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2121broad intention is to surrender governance of Urbit to its users,
2222as soon as the community is collectively ready to receive it.
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24−This constitution (which is not a legal contract, just a public
25−declaration of our intent) describes our governance process
26−during this interim period. Its design borrows from validated
24+This constitution (which is not a legal contract, just our present
25+intent, which may be updated arbitrarily) describes our governance
26+process during this interim period. Its design borrows from validated
2727historical structures, mainly Roman and Anglo-American.
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2929The last and most important task of the interim government is to
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6969### Purpose of collective authority
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71−Urbit is a republic. Its government has one task: promoting,
72−preserving and protecting Urbit. It may take any legal action
73−which advances this goal. Any other actions are *ultra vires*,
74−out of scope. Urbit is not a general-purpose charity.
71+Urbit, as opposed to the Tlon corporation, is a republic. Its
72+government has one task: promoting, preserving and protecting Urbit.
73+It may take any legal action which advances this goal. Any other
74+actions are *ultra vires*, out of scope. Urbit is not a
75+general-purpose charity.
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7677### Decentralized control
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