Version 3.0.0Founder-Frozen Publication Edition8 September 2026

Framework

Twenty Parts for a legal system that can reason about cybernetic integration and future Persons.

Version 3.0 separates Personhood, technical classification, control, identity, continuity, genesis, cognitive integrity, responsibility and institutional review so that no single technical characteristic determines legal worth.

Governing interpretive principles

  1. Personhood is separate from SII.SII describes a defined technical configuration; it does not rank dignity, intelligence, humanity or legal worth.
  2. Substrate parity.Biological or technical difference may justify necessary safeguards, not lesser dignity or status.
  3. Identity follows the Person.Embodiment, substrate and technical configuration may change without automatically changing legal identity.
  4. Creation does not create ownership.A recognised Person cannot be owned merely because another actor created, financed, trained, hosted or designed components involved in that Person's genesis.
  5. Classification is not legal worth.Technical categories are tools for risk, dependence and control analysis—not substitutes for Personhood.

Canonical structure

Parts I–XX

The V3 structure is the Founder-Frozen publication architecture.

01

Preliminary, Interpretation and Control

02

Personhood, Recognition and Interim Protection

03

Legal Capacity and Supported Decision-Making

04

Equality, Substrate Parity and Anti-Discrimination

05

Cybernetic Integration and the Substrate Integration Index

06

Essential Functions, Material Control and Local Functional Autonomy

07

Consent, Supervision and Emergency Control

08

Creator, Provider and Corporate Responsibilities

09

Person-Essential Substrate, Property and Intellectual Property

10

Cognitive Integrity, Neural Trespass and Agency

11

Cognitive Data, Evidence and Technical Disclosure

12

Genesis, Reproduction and Parentage

13

Developing Persons, Support and Healthcare

14

Identity, Credentials and Continuity Records

15

Fork, Replication and Merge

16

Restoration, Dormancy, Death and Succession

17

Family, Contracts, Civic Rights and Scarce Entitlements

18

Jurisdiction, Administrative Anchor and Cross-Border Recognition

19

Institutions, Procedure, Technical Review and Remedies

20

Taxonomy Escape, Future Phenomena and Version Control

Annexes A–H

Technical baselines, provenance, version history and publication controls.

  • Annex A — SII Version 1.0 Technical Baseline
  • Annex B — Genesis Event Taxonomy
  • Annex C — Evidence, Provenance and Secure Review
  • Annex D — Version 2.0 to Version 3.0 Crosswalk
  • Annex E — Research Classification Controls and Open/Deferred Work
  • Annex F — Superseded or Prohibited Silent Restorations
  • Annex G — WP10 Policy Implementation Map
  • Annex H — Publication, Consultation and Rights