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A plugin written by the vendor is a feature governed by the vendor's own accountability, while a service invoked across an economic boundary is a counterparty requiring institutions between parties.

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A plugin written by the vendor is a feature. A service invoked across an economic boundary is a counterparty. The distinction between a feature and a counterparty is the entire subject of this Article. Features are governed by their vendor's own accountability. Counterparties require institutions between parties.
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Wulf A. Kaal, Institutional Requirements for Sovereign Local Agent Runtimes (2026), II. The Sovereign Local Agent Runtime as a Class of System, p. 6
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Wulf A. Kaal, Institutional Requirements for Sovereign Local Agent Runtimes (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7314479

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