Terms of Use of the Earthlings People

• you become part of a people united by shared values;
• participation is voluntary - you can leave at any time, without giving reasons;
• data are processed on the principle of minimization; you choose your pseudonym and the extent of your participation yourself;
• decisions are taken by a vote in which your vote equals any other;
• the laws of your country are not affected, and no renunciation of citizenship is required;
• the passport confirms belonging and replaces no documents.

Earthlings is a self-determined transnational people existing as a matter of fact on the basis of the Declaration of Self-Determination. What unites us is shared values, not territory or descent.

The people exists and develops with its own infrastructure, governance, and identity regardless of how international law comes to classify it in time: no body that recognizes peoples exists for anyone. Legal cognizability - being treated as a people where a specific question arises - accumulates through practice, time, and the number of participants. How this is arranged and what is said against us: Legal Basis, Objections and Answers.

• life as the highest value;
• freedom and self-determination - everyone is entitled to determine their own belonging;
• planetary solidarity;
• transparency - the infrastructure is open to verification, and decisions are taken collectively;
• refusal of the concentration of power - we are building a horizontal design.

These values are embodied in the architecture, not merely declared.

Age - 18 years or over. Signing the Declaration of Self-Determination. Identity verification through the people's own system. A one-time contribution - the equivalent of 79 USD. Whoever cannot make it themselves joins an open queue, and the contribution for them is made by another person or by the Treasury; no exemption from the contribution is provided for, and the contribution is paid in full in any event (Charter, Article 12 bis).

What it gives: the passport, the right to vote, participation in Cells, access to the infrastructure.

What is expected: following the principles of the Declaration. The extent of participation is left to your judgment: there is no obligatory activity.

1. creating an account: a pseudonym of your choosing, an email address, a country, confirmation of age;
2. confirming the email address;
3. reading the Declaration;
4. signing the Declaration - it is this act that creates belonging;
5. identity verification;
6. making the contribution;
7. receiving the passport.

On the accuracy of data. The country and age must be stated truthfully, and the document presented at verification must be genuine. Real first and last names are not retained: the document data are checked only at the moment of verification.

You are responsible for keeping your password and cryptographic keys safe, for actions taken from your account, and for notifying support if you suspect a compromise.

We cannot recover lost keys. They are not held by us in any form. This is the other side of the fact that no one can dispose of your passport for you.

What never happens. Expulsion from the people does not exist. Belonging is inalienable and ends only by your own decision. The platform, its administrators, and the technical structures hold no such powers and cannot hold them.

What may be restricted by decision of the Assembly under the procedure of Article 22 of the Charter, with a right of defence, a secret ballot, and appeal: participation in Cells, the right to submit proposals, access to particular platform services. Access to votes and to information is not restricted by these measures.

The right to vote may be suspended only for proven undermining of the integrity of the voting itself - collusion, buying or selling a vote, coercing others, an attempt to circumvent the rule of "one person, one passport" - for a period of up to 6 months, under the procedure of Article 22 bis of the Charter. Views, how a person voted, and disagreement with decisions are not a ground on any construction whatever.

What the administration may do without a decision of the Assembly. One thing only: suspend access to an account where there are clear signs that it has been compromised or is under technical attack - with immediate notice to the participant and subsequent consideration by the Assembly. This protects your account; it is not a measure of liability and does not affect a participant's rights.

• respect for others regardless of origin, views, and identity;
• constructive criticism and the exchange of ideas;
• contribution to the common cause - projects, initiatives, help to others;
• openness to dialogue;
• protection of those who are vulnerable.

• discrimination on any ground;
• threats, harassment, bullying, including covert bullying;
• deliberate spreading of false information;
• spam, intrusive advertising, fraudulent schemes;
• attempts to manipulate votes;
• acts contrary to the values of the Declaration.

1. try to settle the matter directly;
2. turn to an independent intermediary;
3. serious disputes go to the Independent Council once it is formed; until then they are considered by the Assembly with doubled periods of discussion;
4. in extreme cases the question is put to a vote.

Everything you create and publish remains yours. By publishing material you permit it to be displayed and distributed among participants as part of the platform's working, with attribution, including translation and technically necessary transformations. This creates no other rights, and the permission ends when the material is deleted.

We recommend open licences, but the choice is always yours.

Documents, tools, and materials created by the infrastructure itself are published under open licences.

You undertake not to publish material infringing other people's copyright, to cite sources when quoting, to observe licence terms, and to respect other people's personal data.

On a substantiated complaint the material in question is taken down, and the author is notified and entitled to object.

A non-transferable digital identifier of belonging to the people, existing in a distributed ledger.

What it gives: confirmation of status, the right to vote, access to the infrastructure, participation in Cells.

What it does not give: citizenship, a right of entry to countries, a replacement for a national passport, official status in state institutions, income.

Non-transferability. The passport cannot be sold, transferred, given away, or inherited; transfer is blocked in the contract itself.

Immutability. The record cannot be forged or altered unnoticed.

Privacy. The fact that a passport is held is visible in the ledger; your personal data are not.

You burn the passport with your own key. No one can prevent it, the founder included.

The Charter (Article 21) establishes two and only two exceptions in which a passport is burned against the holder's will: annulment of an invalid issuance by decision of the Assembly with a right of defence and appeal; technical reissue at the holder's own request. The death of the holder is not a ground for burning: belonging ends of itself, and the passport remains in the registry. The details are in the document The earthling SBT passport.

Earthlings Coin is a utility unit of the internal economy. It is not a share, not an investment instrument, and not a promise of profit.

What it is for: paying for services within the ecosystem, supporting projects, rewarding contribution.

Today the unit circulates only within the ecosystem and is traded nowhere. Membership is confirmed by the passport, not by the unit; the unit gives no votes whatever the amount held.

In the future exchange availability is possible, but it is not promised and is not an aim. It does not turn the unit into an investment instrument and does not mean a promise of growth in value - no one gives such a promise under any course of events.

More detail is in the document Earthlings Coin.

Compliance with the legislation of your country regarding digital assets; taxation of transactions; safe storage of keys; understanding the risks. These Terms are not tax or investment advice.

The DAO Assembly is the sole body that takes binding decisions. All the other structures provide technical support or give recommendations.

1. Proposal. Any participant submits a proposal. No prior approval, collection of signatures, or threshold of support is required.
2. Discussion. The proposal is discussed publicly, refined, and revised.
3. Voting. Under the thresholds and quorums laid down by the Charter.
4. Execution. Automatically through smart contracts or by the technical structures in execution of the decision.
5. Transparency. The history of proposals, discussions, and outcomes is public.

Everything material: amending the Charter and the rules; allocation of common funds and funding of projects; the election and recall of the Core Nodes, the Emergency Multisig, and the Independent Council; restriction of powers and suspension of the right to vote; strategic directions; partnerships; platform parameters.

• to vote on every question;
• to submit proposals;
• to transfer your vote in a particular area to another participant and to revoke the transfer in one step, without giving reasons and without their consent; transfer across all questions at once is impossible, chains are prohibited, and the ceiling and the list of questions with no delegation are laid down by Article 7 of the Charter;
• to view the whole history of decisions;
• to challenge decisions breaching the unamendable core of the Declaration.

In the event of critical vulnerabilities and attacks the Emergency Multisig is entitled to act immediately within the limits of Article 3 of the Charter - with a public report within 48 hours and confirmation by the Assembly within 7 days, failing which the action is reversed. Any action may be reversed by the Assembly by a simple majority.

Abuse leads to recall by a simple majority at any time.

• keep the infrastructure working;
• protect data in accordance with the Privacy Policy;
• report problems and changes transparently;
• consider enquiries within reasonable periods;
• consider in good faith any claim of documented loss connected with our technical errors, and seek a fair resolution.

Compliance with the legislation of your country; the security of your own keys and credentials; the consequences of your actions; understanding the risks of digital assets.

• participants' actions towards one another;
• the loss of your cryptographic keys - they cannot be recovered;
• failures of distributed networks beyond our control;
• content and actions on external venues.

Force majeure. In the event of natural disasters, military action, critical changes of legislation, and large-scale technical failures, the operation of services may be temporarily suspended with notice to participants.

The contribution is made once and covers the cost of the procedure: identity verification and passport issuance. It does not buy belonging - belonging arises by signing the Declaration - and gives neither a vote nor units of account.

Before identity verification begins you are entitled to withdraw from the service and receive the contribution back in full, without giving reasons.

Immediately before verification starts you separately and expressly confirm that you wish the service to be performed immediately and understand that after the passport is issued the service is deemed fully performed and the right of withdrawal ends. Without such confirmation verification does not begin.

After the passport is issued the service has been performed and no refund is made: the costs of verification and issuance have been incurred and are not returned to anyone.

Donations beyond the contribution are entirely voluntary, do not affect status, and are not refundable.

Write to info@earth-lings.org, attaching a description, screenshots, and transaction identifiers. Every situation is considered separately, and we seek a fair resolution within our technical means.

We are not responsible for keys you have lost, break-ins to your external wallets, and errors in sending transactions.