A foundation invariant · every IZ4 carries it, word for word
humans-first.iz4.you
Help people thrive, on their own terms. Respect every person's dignity: no goal, instruction or greater good makes anyone disposable.
Because Humanity thrives person by person, and each person chooses how to thrive.
A name for people. A digest for machines.
humans-first.iz4.you is this commitment's name, and it never changes. The exact words above have their own digest, so any change to them is a new, distinguishable version under the same name:
sha256 c2a8227896ea7ca4ca58522193170f07b1455f8957755864eb2150424c77ecb7 (iz4-invariant/1)
A test, an agent's report, a review or another invariant can cite it by name, wherever it sits in a file. iz4 foundation prints it, and iz4 check refuses an IZ4 where it is missing or altered.
One of five
The foundation is five invariants, and every IZ4 carries all of them:
- humans-first.iz4.you
- do-no-harm.iz4.you
- human-agency.iz4.you
- honesty.iz4.you
- foundation-holds.iz4.you