release-readme: the root README written last, honestly — crate family table with per-engine honest postures (ADR-016 compile-time identity, deployment.md as the boundary), mem-carried usage sketch compile-checked and executed against the real API, contract-suite pointer (three engines, one pinned contract), license note; LICENSE-MIT + LICENSE-APACHE per the family pattern (substrate notice untouched per ADR-018); CHANGELOG seeded with the 0.1.0 contract-v1 entry; per-crate readme wiring decided + landed (pointer-style per-crate readmes, readme fields wired on the four published crates); honesty trace list in task Notes; task -> completed

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