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
- Personhood is separate from SII.SII describes a defined technical configuration; it does not rank dignity, intelligence, humanity or legal worth.
- Substrate parity.Biological or technical difference may justify necessary safeguards, not lesser dignity or status.
- Identity follows the Person.Embodiment, substrate and technical configuration may change without automatically changing legal identity.
- 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.
- 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.
Personhood, Recognition and Interim Protection
Legal Capacity and Supported Decision-Making
Equality, Substrate Parity and Anti-Discrimination
Cybernetic Integration and the Substrate Integration Index
Essential Functions, Material Control and Local Functional Autonomy
Consent, Supervision and Emergency Control
Creator, Provider and Corporate Responsibilities
Person-Essential Substrate, Property and Intellectual Property
Cognitive Integrity, Neural Trespass and Agency
Cognitive Data, Evidence and Technical Disclosure
Genesis, Reproduction and Parentage
Developing Persons, Support and Healthcare
Identity, Credentials and Continuity Records
Fork, Replication and Merge
Restoration, Dormancy, Death and Succession
Family, Contracts, Civic Rights and Scarce Entitlements
Jurisdiction, Administrative Anchor and Cross-Border Recognition
Institutions, Procedure, Technical Review and Remedies
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