Public-facing transparency artifact for the 2026-05-13 git-history
rewrite. Plain-language explanation of: what changed (uniform author
metadata to canonical operator identity + Co-authored-by trailers
preserving AI involvement), why (LLC ownership transfer to certctl LLC
+ pre-traction cleanup), what is preserved (archive tag +
off-platform bundle), how to recover a stale clone, and the operational
note that external PRs aren't accepted until a CLA workflow is set up.
The README pointer to this doc is intentionally omitted — the page is
discoverable via grep against the repo (`history-normalization`),
via the next CHANGELOG entry, and via any forensic observer who
notices the rewrite and grep-searches for an explanation.
Closes the public-transparency leg of Phase 0 (Path B2, Pattern C).
shankar0123