Documents
Here are all the texts that describe the foundation, from the statute to the whitepapers. This page tells you what each document is for, how long it takes to read and how to send a comment. Not sure where to start? Read the In brief page or the introduction to the manifesto.
How the documents fit together#
Our commitments have several levels. The statute is the foundation's basic document, its internal law: it binds the foundation formally, and the board files changes to it for entry in the National Court Register. The manifesto is a commitment to people: it says what we want to do and why. The regulations, adopted by the board, describe detailed procedures; we plan to prepare them before the first prepayment. The whitepapers show how things are meant to work and where the limits are of what we can ensure today.
A lower document may not contradict a higher one: the manifesto does not promise anything the statute forbids, and the regulations may not contradict either of them. When we want to go further than the current statute allows, we write about it as an intention. The statute change register shows how things were, what we want to change and why. More: Foundation Principles whitepaper, chapter 1 and statute: versions and change register.
List of documents#
Suveria is at the design stage, and Omniforum has a prototype under construction, so the whitepapers describe intentions and limits, not working services; each of them says so in its first paragraph. More: manifesto, introduction.
| Document | What it contains | Version | Reading time | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manifesto | What we want to do and why: dignity, privacy, shared understanding, maintaining the services and handing over power. | 31 October 2026 | about 60 minutes | Polish and English |
| Suveria: private work with digital intelligence | What we protect and against what, the path from the device to the model, a dated cost calculation and acceptance trials. | 31 October 2026 | about 50 minutes | Polish and English |
| Omniforum: shared understanding, conversation and decisions | Issues, the idea card, the argument map, living documents and the rules for shared decisions. | 31 October 2026 | about 50 minutes | Polish and English |
| Foundation operating principles | Billing for actual use, the budget, work and roles, the benefits register and the handover of the founder's powers. | 31 October 2026 | about 50 minutes | Polish and English |
| Training materials and model benchmark | How to check whether digital intelligence really helps people; a research program, with no results as of today. | 31 October 2026 | about 25 minutes | Polish and English |
| Statute: versions and change register | All versions of the statute and the changes made and planned, with the reasons for them. | entries up to 30 October 2026 | about 10 minutes | Polish and English |
| Statute, consolidated text of 28 September 2026 (the current version, with all amendments in one place) | The foundation's law in force: goals, assets, the board and the rules for amending the statute. | 28 September 2026, in force | about 5 minutes | Polish and English |
All documents are available in Polish and English (the English statute is for information only; the Polish text is binding).
How to read#
- If you have 5 minutes: read the In brief page or the introduction to the manifesto.
- If you have an hour: read the whitepaper in your field. Suveria is about security and infrastructure, Omniforum about conversation and decisions, the foundation principles about law and money, and the benchmark about research on models.
- If you have more time: read the manifesto, the whitepapers, the statute change register and the statute, in that order.
The manifesto and the four whitepapers are also available in one text file that you can drop into your chat with digital intelligence and ask about whatever interests you: in English or in Polish.
How these texts were made#
The manifesto, the whitepapers and the subpages were written by the founder together with digital intelligence (Claude, Codex, Gemini). The Polish version was read and approved by the founder, who is responsible for its content; it is the binding version. Translations into other languages were made by digital intelligence and checked by a different model than the one that translated them. No translation has yet been checked by a person fluent in the language. If something reads wrong, select the passage and send a comment: we make corrections openly, with the reason for each.
How to send a comment#
Next to every document and page there is an “I have a comment” button. Highlight a passage of text and the site will prepare an email with the quotation and a link to that spot; you send it from your own email account to salve@novusignis.org. The message goes only to the foundation and does not become a public conversation.
The site does not save anything: the message is created in your email program, and the content of your comment belongs to you until you send it.
We will record comments that lead to changes in the site change log and in the document's history. Eventually, comments are meant to go to Omniforum, where others will be able to see them and discuss them; that is still ahead of us. More: Omniforum whitepaper, section 5.5.
License and sources#
We make the manifesto, the whitepapers and the texts of this website, including translations, available under the CC BY 4.0 license, which allows you to use and adapt the text with attribution. The code of the website is available under the AGPLv3 license in a public repository, with the history of every change. More: manifesto, closing section (just before the footnotes) and Foundation Principles whitepaper, section 11.3.
Every document is also available as a Markdown source file, that is, plain text that you can download, compare and quote. If you are reading us through a model, the list of texts is in the llms.txt file, and the manifesto and the four whitepapers are in a single llms-full.txt file.
We develop the documents along with our knowledge and experience, keeping a history of changes: the current version presents the foundation's present position, and the history preserves earlier wording and the reasons for changes. More: manifesto, chapter 9.