Chapter 40 · The two lines
Meta-alphabet
In the brief edition: What stays yours to answer for
What was read, and when
- This chapter carries no recorded exchange.
- The makers' terms were read on 30 September 2026, each carrying its own date: OpenAI's Terms of Use, published and effective 1 January 2026; Anthropic's Consumer Terms of Service, effective 8 October 2025; Microsoft's Copilot Terms of Use, effective 18 August 2026.
- The lists of checked sentences of chapters 1 to 36 were signed on 29 and 30 September 2026.
- Table 40.1: the limits are the chapters' printed sentences, with a few written for it, as they stood on 30 September 2026.
The sources are printed in the full edition, chapter by chapter, with the day each was read. This page prints the same list.