Do referrers get paid out of new members' £10 fees?

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Are any of the inventions in the registry granted patents?

No. The inventions registry at /inventions lists ideas, drafts and openly-published doctrines belonging to the community. Nothing on it has been granted by the UK Intellectual Property Office. Listing confers no monopoly, no licensing power and no advisory authority.

Kingdom of Earth — The Dev Log

The Kingdom of Earth doctrine calls its practitioners to live as kin to the earth and to each other. Kingship here is not dominion — it is covenant: a mutual promise of care, stewardship and respect between the human family and the living world.

Core commitments

Stewardship — the earth is held in trust, not owned; every generation is accountable to those who follow
Kinship — other species, ecosystems and communities are kin, not resources
Mutual obligation — the covenant flows in every direction: person to person, community to community, human to earth
Living lightly — consumption, power and authority are held with restraint