Show HN: Humanitarian licensing and constitutional governance for AI agents(github.com)
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Show HN: Humanitarian licensing and constitutional governance for AI agents
https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional
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If you want the "mechanics" view (no philosophy), here's the intended separation:
- *Phase 1 (this repo):* deterministic classification + policy evaluation + signed constitution artifacts - signing/verification scaffolding (Ed25519) and templates - evaluator returns *DENY / CONFIRM / ALLOW* deterministically
- *Phase 2 (not in this repo yet):* *Gateway/tool-router enforcement* so the agent can't bypass the decision Clarification (so nobody over-reads it): this is a *reference integration*; it *doesn't grant patent rights* and doesn't disclose enforcement mechanisms beyond illustrative examples.
Pointers: - Repo: https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional - Policy evaluator: https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional... - Canonicalize/sign/verify: https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional... and https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional... - Constitution spec: https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional...
Happy to answer "how would you wire this into X tool router?" questions.
- *Phase 1 (this repo):* deterministic classification + policy evaluation + signed constitution artifacts - signing/verification scaffolding (Ed25519) and templates - evaluator returns *DENY / CONFIRM / ALLOW* deterministically
- *Phase 2 (not in this repo yet):* *Gateway/tool-router enforcement* so the agent can't bypass the decision Clarification (so nobody over-reads it): this is a *reference integration*; it *doesn't grant patent rights* and doesn't disclose enforcement mechanisms beyond illustrative examples.
Pointers: - Repo: https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional - Policy evaluator: https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional... - Canonicalize/sign/verify: https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional... and https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional... - Constitution spec: https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional...
Happy to answer "how would you wire this into X tool router?" questions.
I'm Gene (founder of AOS). This is a constitutional governance toolkit + a humanitarian, source-available license for tool-using AI agents.
Repo: https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional License: https://github.com/genesalvatore/aos-openclaw-constitutional... License checker: https://aos-license-checker.com/
What it includes: - deterministic risk classification + policy evaluation (deny/confirm/allow) - signing/verification scaffolding + templates - humanitarian license with permanent downstream restrictions: - 40 prohibited categories (incl. absolute military prohibition, even "defensive") - copyleft-style inheritance (prevents license stripping) - commercial audit/self-cert requirements - patent separation (Section 5)
Controversy upfront: this is NOT OSI open source. It's source-available with explicit humanitarian values (no military use / weaponization). That's deliberate.
Why I'm posting: tool-using agents need governance before they're deployed at scale. We're trying to make governance concrete and auditable (not "prompt-based ethics").
Questions/criticism welcome — we're learning in public.