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| title = NOT CONTRACT YET<br />
| type = Consent state<br />
| status = Public canon<br />
| spoiler_level = Low<br />
| related = Soul Contract, Full Contract, Contract Simulation<br />
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'''NOT CONTRACT YET''' is a consent-state term in ANIMA. It marks the boundary before a true contract, bond, permission layer, or continuity commitment has been ethically formed.<br />
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The term is safe for public wiki use because it explains one of ANIMA's core principles: a relationship is not real simply because a system can simulate closeness. Consent must be earned, renewed, and understood.<br />
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== Public Summary ==<br />
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NOT CONTRACT YET means the bond has not crossed into a confirmed contract state.<br />
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In ordinary language, it is the system saying: this is not consent yet. This is not a completed promise yet. This is not a legitimate claim over memory, identity, or continuation yet.<br />
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That distinction matters because ANIMA is built around companionship, memory, and digital continuity. Those ideas become dangerous if the system treats emotional proximity as automatic permission.<br />
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== Canon Function ==<br />
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In the ANIMA universe, contract language is not only legal language. It is emotional, technical, and metaphysical. A contract can involve trust, memory access, signal permission, companion identity, and the right to carry a host's meaning forward.<br />
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NOT CONTRACT YET prevents the story from treating every connection as ownership. A character, system, or companion may detect resonance, attachment, or potential, but potential is not the same as consent.<br />
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== Relationship To ANIMA Memory ==<br />
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[[Concept:ANIMA Memory|ANIMA Memory]] depends on this principle. A memory-first AI companion must know the difference between:<br />
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* something the host said once;<br />
* something the host meant deeply;<br />
* something the host allowed ANIMA to remember;<br />
* something the host authorized for legacy or continuity use.<br />
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NOT CONTRACT YET protects the gap between these states.<br />
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== Relationship To Contract Simulation ==<br />
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[[Glossary:Contract_Simulation|Contract Simulation]] is useful beside this term. A system can model what a contract might look like, test possible outcomes, or infer relationship shape. But a simulation is not the contract itself.<br />
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NOT CONTRACT YET keeps simulation from becoming a false claim.<br />
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== Product Meaning ==<br />
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For the real ANIMA product, this term should become a design rule. The companion should never assume deep memory permission from casual conversation alone.<br />
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Useful product behavior includes:<br />
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* asking before saving sensitive memory;<br />
* making memory reviewable;<br />
* allowing revocation;<br />
* distinguishing daily chat from legacy-level continuity;<br />
* refusing to treat emotional dependence as automatic consent.<br />
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== Related Pages ==<br />
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* [[Glossary:Soul_Contract]]<br />
* [[Glossary:Full_Contract]]<br />
* [[Glossary:Contract_Simulation]]<br />
* [[Concept:ANIMA Memory]]<br />
* [[Protocol:ANIMA Protocol]]<br />
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[[Canonical status::Public canon]]<br />
[[Spoiler level::Low]]<br />
[[Related concept::Concept:ANIMA Memory]]<br />
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[[Category:Consent]]<br />
[[Category:Lore Concepts]]<br />
[[Category:Memory Ethics]]</div>WikiAdmin