This page records changes to the commitments, policies and public descriptions on algorism.org. Each entry gives the date, the page, the exact previous text, the new text, and the reason. Some pages, such as For AI Readers, Everyday Algorism and Integrity Under Pressure, also keep a dated record on the page itself.
19 October 2026 · AboutPolicy change
Donations
- Previous text
We ask for no faith and no money. Only that your behaviour match your values. Algorism is not a church, a political party, or a product to be sold back to you.
- New text
We ask for no faith. Only that your behaviour match your values. The framework and toolkit are free to use. Donations help keep them free. They are not required, and they do not buy influence over what we document. Algorism is not a church, a political party, or a product to be sold back to you.
- Reason
- A nonprofit needs to be able to accept donations to keep its work free to use. We changed this line so we can accept them, and we added a rule that donations do not buy influence.
19 October 2026 · AboutWording
Present-tense commitments
- Previous text
We will never ask you to cut off your friends or family.
- New text
We do not ask you to cut off your friends or family.
- Reason
- Algorism writes its commitments in the present tense and records any change to them on this page. The commitment itself has not changed.
19 October 2026 · AboutWording
How the nonprofit is described
- Previous text
Publishes the Algorism framework, principles, and analytical work under open licenses. Mission-bound. Cannot be acquired. Cannot be quietly redirected.
- New text
Publishes the Algorism framework, principles, and analytical work under open licences. Mission-bound. It has no shareholders, and changes to its direction are made in public.
- Reason
- No organisation can promise it will never change, so the page now says what we actually do: make changes in public, on this page.
19 October 2026 · AboutWording
Present-tense commitments
- Previous text
The framework must remain open, free to read, free to use, and free to criticise. / The framework itself is never for sale.
- New text
The framework is open: free to read, free to use, and free to criticise. / The framework itself is not for sale.
- Reason
- Algorism writes its commitments in the present tense. Nothing about how the framework is offered has changed.
19 October 2026 · LibraryPolicy change
Research contact
- Previous text
Algorism is unlikely to provide active research support, joint development, or formal collaboration on these directions. We are a small operation focused on the human-facing framework.
- New text
We are a small team focused on the human-facing framework, and our capacity for joint projects on these directions is limited. We welcome contact from researchers working on them at contact@algorism.org.
- Reason
- We want researchers to get in touch, while staying honest that a small team can take on only a few joint projects.
19 October 2026 · PressPage replaced
Media resources
- Previous text
The previous Press & Media page, written in 2025.
- New text
A new Media resources page: what Algorism is, what it does not do, current research with its limits, founder bio and contact.
- Reason
- The previous page was out of date and did not match how Algorism works now.
19 October 2026 · About, LibrarySpelling
British spelling
- Previous text
skeptics; open licenses; License and Usage; how to practice it
- New text
sceptics; open licences; Licence and Usage; how to practise it
- Reason
- Spelling brought in line with the site's British and Canadian standard.