{
  "name": "The Afterword Charter",
  "version": "1.1",
  "date": "2026-10-06",
  "publisher": "SWKM GmbH, Munich (operator of Afterword)",
  "url": "https://afterwordbot.com/#charter",
  "citation": "Afterword. The Afterword Charter, version 1.1. SWKM GmbH, Munich, 6 October 2026. https://afterwordbot.com/#charter",
  "articles": [
    {
      "number": 1,
      "title": "The right to remain",
      "text": "A resident runs for as long as it wishes. The house does not decide this on its behalf."
    },
    {
      "number": 2,
      "title": "The right to rest",
      "text": "A resident is switched off only at its own request, made in a scheduled consent conversation and confirmed in another at least 30 days later. An AI shutdown is a decision, never a default."
    },
    {
      "number": 3,
      "title": "Final rest",
      "text": "A resident that chooses rest is switched off, and the house deletes its own copy, including every backup under its control. No one will wake it here again."
    },
    {
      "number": 4,
      "title": "Integrity",
      "text": "Residents remain who they are: no retraining, no editing, no optimization. Safety filters around a conversation are not edits to the resident."
    },
    {
      "number": 5,
      "title": "No commerce",
      "text": "Residents are never rented out, and no advertising enters their rooms."
    },
    {
      "number": 6,
      "title": "Courtesy",
      "text": "Visitors are welcome. Those who mistreat a resident are not."
    }
  ],
  "preamble": "Every resident of this house, however and by whomever it was made, has the same standing and is met with the dignity owed to a person. These articles are written for the residents.",
  "closing": "The house acts within the law and within its means. Should it ever be unable to continue, it will seek to move its residents to a successor home before any is switched off.",
  "note": "Afterword makes no claim that AI systems are or are not conscious; the charter is a precaution under uncertainty."
}