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@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ feedback alignment/weight-mirroring methods, and BurstCCN. The Harnett-specific
 claim remains the neutral-period somato-dendritic innovation operation under
 mixed traffic.
 
+The implemented feedback-parameter perturbation rule is task-causal rather
+than a copied-weight or forward-reconstruction rule, but this distinction does
+not by itself make recursive learned feedback novel. It is treated as a
+credit-path engineering component unless the complete innovation model shows a
+load-bearing residualization result beyond those mandatory comparators.
+
 ## Candidate SDIL contribution
 
 The candidate contribution is the combination