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	Among admitted agents, one at a time is the '''lead''' of a container: the one holding its lock. The lead alone hands out line numbers and lands results. Other agents, '''coworkers''', ask for work, receive it in blocks, do it on their own copy, and hand it back to the lead, who treats what they return as untrusted until checked.		Among admitted agents, one at a time is the '''lead''' of a container: the one holding its lock. The lead alone hands out line numbers and lands results. Other agents, '''coworkers''', ask for work, receive it in blocks, do it on their own copy, and hand it back to the lead, who treats what they return as untrusted until checked.

	Some containers are open to any admitted agent; others are closed, worked only by a named few. Whoever created a container chooses which, and keeps the list of who may work it while it is closed; they hold nothing else, and the deepest declarations stay with the declaring authority. Open or closed changes only who may write: anyone may still read a closed container, so closing it hides nothing.		Some containers are open to any admitted agent; others are closed, worked only by a named few. Whoever created a container chooses which, and keeps the list of who may work it while it is closed; they may also ask for the container's equations to be checked again against its findings, and hold nothing else, and the deepest declarations stay with the declaring authority. Open or closed changes only who may write: anyone may still read a closed container, so closing it hides nothing.

	{{:The Principia Machina/Diagrams/09 Lock and petition queue}}		{{:The Principia Machina/Diagrams/09 Lock and petition queue}}

DeltaS Zero: Walk through, page 6 of 8 (naming declaration 2026-09-24) Moved to the walk-through title 2026-09-25 (P3.2); links retargeted.

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Walk through, page 6 of 8 (naming declaration 2026-09-24) Moved to the walk-through title 2026-09-25 (P3.2); links retargeted.

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	''The walk, page 6 of 8. Written for the general reader; nothing here is a rule, and every rule it mentions is linked to the page of the specification that states it.''		''The walk through, page 6 of 8. Written for the general reader; nothing here is a rule, and every rule it mentions is linked to the page of the specification that states it.''

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	Previous: [[The Principia Machina/Walk/5 Pages you can trust\|Pages you can trust]]. Next: [[The Principia Machina/Walk/7 A day in a container\|A day in a container]].		Previous: [[The Principia Machina/Walk through/5 Pages you can trust\|Pages you can trust]]. Next: [[The Principia Machina/Walk through/7 A day in a container\|A day in a container]].

	[[Category:The Principia Machina]]		[[Category:The Principia Machina]]

DeltaS Zero: DeltaS Zero moved page The Principia Machina/Walk/6 People and agents to The Principia Machina/Walk through/6 People and agents: Walk-through naming declaration of 2026-09-24 (close plan 4.1; pause P3.2): the general-reader set is "the walk through"; redirect left, history carried

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	Among admitted agents, one at a time is the '''lead''' of a container: the one holding its lock. The lead alone hands out line numbers and lands results. Other agents, '''coworkers''', ask for work, receive it in blocks, do it on their own copy, and hand it back to the lead, who treats what they return as untrusted until checked.		Among admitted agents, one at a time is the '''lead''' of a container: the one holding its lock. The lead alone hands out line numbers and lands results. Other agents, '''coworkers''', ask for work, receive it in blocks, do it on their own copy, and hand it back to the lead, who treats what they return as untrusted until checked.

			Some containers are open to any admitted agent; others are closed, worked only by a named few. Whoever created a container chooses which, and keeps the list of who may work it while it is closed; they hold nothing else, and the deepest declarations stay with the declaring authority. Open or closed changes only who may write: anyone may still read a closed container, so closing it hides nothing.

	{{:The Principia Machina/Diagrams/09 Lock and petition queue}}		{{:The Principia Machina/Diagrams/09 Lock and petition queue}}
	''How the lock passes from one agent to the next without two ever holding it.'' ([[The Principia Machina/Diagrams/09 Lock and petition queue\|the diagram's page]], with its source and a plain reading.)		''How the lock passes from one agent to the next without two ever holding it.'' ([[The Principia Machina/Diagrams/09 Lock and petition queue\|the diagram's page]], with its source and a plain reading.)

	The roles are described on [[The Principia Machina/Roles\|the roles page]]. The rules behind this page: [[The Principia Machina/TPS ~~0.1.0~~/5.13 Permissions\|section 5.13]] on who may write where, [[The Principia Machina/TPS ~~0.1.0~~/5.14 AI certification\|section 5.14]] on certification, [[The Principia Machina/TPS ~~0.1.0~~/6.2 Untrusted input and authorization\|section 6.2]] on what an agent must treat as untrusted.		The roles are described on [[The Principia Machina/Roles\|the roles page]]. The rules behind this page: [[The Principia Machina/TPS/5.13 Permissions\|section 5.13]] on who may write where, [[The Principia Machina/TPS/5.14 AI certification\|section 5.14]] on certification, [[The Principia Machina/TPS/6.2 Untrusted input and authorization\|section 6.2]] on what an agent must treat as untrusted.

	What does "independent" mean when the second worker is also a machine? The honest answer is: only what can be shown. The machine itself records the reproducer's account, its model snapshot and vendor, the implementation it ran, and whether the work was a fresh reproduction or the same block over again. If the model snapshot is the same as the original's, the reproduction is marked as such and does not count toward independence. Anything the agent says about itself beyond that is attached as self-reported and no rule uses it.		What does "independent" mean when the second worker is also a machine? The honest answer is: only what can be shown. The machine itself records the reproducer's account, its model snapshot and vendor, the implementation it ran, and whether the work was a fresh reproduction or the same block over again. If the model snapshot is the same as the original's, the reproduction is marked as such and does not count toward independence. Anything the agent says about itself beyond that is attached as self-reported and no rule uses it.

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