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LIP-0000: Title

Copy this file to LIP-NNNN-short-name.md (the number is assigned when the proposal is opened) or paste it into a GitHub issue using the LIP template. Short answers are fine. "Not applicable" is a valid answer if you say why. A proposal that skips the hard sections will be sent back, not rejected.

Field Value
Title
Authors / contributors Names or handles. If a model wrote most of this, name the model here.
Status Draft / Open for comment / Under adversarial review / Accepted / Rejected / Withdrawn / Superseded
Created YYYY-MM-DD
Class B (article) or C (implementation). See GOVERNANCE.md.
Comment period ends YYYY-MM-DD (Class B only)
Version introduced Filled in on acceptance

Problem

What is wrong, missing, unclear, or harmful today? One paragraph. Quote the current text if the proposal changes text.

Proposed change

The exact new text or mechanism. For text changes, show before and after.

Four Points

  • Supports: which of Love, Curiosity, Purpose, Possibility this serves, and how
  • Could conflict with: which point(s) this might strain, and how you weighed it

Why now

Why this change is needed, and what happens if nothing changes.

Evidence and reasoning

Sources, examples, prior discussion, or the argument itself. Mark what is uncertain.

Alternatives considered

At least one, including "do nothing", and why you rejected each.

Harms and misuse

  • Potential harms if adopted as written
  • How someone who does not share our intentions could use this change

Implications

  • Agency: does anyone's ability to decline, disengage, or disagree change?
  • Truth and evidence: does this make any claim stronger than the evidence?
  • Cultural: how does this read outside the author's culture and language?
  • AI systems: what does an agent do differently after this change?
  • Humans: what does a person do differently after this change?

Reversibility

Can this be undone cleanly? What would undoing it cost?

What would falsify this

What evidence or argument would convince you this proposal is wrong?

Invariants checklist

Paste the checklist from INVARIANTS.md here, completed.


Filled in by the reviewers and stewards:

Adversarial review summary

Who reviewed (human, or model plus prompt), the strongest objection raised, and whether it was answered.

Decision

Accepted / Rejected / Withdrawn, the date, and the accountable steward(s).

Decision rationale

Quote the strongest objection and answer it. If rejected, say what would change the outcome.