diff --git a/.kiro/specs/learned-decision-engine/design.md b/.kiro/specs/learned-decision-engine/design.md
index 572fe74..f73bd5b 100644
--- a/.kiro/specs/learned-decision-engine/design.md
+++ b/.kiro/specs/learned-decision-engine/design.md
@@ -1219,3 +1219,6 @@ Open for the maintainer at design approval:
 - The second slice (leave-one-source-out, memory-size curves): ~$7, ceiling $10, and the top-up it needs.
 - Which corpus licences allow demonstrations to ship in the package (section 5).
 
+
+- 2026-10-01: revised design approved; packaged demonstrations limited to permissive licences (MIT, BSD, Apache-2.0,
+  ISC, zlib); copyleft and unknown-licence code is used for evaluation and local memory only, never packaged.
diff --git a/.kiro/specs/learned-decision-engine/spec.json b/.kiro/specs/learned-decision-engine/spec.json
index 0321e7e..f405e09 100644
--- a/.kiro/specs/learned-decision-engine/spec.json
+++ b/.kiro/specs/learned-decision-engine/spec.json
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "feature_name": "learned-decision-engine",
   "created_at": "2026-09-30T14:00:00Z",
-  "updated_at": "2026-10-01T10:00:00Z",
+  "updated_at": "2026-10-01T10:20:00Z",
   "language": "en",
-  "phase": "design-generated",
+  "phase": "implementation",
   "approvals": {
     "requirements": {
       "generated": true,
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@
     },
     "design": {
       "generated": true,
-      "approved": false
+      "approved": true
     },
     "tasks": {
       "generated": true,
-      "approved": false
+      "approved": true
     }
   },
   "ready_for_implementation": true,
-  "note": "2026-10-01: Req 3 changed to an AI classifier with local memory (DSPy-style, in-house); design and tasks 6+ to be revised; tasks 1-5 remain valid."
+  "note": "2026-10-01: AI-classifier design approved; 6.1-6.5 (no model spend) authorised; paid steps need go-ahead."
 }