Core Principle

Persons may form communities, networks, intimate relationships, research groups, political organizations, and other voluntary associations.

Detailed Rules

  • Communities may set internal rules without cancelling fundamental personhood.
  • Joining a group does not imply consent to permanent mental integration.
  • Members may authorize limited data sharing or cooperative computation.

Scope and Limits

Association does not protect arrangements whose core purpose is domination, slavery, forced integration, or denial of exit.