The word "soverent" is a neologism and portmanteau combining the word "sovereign" (as in autonomous) and constituent (as in a part of a whole) to emphasize the agency/liberty/responsilbility of severeignity with the cooperative/community inherent in constituency. Other terms describing people interested in this movement, such as self-sovereign, fail to encompass the collaborative and social aspect that is integral to the philosophy.
We make no claim of ownership over the word, and it was invented as a sincere attempt to create a more useful way to describe the philosophy appearing in the network society and adjacent community.
However, we ask that the word not be used commercially in any way, as this would only diminish the usefulness of the word. If it is useful to you to describe a philosophy or a holder of a philosophy use it in any context you wish, so long as you do not diminish or narrow the scope, meaning, or applicability of the word.
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