docs: clarify commercial eligibility verdicts

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@@ -89,19 +89,23 @@ proprietary project without such a repository qualifies only when it has a meani
free tier that provides useful quantitative-finance functionality without requiring payment
information. Trials, demos, waitlists, and paid-only products do not qualify.
Repository-less commercial services must publish pricing and free-tier limits, as well as public
documentation, methodology, or usage examples. Their entries must use a stable HTTPS URL without
affiliate or tracking parameters, have a concise, factual, non-promotional description, and be
placed in the **Commercial & Proprietary Services** section. Backtick tags are optional in that
section. For example:
Commercial services without substantive public source—including those with only a thin SDK,
integration, examples, generated-data, or marketing repository—are repository-less for every
eligibility check. They must publish pricing and free-tier limits, as well as public documentation,
methodology, or usage examples. Their entries must use a stable HTTPS URL without affiliate or
tracking parameters, have a concise, factual, non-promotional description, and be placed in the
**Commercial & Proprietary Services** section. Backtick tags are optional in that section. For
example:
```markdown
- [Project Name](https://project.example) - Concise factual description ending with a period.
```
A thin SDK, integration, examples, generated-data, or marketing repository does not make the
hosted product open source; only a repository containing substantive implementation supports
placement in a functional section.
Only a repository containing substantive implementation supports placement in a functional
section. Commercial submissions without a qualifying permanent free tier—including paid-only,
trial-only, demo-only, and waitlist-only offerings—are `REJECT`. Reserve `NEEDS CHANGES` for
correctable evidence or disclosure, wording, URL, documentation, or placement defects when the
underlying offering can qualify.
## Section Placement