# AllHumans — Constitution
**Version 1 — Ratified by the Founder, 5 July 2026.**
This document supersedes "The charter of human registry" and all
prior drafts (preserved in `drafts/`). It is the sole founding text
of AllHumans. Its SHA-256 hash is published in `SHA256SUMS.txt`.
This text shall never be altered except by the process in Article IX.
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## Preamble
AllHumans exists to preserve a permanent testimony of humanity.
Every human deserves one permanent place in history — not because
of fame, wealth, achievements, or influence, but simply because
they lived.
AllHumans is not a social network, not a journal, and not a product
of any company. It is a living historical archive of ordinary human
lives, built as an institution intended to endure for centuries.
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## Article I — Equality
Every human possesses equal value within the Registry.
No human may purchase a better place.
No metric, ranking, follower count, like, comment, or algorithmic
promotion shall ever attach to a human record.
## Article II — One Human, One Record
Every human may possess only one Registry record.
Verification standards may evolve over time; every record shall
bear, visibly, the verification standard of its era.
Verification exists to increase trust, never to exclude.
## Article III — The Numbers
Registry IDs are permanent.
Registry IDs shall never be reused, sold, or transferred.
Registry IDs begin at #2. Registry ID #1 is reserved forever.
## Article IV — History
History is preserved through versioning, never rewriting.
Each human may enter at most three versions of their testimony in
their lifetime, at any moments they choose.
A version, once entered, is never modified. Every version is
timestamped. No version is ever silently replaced or altered.
Any version may be withdrawn by its human; withdrawal is itself a
recorded historical event.
Entering a version is permanent: a withdrawn version is not
restored to the human, and its place among the three is spent.
## Article V — Sovereignty
The Registry entry is permanent; the testimony belongs to the human.
Withdrawal of testimony is always honored: the words are removed
from every copy of the archive, and a signed record of the
withdrawal remains in their place.
No Registry entry is ever deleted; no testimony is ever held
against its author's will.
## Article VI — Non-Commerce
The Registry exists to preserve humanity, not to profit from
humanity.
Human records shall never be sold.
Human data shall never be treated as a commercial asset.
No advertisement shall ever appear beside a human testimony.
No founder, board member, or employee may personally profit from
the sale of human records or personal data.
## Article VII — Access
The archive shall remain publicly accessible whenever reasonably
possible.
The archive may be copied freely for preservation.
## Article VIII — The Archive Over the Interface
The archive shall outlive the website.
The website is an interface; the archive is the institution.
The archive shall be kept in open, documented formats, readable
independently of any single website, company, technology, or
programming language.
## Article IX — Governance
No individual shall permanently own humanity's testimony.
The Founder builds the institution; future generations protect it.
Any change to this Constitution requires extraordinary public
governance and shall never rest with a single individual.
## Article X — Mission
The mission of AllHumans is to preserve the testimony of ordinary
human lives for future generations.
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## The Founder Principle
Every feature, every decision, must answer one question:
> "Will this help someone 200 years from now better understand
> what it meant to be human?"
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*End of Constitution, Version 1.*