PART 1 — SYLLABUS

Purpose and Scope

The mandatory, automated community intake. Every registrant who mints a callsign at commit.opplet.com enters as a candidate and takes this course; graduation clears Gate 1 and promotes the candidate to a member of the Volunteer Commons, holding Zone 4 (Lounge) standing — Constitution §11.1. No application, no human approval: the machine runs the lifecycle (Pillar 3).

This is a syllabus, not boundary law. The existence of Gate 1 and what graduation confers are the Constitution’s (§11.1–§11.2, §13); delivery and grading are the Commons SOP’s (§9). Part 2 carries the copy.

What it grants

Community membership — Lounge standing, a complete and valid place in its own right (Constitution §11.2). No gate purges a member for not advancing. It does not grant the Opplet Learner Permit or enroll anyone in the Climb; those are separate, opt-in activities with their own documents (Enclave Bootcamp; WiseNxt Orientation).

Modules

Getting started. The 72-hour clock, how the course works, your callsign, the Q&A forum.
What Opplet is, and where you are in it. Opplet the platform (owned by the Economic Group, run by the Custodian, funded by the Tech Board); the two worlds; the Volunteer Commons’ two parts — the Lounge (yours now) and the Range (a certified-member zone, later); and how learning works here — Opplet is not a school, yet it is full of ways to learn, and (for climbers) the Lounge, Range, and Workplace map like learning to drive.
Your Lounge. Your Lounge services; the sounding board and where your voice goes; the certified-member zones (the forge, the Range).
The rules. The four pillars at a member’s level, especially observation and verification (Pillar 4).
Membership, the doors, and going further. Membership is a complete destination; the four doors (three of them always open); then the general reasons to progress — and the two earned payoffs, contractor and Custodian Partner — with a single pointer to Enclave Bootcamp.

Delivery and grading

Open Moodle (Lounge), automated, 100% to pass (graduation = Gate 1 cleared), within 72 hours of registering. Self-paced; reminders at 24h and 6h remaining. Mechanics, retries, and the exact threshold are the Commons SOP §9’s.

Outcome and handoff

On graduation: a member of the Volunteer Commons, holding Lounge standing. A member who later wants the Opplet Learner Permit may opt into Enclave Bootcamp (its own document). Nothing here obliges them to.

PART 2 — COURSE CONTENT (Moodle copy-paste)

Section 0 — Getting Started

Lesson 0.1 — The 72-Hour Clock

Content Page 0.1 By registering at commit.opplet.com, you triggered an automated sequence: Opplet provisioned a temporary identity, signed you in, and dropped you straight into this course. No one reviewed an application — a machine runs this gate.

A 72-hour calibration clock started the moment you arrived. You have three days to finish this course and score 100%. Reminders arrive at 24 and 6 hours remaining. If the window closes first, your temporary account is cleared to make room for others — and you may register again immediately for a fresh clock and a fresh callsign. Nothing is held against you.

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Question Page 0.1 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: The Clock What happens the moment you arrive in this course?

(Correct) A 72-hour clock starts; if it runs out before you pass, your temporary account clears and you may re-register right away. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) You are granted permanent root access to the servers. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) Your account is paused until an administrator approves you by hand. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Lesson 0.2 — How This Course Works

Content Page 0.2 This is a guided read with a short check after each topic. The checks confirm two things: that you read the material, and that you can follow simple instructions. They do not test prior skill — every correct answer sits in the text right above it, so a complete beginner and a seasoned engineer pass the same way.

Passing this course isn’t about prior expertise. It’s simply how you show you read carefully and mean to take part. (What Opplet is — and why it issues no diplomas — comes in Section 1.)

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Question Page 0.2 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: Course Purpose What does this course actually test?

(Correct) That you read carefully and follow instructions — not your prior skill. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) Your existing expertise, which lets experts skip it. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) Your personal data for a human-resources file. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Lesson 0.3 — Your Callsign

Content Page 0.3 You take part under a two-word callsign (for example, Echo-Bravo), assigned when you registered. It is deliberately pseudonymous: your work is judged on its merits, not on who you are. This is the first of our four pillars — identity is sovereign.

Your callsign is permanent and carries no rank — no prefix, no suffix. The same string marks your first day and your tenth year. It is your identifier across every Lounge service. There are no titles appended to it; only your work and your endorsements speak for you.

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Question Page 0.3 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: Your Callsign Your callsign is:

(Correct) Permanent and rank-free — the same name however long you take part. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) Changed and re-issued each time you advance. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) A temporary password for your personal email. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Lesson 0.4 — The Q&A Forum

Content Page 0.4 If you hit a technical error or need clarification as you move through these modules, there is a dedicated place for help.

The Orientation Q&A forum sits at the top of the main course page. It is open to you the whole time and is your lifeline before you reach the wider HumHub town square. Use it if you are stuck — though remember, the answer to every verification check is in the text on the page right before it.

Content button: Verify The Forum → Next page

Question Page 0.4 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: The Forum Where do you go if you hit a technical error during this course?

(Correct) The Orientation Q&A forum at the top of the main course page. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) The HumHub town square. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) Email the Custodian directly. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Section 1 — What Opplet Is, and Where You Are In It

Lesson 1.1 — What Is Opplet?

Content Page 1.1 Opplet is an open-source, self-hosted, sovereign platform — the physical machines, the network, the identity systems, and the services that run on them. “Sovereign” means one operator holds the root of the metal. “Open source” means the blueprints are public, so anyone may fork them and run their own copy.

Opplet is owned and funded by the Economic Group, a nonprofit and the ultimate authority, which resources operations through the Tech Board — the purse and the contracts. Opplet’s Custodian holds operational root and the Basement, running the core that nearly everything routes through; the Custodian can veto a Tech Board action, and the Economic Group can override that veto. Opplet is not a polished consumer app — it is an engine built and run by the people who show up. Several efforts run on it: the community you’re joining, an optional climb, and a real-identity workplace. Opplet provides the metal and the code; you provide the capability.

Content button: Verify The Platform → Next page

Question Page 1.1 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: What Is Opplet? What is Opplet, and who owns it?

(Correct) An open-source sovereign platform, owned and funded by the Economic Group (a nonprofit); the Custodian holds operational root. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) A closed consumer app owned by whoever pays the most. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) The volunteer community, which owns the servers it runs on. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Lesson 1.2 — The Two Worlds

Content Page 1.2 Underneath, Opplet runs as two worlds. You are joining the Volunteer Commons — pseudonymous, automated, unpaid — where you take part under a callsign and earn standing through public work. It is held in the directory called LDAP-Beta.

The other world is the Real-Identity Workplace — real-name, recruited, and funded — where confidential and commercial work is done under contract, held in LDAP-Alpha and run by the KenyaX team. You do not sign up for it. It is reached only by being recruited from the Commons, and because paying a person legally requires their real name, that work is done under a real identity. You keep your callsign in the community even then. You start, and may happily stay, in the Volunteer Commons.

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Question Page 1.2 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: The Two Worlds How does someone reach the Real-Identity Workplace?

(Correct) Only by being recruited from the Commons into funded, real-name work — there is no sign-up. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) By registering a second account at the public door. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) Automatically, after thirty days of membership. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Lesson 1.3 — The Volunteer Commons Has Two Parts

Content Page 1.3 The world you are joining — the Volunteer Commons — is not one place but two parts, both pseudonymous, both Beta:

The Lounge — the community’s home, and Opplet’s sounding board. Run by the CNMCyber team. This is where you live as a member, starting today.
The Range — the ground for the optional Climb, where people who choose to develop into operators do hands-on work. Run by the WiseNxt team. You reach it later, only if you choose to climb.

You’re joining the whole world, but you hold Lounge standing — full membership of the community half. The Range is a part of your world you can see on the map without standing in yet. (And note the pattern: a team runs a part without being it — CNMCyber runs the Lounge, the WiseNxt team runs the Range.)

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Question Page 1.3 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: The Two Parts The Volunteer Commons consists of:

(Correct) Two parts — the Lounge (the community, the sounding board) and the Range (the Climb); a new member holds Lounge standing. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) One single space that every member can use in full from day one. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) The Lounge and the Real-Identity Workplace. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Lesson 1.4 — Not a School

Content Page 1.4 Opplet is not a school. It awards no diplomas, no degrees, no certificates — and this course is no exception. What counts here is what you can do: your work, and the endorsements it earns, are your only credential (Pillar 1).

But “not a school” does not mean “nothing to learn.” Opplet is full of learning. Moodle carries every course. The Common Library holds drafts and finished work to study. Jitsi hosts live sessions. None of it hands you a certificate; all of it makes you better at the work. You can learn here for years and never need anything more.

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Question Page 1.4 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: Not a School Opplet issues no degrees or certificates. What does that mean for you?

(Correct) Your work and endorsements are your only credential — and Opplet still offers plenty to learn from (Moodle, the Library, Jitsi). — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) There is nothing to learn here, since no certificate is awarded. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) You receive an accredited diploma once you pass enough courses. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Lesson 1.5 — Like Learning to Drive

Content Page 1.5 Opplet is not a university — but if you choose to climb, the nearest comparison is a driving school:

In the Lounge, you learn how Opplet runs in theory, and Enclave Bootcamp earns you the Opplet Learner Permit — your written test, passed.
The Range is the closed practice lot: with the Permit, hands-on work off the public road, where mistakes are cheap.
The Real-Identity Workplace is the open road — real name, real pay, real stakes. You don’t simply graduate onto it; you’re recruited onto it, once your work on the Range shows you’re ready.

You are never required to take a single step past the theory. Many members stay in the Lounge for good, and that is a complete way to belong. The road is just there if you want it.

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Question Page 1.5 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: Learning to Drive If you choose to climb, how do the three grounds compare?

(Correct) The Lounge is where you learn the theory (and earn the Permit); the Range is the closed practice lot; the Workplace is the open road, reached by being recruited. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) You pass a test and are automatically placed in the paid Workplace. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) All three are the same place, open to every member at once. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Section 2 — Your Lounge

Lesson 2.1 — Your Lounge Services

Content Page 2.1 When you graduate, your single sign-on opens the Lounge services — the tools the community runs on:

HumHub — the community hub: a town square and per-product discussion areas.
Moodle — where you are now, and where every course lives.
The Common Library (BookStack-Beta) — public and member shelves for drafts and finished work.
Jitsi — community calls and live events.

A word on wording: these four are your services. Inside HumHub you’ll see the word “spaces” — that means HumHub’s own internal areas (the town square, the per-product spaces). So: services are what you sign in to; spaces are areas within HumHub. Keeping those straight will save confusion later.

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Question Page 2.1 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: Your Services Which are your Lounge services?

(Correct) HumHub, Moodle, the Common Library, and Jitsi. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) The free community forge and the Range. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) The Basement and the Den. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Lesson 2.2 — The Sounding Board

Content Page 2.2 The Lounge is Opplet’s sounding board. The community’s job is to give honest feedback to the Platform — to discuss, propose, and react before changes are committed — and it holds no approval authority. The people who pay the hosting bill buy no control over what the community says; that independence is the whole point of a sounding board.

In practice, this happens inside HumHub: the town square for announcements and general discussion, and the per-product spaces (for example, Moodle) where improvements are proposed and debated. Every member can take part in that conversation. One thing is earned, not given: the formal endorsement vote in those spaces is a certified-member act (Lesson 2.3) — so the discussion is open to all, while its binding vote is something you grow into.

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Question Page 2.2 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: The Sounding Board What is the sounding board, and what is its limit?

(Correct) The Lounge — the community’s feedback to the Platform; it has no approval authority, and the formal endorsement vote is a certified-member act. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) A board that holds root and hires operators directly. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) The Range, where live-fire exercises run. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Lesson 2.3 — Certified-Member Zones

Content Page 2.3 Some areas of Opplet are not open to every member — they are certified-member zones, reached only after you earn the Opplet Learner Permit and become a certified member. There are two right now:

The free community forge — where the Climb’s open, forkable code and work exemplars live (it sits on the Range). With the Permit you may review it read-only, as an ordinary web page; you do not push to it as a plain member.
The Range — the Climb’s hands-on practice ground. You reach it by going through the Climb itself, later.

As a brand-new member you have neither, and that is by design, not a slight. They sit behind one clear door — the Permit — which you earn in a separate course if and when you want it (Section 4). For now, your home is the Lounge and its services.

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Question Page 2.3 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: Certified-Member Zones A certified-member zone is:

(Correct) An area reached only after earning the Opplet Learner Permit — for now, the forge (read-review) and the Range. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) Open to every member from the moment they pass this course. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) A Real-Identity Workplace zone you reach by paying a fee. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Section 3 — The Rules

Lesson 3.1 — The Four Pillars

Content Page 3.1 Four pillars shape how everything here behaves:

Identity is sovereign — earned through participation, never granted on request (your callsign, Lesson 0.3).
Code is law — the rules are enforced by the systems, not by memos.
Automation is the manager — the machine runs the routine; humans handle the exceptions.
Observation is truth — we do not assume trust, we verify. Every action is logged.

For a member, the one that touches you daily is the fourth: take part in the open, and expect your work to be seen and checked. Be civil, be honest, and check the Common Library before asking in HumHub.

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Question Page 3.1 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: The Rules “Observation is truth” means, for a member:

(Correct) Trust is verified, not assumed — you take part in the open and your work is logged and seen. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) Nothing you do is ever recorded, so anything goes. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) Only the Custodian’s actions are ever observed. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Section 4 — Membership, the Four Doors, and Going Further

Lesson 4.1 — Membership Is a Destination

Content Page 4.1 The community is the point, not a waiting room. Most members take part here for as long as they like and never climb — and that is a complete, respected way to belong. No gate removes you for not advancing, and no clock runs against a member (the 72-hour clock was a one-time, candidate-only thing).

So when you pass, you are genuinely done: open HumHub, browse the Library, join a call, propose something in a product space, and take part however fits you. Nothing below is required reading for a happy life in the Lounge.

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Question Page 4.1 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: Membership After you pass, what must you do next?

(Correct) Nothing required — membership for life is a complete way to belong; everything further is opt-in. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) Immediately begin the Climb or lose your account. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) Apply to a board for permission to keep your membership. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Lesson 4.2 — Four Doors, and the One You’re In

Content Page 4.2 You reached this course through one of Opplet’s four doors — commit: you registered to earn a voice in how Opplet is built. It’s the door this whole course serves. But it was never the only one, and the other three stay open to you for good, in any order:

Partner — offer funding or services. Donors keep the servers running; volunteers lend expertise; educational institutions, employers, governments, and non-profits engage on their own terms. These are Opplet’s non-custodian partners — they back the work without running an enclave of their own.
Sync — follow along, no commitment. YouTube, newsletter, RSS, social. Subscribe to keep up, or reach out with a question. No registration, no obligation.
Deploy — clone or fork Opplet as your own. Every tool and configuration is public. Take the blueprints and stand up your own sovereign enclave — your metal, your root, answerable to no one. Solo and unfunded, but entirely yours.

There’s also a funded way to run your own enclave — a Custodian Partnership, where the Economic Group backs it as a peer rather than Opplet hosting it. That’s earned, not opened on day one (next lesson). You don’t have to pick just one door; many take several at once.

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Question Page 4.2 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: The Four Doors Besides commit, the doors open to you are:

(Correct) Partner (offer funding or services), sync (follow, no commitment), and deploy (fork your own enclave) — open any time, in any order. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) Climb, recruit, and graduate — each unlocked only by passing a test. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) None — commit is the only way to engage with Opplet. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

Lesson 4.3 — Why Some Go Further

Content Page 4.3 Some members go deeper on the commit door and climb — and it’s worth knowing what’s at the top, even if you never go. People climb to:

learn how Opplet actually runs and earn the Opplet Learner Permit;
reach the certified-member zones — review the forge, take the courses the Permit opens;
do real operating work on the Range and find out what they’re good at.

Two of the rewards are big enough to name on your first day:

Become a contractor. Prove yourself and you can be recruited into the Real-Identity Workplace — real-name, paid work under contract. This is the open road from the driving comparison: you don’t sign up for it, you’re recruited onto it.
A funded enclave of your own. The Economic Group funds digital sovereignty — the cause, not Opplet the favorite. Opplet draws the resources today mainly because it’s the only one asking. The blueprints are open and the funder is interested, so that table isn’t reserved: build a sovereign enclave worth backing, and you can ask too — funded as a peer, your own root, never a tenant on Opplet’s metal. That’s a Custodian Partnership. Nothing is promised to anyone; it’s earned by building something worth funding.

None of this is decided now. There’s exactly one next door: Enclave Bootcamp — self-paced, no clock, no obligation. It teaches how Opplet runs and earns you the Permit. Walk through it if and when you’re curious. The rest you learn by doing.

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Question Page 4.3 (Multiple Choice) — Verify: Why Some Go Further What two things become possible at the top of the climb?

(Correct) Being recruited as a contractor (paid, real-name work), and — by building a sovereign enclave worth funding — having the Economic Group back it as a peer. Neither is promised; both are earned. — Jump: End of lesson · Score: 1
(Incorrect) A guaranteed salary and free hosting of your enclave on Opplet’s servers. — Jump: This page · Score: 0
(Incorrect) An accredited degree and a permanent seat on the Tech Board. — Jump: This page · Score: 0

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