Not really sure where to put this.
The Freehold Oath is going away. Gone. Doesn't need to be sworn, get rid of those bonuses, everything. I'll clean up documentation later.
If you care about the reasons...
1. For several years we didn't have a 'Freehold Oath', but on-boarding new Lost was problematic because everyone wanted to be an FOB and/or truculent about playing nice with others. When the 'Acknowledgment' process of Vampire was pointed out, Sovs started on-boarding their constituents. Eventually several people (back when we had 3-4 STs) hit on the notion of making it a Pledge and suddenly Changeling became the venue where you got dice bonuses just for showing up.
2. Mechanically, it's a bad Pledge that doesn't follow RAW and I don't feel like re-working it.
3. It's not needed, and compounds the 'full roster of Sovs' problem. Vampires don't get Vinc'ed during Ack. Mages don't get Geas'ed during Recognition. Know why? Because they'll fucking kill you if you can't act right. Time for Changeling to put on it's Big Fairy Pants and quit being a special snowflake.
4. It's a hassle to coordinate and usually drags out the seasonal threads which usually over-run their time-frames already.
So there you go.
Nobody needs to swear it.
All existing are broken (update your info).
More info on Pledges here.