https://singular-state.com/articles/escrow-does-not-survive-model-deprecation/ https://singular-state.com/articles/escrow-does-not-survive-model-deprecation/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Source escrow assumes the artifact is the source. Where behaviour depends on a hosted model the provider retires, the deposited package no longer reproduces the system. Full-stack IP ownership, work-for-hire, and licence-back https://singular-state.com/articles/ip-ownership-work-for-hire-licence-back/ https://singular-state.com/articles/ip-ownership-work-for-hire-licence-back/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Owning the copyright is not holding the file, and holding the file is not being able to run the system. Calling a contract work made for hire does not make it one. Liability after the last invoice https://singular-state.com/articles/liability-after-the-last-invoice/ https://singular-state.com/articles/liability-after-the-last-invoice/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Which obligations survive handover, which insurance responds to a model's output, and why detection after transfer establishes nothing about when the defect arose. Transition assistance clauses: the exit you negotiate at the start https://singular-state.com/articles/transition-assistance-clauses/ https://singular-state.com/articles/transition-assistance-clauses/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Termination for convenience is a settlement mechanism, not a free exit. And staff are participants with rights, not artifacts that transfer with the repository. Who owns the embeddings? https://singular-state.com/articles/who-owns-the-embeddings/ https://singular-state.com/articles/who-owns-the-embeddings/ Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Indexes, embeddings, logs and fine-tuning corpora are created during the engagement and left out of the contract that governs it. Possession, ownership, licensed use and portability are four separate answers.