itd-26 calls the licence gate a launch gate; launch says the restrictive-licence gate is not the release artefact's gate, and that its consumer is the lifeboat

itd-26 calls the licence gate a launch gate; launch says the restrictive-licence gate is not the release artefact's gate, and that its consumer is the lifeboat

A terminology drift (severity minor) found by the cross-document consistency pass.

• End A: .abcd/development/intents/drafts/itd-26-loot-oss-vendor.md:70 — "launch-gate-licence-gate machinery itd-26 needs is the same machinery memory ingest needs"
• End B: .abcd/development/brief/04-surfaces/04-launch.md:477 — "The restrictive-licence gate over kept originals is likewise not this artefact's gate. Its real consumer is the lifeboat"

itd-26 builds on a substrate it names as including the 'launch-gate-licence-gate'. The launch chapter says the restrictive-licence gate is not this artefact's gate: its real consumer is the lifeboat, it is future and inert at launch, and it insists on 'two mechanisms, never one name'. Calling it a launch gate attaches the gate to the surface that says it is not there.

Evidence: .abcd/work/reviews/2026-10-26-consistency/00-summary.md, finding 343.