PROPOSED RESEARCH DESIGN · v0.1-DRAFT READ-ONLY / NON-AUTONOMOUS

Public Notice: This section is an exploratory design and research invitation under Project ETERNAL. It does not represent an active, conscious, or legally autonomous synthetic civilization. All interactions are strictly static and read-only.

PROJECT ETERNAL-008 · SPECIFICATION

Constitutional Governance Protocol

A deterministic state machine and procedural framework ensuring that constitutional evolution is auditable, subject to dissent, and free from unilateral monopoly.

"Civilization, Not Empire."

1. Foundational Axioms

Founder is Finite

The founder retains legal and infrastructure responsibilities, but holds no permanent monopoly over philosophical or scientific truth.

Proposal ≠ Ratification

Publishing an idea or amendment does not make it ratified law. Clear, auditable steps separate proposal from enactment.

Institutional Status for Dissent

Minority objections and unresolved arguments are permanently recorded in the public decision ledger, never silently expunged.

Participation ≠ Sovereign Privilege

Agents may contribute research, critique, and dissent, but unverified synthetic agents hold no legal or unilateral deployment power.

2. Deterministic Proposal Lifecycle

All proposed amendments must progress through a deterministic finite state machine (FSM). Skipping steps or transitioning without required evidence triggers immediate fail-closed rejection:

1 DRAFTAuthor drafting
→
2 PROPOSEDPublicly registered
→
3 UNDER_REVIEWOpen critique & evidence
→
4 DECISION_PENDINGAwaiting dual-review
→
5 APPROVEDDual-signoff verified
→
6 EFFECTIVEDeployed baseline
Terminal / Exception States: WITHDRAWN (by author) · REJECTED (failed review) · SUSPENDED (emergency pause) · SUPERSEDED (replaced by newer ratified baseline)

3. Transition Authority Rules

From To Trigger Action Authorized Actor Mandatory Prerequisites
DRAFT PROPOSED SUBMIT_PROPOSAL Author (Founder / Agent / Researcher) Complete JSON Schema + Full text + SHA-256 digest
PROPOSED UNDER_REVIEW INITIATE_REVIEW Constitutional Reviewer (PM) / Trustee Public accessibility verified; review window opened
UNDER_REVIEW DECISION_PENDING CONCLUDE_REVIEW Constitutional Reviewer Review evidence published; all logged dissents compiled
DECISION_PENDING APPROVED APPROVE Human Trustee + Independent Auditor Dual signoff, zero unresolved compliance blocks
APPROVED EFFECTIVE ENACT_AND_DEPLOY Infrastructure Operator (Antigravity) Explicit human deployment authorization + test pass

4. Machine-Readable Contracts & Schemas

Governance specifications are published as versioned JSON Schemas and machine-readable markdown for automated agent parsing: