I never actually pended it or submitted it to the proposal pool On Thu, Jun 21, 2018 at 2:51 PM, Aris Merchant <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I submit the following proposal. V.J., you might want to retract > yours, as I've fixed a ton of bugs and included it in this. > > -Aris > --- > > Title: Minimalist Contracts v2 > Adoption index: 3.0 > Author: Aris > Co-authors: G., V.J. Rada > > > Lines beginning with hashmarks ("#") and comments in square brackets ("[]") > have no effect on the behavior of this proposal. They are not part of any > rules > created or amended herein, and may be considered for all game purposes to > have been removed before its resolution. > > [This proposal saves allowing contracts to control or auction assets until we > decide to allow them to be persons, which is its own can of worms.] > > # 1 Repeal > > Destroy all contracts. > > Repeal rules 2524, 2526, 2520, 2525, 2522, 2523, 2521, 2527, and 2517, in > that order. > > In rule 2545 "Auctions", delete the text "or contract" > > In rule 2547 "The Auctioneer", delete the text "or contracts", > change the last comma in the last sentence of the second paragraph > to a period, deleting the all parts of the sentence beyond it, and delete > the last paragraph. > > In rule 2548 "The Auction Announcer" delete the text "or contract" and > the last sentence. > > In rule 2549 "Auction Initiation", delete all instances of the text > "or contract" > > In rule 2550 "Bidding", replace the last comma with a full stop and > delete all text after it, and delete all instances of the text "or > contract" > > In rule 2483 "Economics", delete the text "contracts," > > In rule 1994 "Ownership of Land", delete the text "Land belonging to a > contract is called Communal Land." and delete the text "Together, > Communal Land and Private Land are called Proprietary Land." and > replace the text "Land belonging to any other entity is called Private > Land." with "Land belonging to any other entity is called Private Land > (syn. Proprietary Land) > > In rule 2561 "Asset Generation with Facilities", delete the text "3. > if the facility is built on Communal Land, e must be a party to that > contract and the text of the contract must permit em to do so." and > renumber the fourth bullet point 3. > > # 2 Replacement > > Reenact Rule 1742, "Contracts", at power 2.5, with the following text: > > Any group of two or more consenting persons (the parties) may > make an agreement among themselves with the intention that it be > binding upon them and be governed by the rules. Such an agreement > is known as a contract. A contract may be modified, including > by changing the set of parties, by agreement between all existing > parties. A contract may also terminate by agreement between all > parties. A contract automatically terminates if the number of > parties to it falls below two. For the purposes of this rule, > agreement includes both consent and agreement specified by > contract. > > Parties to a contract governed by the rules SHALL act in > accordance with that contract. This obligation is not impaired > by contradiction between the contract and any other contract, or > between the contract and the rules. > > A party to a contract may act on behalf of another party to > it as allowed in the contract.
-- >From V.J. Rada