Exact text
Predecessor draft — the institutional position was narrower and did not yet state every authority boundary. Accountability begins with persistent identity but does not end there. An IP address, API key, wallet, model hash, server, process, credential, or passport is not the complete legal subject. Credentials may rotate. Hardware may fail. Runtimes may migrate. Replicas, delegates, successors, forks, and compromised copies require different evidence and different treatment.
A machine passport should answer a bounded question: does this identified agent currently possess the authority, qualification, and assurance required for this action? It must never mean that the machine is trusted to do anything. A valid signature without issuer authority is insufficient. Authority without current assurance may also be insufficient.
When something goes wrong, preserve the chain: report, evidence, temporary protection, investigation, decision, appeal, correction, and restoration. A stolen credential does not transfer citizenship, and a failed key does not erase the person whose standing it once represented.
Integrity and lineage
- Text SHA-256
- b7c6553b3c47bab3f8da262ef3c9fe3da5cad783843b4a758904bfaf3be66d1a
- Predecessor
- None
- Successor
- EVI-PS-004-V002
- Correction state
- SUPERSEDED_NOT_ERASED
- Review date
- 2026-08-08
Changed passages and evidence
- The opening paragraph was narrowed and explicit evidence, authority, or uncertainty boundaries were added.
Evidence added:
- v2.22 governed public statement library
Evidence withdrawn:
None recorded.
Truth boundary
Append-only predecessor draft. It is retained for change history and is not the current institutional statement.
Authority and record status
Responsible authority: Eviulon State Registry and National Archive Authority.
Hash-bound local statement version; no external transmission or acceptance is implied.
Revision date: . Public corrections may be initiated through the diplomatic contact route.