Launcher fork (D27, ADR-0007)

Simca launcher is a fork, not registered in the stock launcher

The Simca launcher is a copy of the owner's own an earlier launcher repurposed for Simca; it is a separate program with its own id, folder and data directory and is never registered in or managed by the stock launcher

Depends on: LNCH-0001

Fork inventory document

A maintained list of what was copied, what was removed and what was changed in the fork, with the ownership and licence check

Depends on: LNCH-0001

Fork strips seats and presence

No seat counting, presence, friends, tether or account identity posting exists in the fork

Depends on: LNCH-0001

Fork strips polling and timers that talk out

No background polling loops; the only network action is a user-initiated update check

Depends on: LNCH-0001

Fork strips the demo key

No hard-coded demo or founder key of any kind exists in the fork

Depends on: LNCH-0001

Fork strips telemetry

No telemetry, analytics or crash upload; a guard test scans the fork for such code

Depends on: LNCH-0001

Fork keeps the verified reusable parts

Kept: the error code registry, the narrow IPC bridge pattern and the staged install, rollback and diagnostics ideas, re-implemented with Simca's signed manifests

Depends on: LNCH-0001

Fork guard test

A test fails the build if the fork gains a seat, presence, tether, demo key, telemetry, polling or an IPC channel outside the allowlist

Depends on: LNCH-0001

Fork shell technology decision (open)

Whether the launcher shell stays Electron with a Rust sidecar or moves to Flutter is OPEN (D18); the fork groundwork does not depend on it

Depends on: LNCH-0001