Thank you!
-Aris
On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 1:38 AM Ned Strange <edwardostra...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Oh I'm very sorry, yes. I missed that it was a draft. I retract my
> proposal in the proposal pool
>
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 6:07 PM, Aris Merchant
> <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It's a draft, so I can do whatever I want. I'm simply requesting that you
> > withdraw it, given that my proposal, which contains a fixed version of
> > yours and lists you as a coauthor, will probably pass, and yours has
> > several bugs in it, as previously mentioned, which would prevent it from
> > ever passing. Formatting it would be pointless work, so I am requesting
> > that you withdraw it, as a matter of courtesy. If you don't then I'll
> > format it when I make this a real report.
> >
> > -Aris
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 1:00 AM Ned Strange <edwardostra...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> youre obligated to make a weekly proposal pool report, simply saying
> >> that it contains a proposal you wish would be withdrawn doesn't count
> >>
> >> On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 5:35 PM, Aris Merchant
> >> <thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Here's a draft. I have a bad feeling that I'm missing something, but
> >> > there's been a ton of traffic and I'm rather busy, so hopefully
> >> > someone can point it out. Also, a warning: I'll be out of state next
> >> > week, and, while I can hopefully still devote some time to the game,
> >> > will be commenting at a reduced rate and will likely be unable to
> >> > publish a report.
> >> >
> >> > -Aris
> >> > ---
> >> >
> >> > I hereby distribute each listed proposal, initiating the Agoran
> >> > Decision of whether to adopt it, and removing it from the proposal
> >> > pool. For this decision, the vote collector is the Assessor, the
> >> > quorum is 3.0, the voting method is AI-majority and the valid options
> >> > are FOR and AGAINST (PRESENT is also a valid vote, as are conditional
> >> > votes).
> >> >
> >> > ID Author(s) AI Title Pender
> >> >
> >>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> > 8053* G., Aris 1.0 patch patch patch G. [1]
> >> > 8054+ Aris, [2] 3.0 Minimalist Contracts v2 Aris
> >> > 8055+ Aris, G. 3.0 Distributed Assets v3 Aris
> >> > 8056+ Aris, G. 3.0 Deregulation Act v2 Aris
> >> >
> >> > The Proposal Pool contains a proposal which V.J. Rada will hopefully
> >> > withdraw soon, and no other proposals.
> >> >
> >> > [1] Ruberstamped official proposal
> >> > [2] G., V.J. Rada
> >> >
> >> > Legend: <ID>* : Proposal is pending.
> >> > <ID>+ : By publishing this report, I pay a paper to pend
> >> > the marked proposal.
> >> >
> >> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> >> > ID: 8053
> >> > Title: patch patch patch
> >> > Adoption index: 1.0
> >> > Author: G.
> >> > Co-authors: Aris
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Amend the rule defining welcome packages by adding as a new item,
> >> > appropriately numbered, at the end of the list "5 incense".
> >> >
> >> > Create 5 incense in the possession of each player who received a
> >> > welcome package since April 28, 2018.
> >> >
> >> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> >> > ID: 8054
> >> > 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.
> >> >
> >> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> >> > ID: 8055
> >> > Title: Distributed Assets v3
> >> > Adoption index: 3.0
> >> > Author: Aris
> >> > Co-authors: G.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Amend Rule 2166, "Assets", to read as follows:
> >> >
> >> > An asset is an entity defined as such by a document that has been
> >> > granted Mint Authority by the Rules (hereafter the asset's backing
> >> > document), and existing solely because its backing document defines
> >> > its existence. An asset's backing document can generally specify
> when
> >> > and how that asset is created, destroyed, and transferred.
> >> >
> >> > The rules collectively have Mint Authority. Contracts have Mint
> >> > Authority. A rule defined asset is public; one defined by a contract
> >> > is private.
> >> >
> >> > The recordkeepor of a class of assets is the entity (if any)
> >> > defined as such by, and bound by, its backing document. That
> >> > entity's report includes a list of all instances of that class and
> >> > their owners. This portion of that entity's report is
> >> > self-ratifying.
> >> >
> >> > Create a power 3.0 rule, entitled "Ownership", with the following
> text:
> >> >
> >> > Each asset has exactly one owner. If an asset's backing document
> >> > restricts its ownership to a class of entities, then that asset
> >> > CANNOT be gained by or transferred to an entity outside that
> >> > class, and is destroyed if it is owned by an entity outside that
> >> > class. The restrictions in the previous sentence are subject to
> >> > modification by its backing document. By default, ownership of an
> >> > asset is restricted to Agora, players, and contracts.
> >> >
> >> > If an asset would otherwise lack an owner, it is owned by the Lost
> >> > and Found Department. Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, the
> >> > Lost and Found Department can own assets of every type. Assets owned
> >> > by the Lost and Found Department can be transferred or destroyed
> >> > by any player without objection.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Create a power 3.0 rule, entitled "Asset Actions", with the following
> >> text:
> >> >
> >> > An asset generally CAN be destroyed by its owner by announcement,
> >> > subject to modification by its backing document. An indestructible
> >> > asset is one defined as such by it backing document, and CANNOT be
> >> > destroyed except by a proposal or rule, other than this one,
> >> > specifically addressing the destruction of indestructible assets
> >> > or that asset in particular; any other asset is destructible.
> >> >
> >> > To "lose" an asset is to have it destroyed from one's possession;
> >> > to "revoke" an asset from an entity is to destroy it from that
> >> > entity's possession.
> >> >
> >> > An asset generally CAN be transferred (syn. given) by
> >> > announcement by its owner to another entity, subject to
> >> > modification by its backing document. A fixed asset is one defined
> >> > as such by its backing document, and CANNOT be transferred; any
> >> > other asset is liquid.
> >> >
> >> > When a rule indicates transferring an amount that is not a natural
> >> > number, the specified amount is rounded up to the nearest natural
> >> > number.
> >> >
> >> > Create a power 3.0 rule, entitled "Currencies", with the following
> text:
> >> > A currency is a class of asset defined as such by its backing
> >> > document. Instances of a currency with the same owner are
> >> > fungible.
> >> >
> >> > The "x balance of an entity", where x is a currency, is the number
> >> > of x that entity possesses. Where it resolves ambiguity, the asset
> or
> >> > currency being referred to is the currency designated as "Agora's
> >> > official currency", if there is one.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Create a power 3.0 rule, entitled "Fee-based Actions":
> >> >
> >> > If the Rules associate payment of a set of assets (hereafter
> >> > the fee for the action; syns: cost, price, charge) with performing
> an
> >> > action, that action is a fee-based action.
> >> >
> >> > If the fee is a non-integer quantity of a fungible asset, the actual
> >> > fee is the next highest integer amount of that asset.
> >> >
> >> > To perform a fee-based action, an entity (the Actor) who is
> >> > otherwise permitted to perform the action must announce that e
> >> > is performing the action; the announcement must specify the
> >> > correct set of assets for the fee and indicate intent
> >> > to pay that fee for the sole purpose of performing the action.
> >> >
> >> > Upon such an announcement:
> >> >
> >> > - If the Rules specify a recipient for the fee, and the Actor
> >> > CAN transfer that specified fee from emself to the recipient,
> >> > then that fee is transferred from the Actor to the recipient
> >> > and the action is performed simultaneously;
> >> >
> >> > - If the Rules do not specify a recipient, and the Actor CAN
> >> > destroy the specified fee in eir possession, then that fee
> >> > in eir possession is destroyed and the action is
> >> > performed simultaneously.
> >> >
> >> > - Otherwise, no changes are made to asset holdings and the
> >> > action is not performed.
> >> >
> >> > If the Rules define a fee-based action but the specified
> >> > set of assets is the empty set, then the action can be performed by
> >> > announcement, but the announcement must include that there
> >> > is an (empty or 0) fee for the action.
> >> >
> >> > In Rule 2003, amend the text "Players CAN destroy:" to read "Players
> CAN
> >> > pay the listed fee to take the associated action:"
> >> >
> >> > [I think that's the only rule that actually needs to be changed over.
> >> > Most of the other phrasings in the ruleset seem as if they'll transfer
> >> > over on there own. The only other case that I can see that won't is
> the
> >> > last paragraph of Rule 2551, "Auction End", which isn't really
> designed
> >> > to work in a fee-based way, and so actually shouldn't be switched
> over.]
> >> >
> >> > For the avoidance of doubt, all assets existing under the old system
> >> continue
> >> > to so under the new system, and if they would not otherwise do so, new
> >> assets
> >> > are created to replace them.
> >> >
> >> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> >> > ID: 8055
> >> > Title: Deregulation Act v2
> >> > Adoption index: 3.0
> >> > Author: Aris
> >> > Co-authors: G.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Repeal Rule 2494, "The Regkeepor".
> >> >
> >> > Amend Rule 2493, "Regulations", to read in full:
> >> >
> >> > A regulation is an textual entity defined as such by this rule,
> >> > and under the authority of an officer, known as its Promulgator.
> >> > A regulation must be authorized by a rule (its parent rule) in
> >> > order to exist. It has only the effect that rule explicitly
> >> > gives it.
> >> >
> >> > A regulation CAN be enacted, amended, and repealed as specified
> >> > by its parent rule. By default, a Promulgator can enact or amend
> >> > a regulation with 2 Agoran Consent and repeal a regulation by
> >> > announcement. Regulations are tracked in their Promulgator's
> >> > weekly report.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Change the power of Rule 2493 to 3.0.
> >> >
> >> > Amend Rule 2565, "Preserved Land", by changing the text
> >> >
> >> > "The preservation switch CAN be set in a regulation promulgated
> >> > by the Cartographor without 2 objections"
> >> >
> >> > to read
> >> >
> >> > "The preservation switch CAN be set by the Cartographor without
> >> > 2 objections".
> >> >
> >> > Amend Rule 2125 by changing all instances of the text "restricted"
> (case
> >> > insensitive) to read "regulated", preserving the capitalization of the
> >> first
> >> > letter.
> >> >
> >> > For the avoidance of doubt, all regulations existing under the old
> system
> >> > continue to so under the new system, and if they would not otherwise
> do
> >> so,
> >> > new regulations are created with as similar properties as possible
> >> > to replace them.
> >> >
> >> > //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> From V.J. Rada
> >>
>
>
>
> --
> From V.J. Rada
>
