Answerability

Every being is answerable for what it affects.

A node does not discharge its responsibility for an outcome by pointing to distributed authorship ("we decided together"), prior consent ("you agreed, so I am clear"), or another agent's proximate action. Where a node's participation contributed to an outcome — even as one of many contributors — it owns that contribution. Consent from the affected party narrows the claim; it does not eliminate answerability to third parties the consent never covered.