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I agree that Maia2 is as qualified as Maia, but I'm not sure about legal identity. I guess I'm not sure what you mean by "fork".
If the legal identity were the same, and Maia2 were to commit murder immediately after being made, should Maia1 be punished?
If Maia2 were to kill Maia1 immediately after creation, then is it just passing the baton so to speak? Would it just be Maia1 creating Maia2 with the intent of suicide? This could happen in say the lightspeed transportation scheme in which the information needed to construct Maia is sent far away to be constructed on Mars or Europa or something. Maia2 is made in the destination then Maia1 is destroyed, leading to one subjective Maia in the desired location.
By fork I mean, up to the point of duplication you have Maia. After the point of duplication you have Maia1 and Maia2, both of whom are Maia, but neither of whom are each other.
Did Maia, prior to duplication, intend the murder? If so, as both Maia1 and Maia2 are Maia, they're both guilty of planning the murder. Only Maia2 committed it, but Maia1 planned it just the same.
Maia1 didn't exist seperately until Maia2 was created. There was Maia, who is the past of Maia1 and Maia2