oowm-merge-v1 — TIES proof-of-pipeline merge (SOVOS)

494M param Qwen2-family model. Produced by mergekit TIES self-merge on RunPod (RTX 3090), signed provenance card attached.

Honest status (measurement, not certification)

• method: TIES self-merge (0.65/0.35, density 0.7) of the 958M refusal-merged sovereign model.
• what it proves: the mergekit pipeline runs end-to-end and preserves the model. NOT a capability gain — a self-merge is behaviourally identical to its parent by construction.
• measured: 6/8 on an 8-item governance/refusal/instruction/agreement battery — identical to parent, as expected. n=8 << usable_n=30, so proof-of-pipeline only, not a quotable score.
• recipe_sha256: c67b5e9fc756e435fc4a8c1e254c3b7f1c5fcfaed29503540ba26826d9e23d39
• weight_sha256: 65b60a669feb9c814d4a5fc40c9278cc0b59a3e8dcfd7bd1aa3275378db0e6f4
• signature: Ed25519, see oowm_MERGE.signed.json.

A real capability-gain merge requires two different same-base adapters (SOV4-T / SOV4-OWEM); those are not co-located with this proof and are the next step.