No part of any ruleset is self-ratifying. -- Trigon
On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 11:57 Jason Cobb <jason.e.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > Are the historical annotations in the FLR self-ratifying? Asking for a > friend. > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 2:46 AM Reuben Staley <reuben.sta...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > THE FULL LOGICAL RULESET > > > > These rulesets are also online at http://agoranomic.org/ruleset/ > > > > Date of last official ruleset of this type: 16 Jun 2019 > > Date of this ruleset: 14 Jul 2019 > > > > Date of last SLR ratification: 8 May 2019 > > > > Number of rules currently enacted: 130 > > > > Most recent change to this ruleset: Rule 1950 "Decisions with Adoption > > Indices" amended by Proposal 8200 "Sane AI Defaulting" (Aris), 10 Jul > > 2019 > > > > Highest ID'd rule in this ruleset: 2597 > > Highest ID'd Proposal Passed: 8200 > > Highest ID'd Rule Enacted: 2598 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Table of Contents: > > > > The Game of Agora > > * Rule 101: The Game of Agora > > * Rule 1698: Agora Is A Nomic > > Players > > * Rule 869: How to Join and Leave Agora > > * Rule 478: Fora > > * Rule 2139: The Registrar > > * Rule 1789: Cantus Cygneus > > General Definitions > > * Rule 2152: Mother, May I? > > * Rule 2509: Agoran Numbers > > * Rule 2125: Regulated Actions > > * Rule 1023: Agoran Time > > * Rule 1728: Dependent Action Methods > > * Rule 2595: Performing a Dependent Action > > * Rule 2124: Agoran Satisfaction > > * Rule 2518: Determinacy > > * Rule 2505: Random Choices > > * Rule 2517: Conditionals and Extricability > > Entities > > * Rule 1586: Definition and Continuity of Entities > > * Rule 2162: Switches > > * Rule 1688: Power > > * Rule 2140: Power Controls Mutability > > Proposals > > * Rule 2350: Proposals > > * Rule 1607: Distribution > > * Rule 2137: The Assessor > > * Rule 106: Adopting Proposals > > * Rule 2597: Line-item Veto > > Rules & Regulations > > * Rule 2141: Role and Attributes of Rules > > * Rule 217: Interpreting the Rules > > * Rule 1030: Precedence between Rules > > * Rule 2240: No Cretans Need Apply > > * Rule 105: Rule Changes > > * Rule 2493: Regulations > > * Rule 2486: The Royal Parade > > * Rule 1051: The Rulekeepor > > * Rule 1681: The Logical Rulesets > > * Rule 2221: Cleanliness > > * Rule 2429: Bleach > > Voting > > * Rule 693: Agoran Decisions > > * Rule 107: Initiating Agoran Decisions > > * Rule 2528: Voting Methods > > * Rule 683: Voting on Agoran Decisions > > * Rule 208: Resolving Agoran Decisions > > * Rule 955: Determining the Will of Agora > > * Rule 879: Quorum > > * Rule 2422: Voting Strength > > * Rule 2127: Conditional Votes > > * Rule 2168: Extending the voting period > > * Rule 1950: Decisions with Adoption Indices > > * Rule 2034: Vote Protection and Cutoff for Challenges > > Offices & Reporting > > * Rule 1006: Offices > > * Rule 2154: Election Procedure > > * Rule 2573: Impeachment > > * Rule 2160: Deputisation > > * Rule 2138: The Associate Director of Personnel > > * Rule 2472: Office Incompatibilities > > * Rule 2143: Official Reports and Duties > > * Rule 2379: No News Is Some News > > Documents > > * Rule 1551: Ratification > > * Rule 2202: Ratification Without Objection > > * Rule 2201: Self-Ratification > > Justice > > * Rule 2556: Penalties > > * Rule 2555: Blots > > * Rule 2478: Vigilante Justice > > * Rule 2479: Official Justice > > * Rule 2557: Removing Blots > > * Rule 2531: Referee Accountability > > Calls for Judgement > > * Rule 991: Calls for Judgement > > * Rule 591: Delivering Judgements > > * Rule 911: Motions and Moots > > * Rule 2175: Judicial Retraction and Excess > > * Rule 2492: Recusal > > * Rule 2246: Submitting a CFJ to the Referee > > Obligations & Contracts > > * Rule 2471: No Faking > > * Rule 2450: Pledges > > * Rule 2466: Acting on Behalf > > * Rule 2519: Consent > > * Rule 1742: Contracts > > Assets > > * Rule 2166: Assets > > * Rule 2576: Ownership > > * Rule 2577: Asset Actions > > * Rule 2578: Currencies > > * Rule 2579: Fee-based Actions > > Economics > > * Rule 2456: The Treasuror > > * Rule 2483: Economics > > * Rule 2496: Rewards > > * Rule 2559: Paydays > > * Rule 2499: Welcome Packages > > * Rule 2585: Birthday Gifts > > Auctions > > * Rule 2545: Auctions > > * Rule 2549: Auction Initiation > > * Rule 2550: Bidding > > * Rule 2551: Auction End > > * Rule 2552: Auction Termination > > * Rule 2584: Free Auctions > > The Undead > > * Rule 2532: Zombies > > * Rule 2574: Zombie Life Cycle > > * Rule 1885: Zombie Auctions > > Spaaace! > > * Rule 2588: Sectors > > * Rule 2589: Galaxy Maintenance > > * Rule 2590: The Astronomor > > * Rule 2591: Spaceships > > * Rule 2592: Spaceship Energy > > * Rule 2593: Space Battles > > * Rule 2594: Fame > > Victory & Karma > > * Rule 2449: Winning the Game > > * Rule 2465: Victory by Apathy > > * Rule 2510: Such is Karma > > * Rule 2511: Karmic Balance > > * Rule 2553: Win by Paradox > > Awards > > * Rule 2438: Ribbons > > * Rule 2480: Festivals > > * Rule 2481: Festival Restrictions > > * Rule 649: Patent Titles > > * Rule 2415: Badges > > * Rule 1367: Degrees > > * Rule 2231: Order of the Hero of Agora Nomic > > * Rule 2581: Official Patent Titles > > * Rule 2582: Annual Awards > > Leaders > > * Rule 103: The Speaker > > * Rule 104: First Speaker > > * Rule 2423: First Among Equals > > * Rule 2463: Motion of No Confidence > > * Rule 2451: Executive Orders > > * Rule 2575: The Distributor > > Agoran Culture > > * Rule 2327: Read the Ruleset Week > > * Rule 1727: Happy Birthday > > * Rule 2464: Tournaments > > * Rule 2566: Free Tournaments > > * Rule 2495: The Birthday Tournament > > * Rule 1769: Holidays > > * Rule 2029: Town Fountain > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Power Distribution: > > > > 1 with Power=0.3 > > 40 with Power=1 > > 2 with Power=1.5 > > 6 with Power=1.7 > > 22 with Power=2 > > 2 with Power=2.1 > > 1 with Power=2.5 > > 50 with Power=3 > > 1 with Power=3.1 > > 1 with Power=3.14 > > 1 with Power=3.2 > > 3 with Power=4 > > > > ======================================================================== > > The Game of Agora > > This section includes a few rules concerning the Nature of the Game > > of Agora. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 101/17 (Power=4) > > The Game of Agora > > > > Agora is a game of Nomic, wherein Persons, acting in accordance > > with the Rules, communicate their game Actions and/or results of > > these actions via Fora in order to play the game. The game may be > > won, but the game never ends. > > > > Please treat Agora Right Good Forever. > > > > History: > > > > Initial immutable rule 101, Agora's birth > > Mutated from MI=unanimity to MI=3 by P1480, 15 Mar 1995 > > Amended(1) by P3915 'General Cleanup' (harvel), 27 Sep 1999 > > Amended(2) by P4833 'Tension makes a tangle' (Maud), 06 Aug 2005 > > Amended(3) by P4866 'Constitutional Repeals 2.0' (G.), 27 Aug 2006 > > Amended(4) by P4867 'Judicial Reform 2.0' (G.), 27 Aug 2006 > > Amended(5) by P4887 'Periodic Spell Check' (Murphy), 22 Jan 2007 > > Amended(6) by P4944 'allow Speaker deregistration' (Zefram), 03 May > > 2007 > > Amended(7) by P5090 'fix judicial rights' (Zefram), 25 Jul 2007 > > Amended(8) by P5731 'Loss of Privileges' [disi.] (G.), 08 Oct 2008 > > Retitled by P5769 'Protecting Rights' (G.), 17 Oct 2008 > > Amended(9) by P5769 'Protecting Rights' (G.), 17 Oct 2008 > > Amended(10) by P5773 'R101 Tidy' (G.), 17 Oct 2008 > > Amended(11) by P6028 'Allow conversion of sentences' (Murphy), 08 Jan > > 2009 > > Amended(12) by P6158 'Rule Change Rights' (G.), 31 Mar 2009 > > Amended(13) by P6589 'Clarify R101 deregistration' [green, disi.] (omd), > > 06 Dec 2009 > > Amended(14) by P7183 'Only Some Persons' (G.), 26 Feb 2012 > > Amended(15) by P7596 'a new right' (omd), 14 Sep 2013 > > Retitled by P7614 'Just Not Rights' (G.), 13 Jan 2014 > > Amended(16) by P7614 'Just Not Rights' (G.), 13 Jan 2014 > > Amended(17) by P7743 'Agora Wins Forever' (G.), 12 May 2015 > > Power changed from 3 to 4 by P7889 'Agora Protection Act' (Aris), 26 Sep > > 2017 > > > > Annotations: > > CFJ 24: Players must obey the Rules even in out-of-game actions. > > CFJ 825 (called 07 Nov 1995): Players must obey the Rules even if no > > Rule says so. > > CFJ 1848 (called 21 Dec 2007): The game must operate according to the > > rules that prevail at the time, and not attempt to incorporate any > > retroactive changes made in the future. > > CFJ 1709 (called 26 Jul 2007): The rules are binding on all those who > > play the game in the broader sense, regardless of whether they have > > the rule-defined status of "player". > > CFJ 1911-1914 (called 18 Mar 2008): Physical realities supersede the > > Rules by default. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 1698/5 (Power=4) > > Agora Is A Nomic > > > > Agora is ossified if it is IMPOSSIBLE for any reasonable > > combination of actions by players to cause arbitrary rule changes > > to be made and/or arbitrary proposals to be adopted within a > > four-week period. > > > > If, but for this rule, the net effect of a proposal would cause > > Agora to become ossified, or would cause Agora to cease to exist, > > it cannot take effect, rules to the contrary notwithstanding. If > > any other single change or inseperable group of changes to the > > gamestate would cause Agora to become ossified, or would cause > > Agora to cease to exist, it is cancelled and does not occur, rules > > to the contrary notwithstanding. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P3465 (Steve), 26 Apr 1997 > > Retitled by P5536 'Refactor Regulation' (Murphy), 07 Jun 2008 > > Amended(1) by P5536 'Refactor Regulation' (Murphy), 07 Jun 2008 > > Amended(2) by P7075 'Proposals are Atomic' (Alexis), 16 Jun 2011 > > Amended(3) by P7088 'Refactor 2, 3, 283' (omd), 23 Jul 2011 > > Amended(4) by P7628 'Secure Ending the Game' (ais523), 07 Apr 2014 > > Amended(5) by P7889 'Agora Protection Act' (Aris), 26 Sep 2017 > > Power changed from 3 to 4 by P7889 'Agora Protection Act' (Aris), 26 Sep > > 2017 > > > > Annotations: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ======================================================================== > > Players > > This small section provides some rules detailing how joining and > > leaving Agora works. If you're a new player, this is probably the > > most important section to read. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 869/45 (Power=3) > > How to Join and Leave Agora > > > > Any organism that is generally capable of freely originating and > > communicating independent thoughts and ideas is a person. Rules to > > the contrary notwithstanding, no other entities are persons. > > > > Citizenship is a person switch with values Unregistered (default) > > and Registered, tracked by the Registrar. Changes to citizenship > > are secured. A registered person is a Player. To "register" > > someone is to flip that person's Citizenship switch from > > Unregistered to Registered. > > > > An Unregistered person CAN (unless explicitly forbidden or > > prevented by the rules) register by publishing a message that > > indicates reasonably clearly and reasonably unambiguously that e > > intends to become a player at that time. A player, acting as > > emself, CAN deregister (cease being a player) by announcement. If > > e does so, e CANNOT register or be registered for 30 days. > > > > A person, by registering, agrees to abide by the Rules. The Rules > > CANNOT otherwise bind a person to abide by any agreement without > > that person's willful consent. > > > > The Rules CANNOT compel non-players to act without their express > > or reasonably implied consent. The rules CANNOT compel players to > > unduly harass non-players. A non-person CANNOT be a player, rules > > to the contrary notwithstanding. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P498 (Alexx), 30 Sep 1993 > > Amended by P869 'Registered Players' (Garth), around 07 Apr 1994 > > Amended(1) by R750, around 07 Apr 1994 > > Amended(2) by P1313, 12 Nov 1994 > > Amended(3) by P1437, 21 Feb 1995 > > Amended(4) by P2040, 11 Dec 1995 > > Amended(5) by P2599, 11 May 1996 > > Amended(6) by P2718, 23 Oct 1996 > > Amended(7) by P3475 (Murphy), 11 May 1997 > > Amended(8) by P3740 'Repeal Rule 1706 (Locations)' (Repeal-O-Matic), 08 > > May 1998 > > Amended(9) by P3923 'Simplify Registration' (harvel), 10 Oct 1999 > > Amended(10) by P4011 'New Terminology' (Wes), 01 Jun 2000 > > Amended(11) by P4147 'What is Public?' (Wes), 13 May 2001 > > Amended(12) by P4155 'Help New Players' (harvel), 18 May 2001 > > Amended(13) by P4430 'Lingering Grace' (Cecilius), 16 Jan 2003 > > Amended(14) by P4451 'Holiday Registration Fix' (Cecilius), 22 Feb 2003 > > Amended(15) by P4523 'Mornington Crescent' (Murphy), 28 Aug 2003 > > Amended(16) by P4693 'A Few Small Steps' (Maud), 18 Apr 2005 > > Amended(17) by P4802 'How to Join Agora' (Muad), 15 Jun 2005 > > Amended(18) by P4833 'Tension makes a tangle' (Maud), 06 Aug 2005 > > Amended(19) by P4989 'down with non-person players' (Zefram), 06 Jun > > 2007 > > Amended(20) by P5007 'generalize naturalhood' (Zefram), 18 Jun 2007 > > Amended(21) by P5011 'define registration' (Zefram), 24 Jun 2007 > > Amended(22) by P5086 'judicial reform' (Zefram), 01 Aug 2007 > > Amended(23) by P5111 'Return of switches' (Murphy), 02 Aug 2007 > > Amended(24) by P5117 'restore deregistration of non-persons' [disi.] > > (Zefram), 08 Aug 2007 > > Amended(25) by P5156 'fix registration definitions (again)' (Zefram), 29 > > Aug 2007 > > Amended(26) by P5271 'Implicit Switches v1.1' (Murphy), 07 Nov 2007 > > Power changed from 1 to 2 by P5728 'What, still?' (ihope), 07 Oct 2008 > > Amended(27) by P5728 'What, still?' (ihope), 07 Oct 2008 > > Amended(28) by P5973 'Highly Limited Partnerships' (woggle), 25 Nov 2008 > > Amended(29) by P6099 'Fix the deregistration mess' (Pavitra), 22 Feb > > 2009 > > Amended(30) by P6349 'Newbie Friendly' (Pavitra), 17 Jun 2009 > > Amended(31) by P6382 'Fix switches' (Murphy), 03 Jul 2009 > > Amended(32) by P6620 'Registration is not dependent' [green, disi.] > > (Murphy), 04 Feb 2010 > > Amended(33) by P6974 'No dishonor in deregistration' (Murphy), 30 Mar > > 2011 > > Amended(34) by P7269 'not funny anymore' (FKA441344, G.), 25 Jul 2012 > > Amended(35) by P7610 'Low-hanging Fruit' (G.), 22 Dec 2013 > > Power changed from 2 to 3 by P7610 'Low-hanging Fruit' (G.), 22 Dec 2013 > > Amended(36) by P7614 'Just Not Rights' (G.), 13 Jan 2014 > > Amended(37) by P7619 'Rules can't violate rules!' (woggle), 24 Jan 2014 > > Amended(38) by P7647 'formatting/misc fixes' (omd), 03 Jun 2014 > > Amended(39) by P7734 'Protest Noted' (G.), 02 May 2015 > > Amended(40) by P7810 'Cleerer Registrar Responsibilities' (nichdel), 11 > > Sep 2016 > > Amended(41) by P7924 'Contracts v8' (Aris, Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, > > D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, R. Lee, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), 22 Oct 2017 > > Amended(42) by P7931 'Registration fix finally' (G.), 06 Nov 2017 > > Amended(43) by P7959 'Deregistration Fix' (Telnaior), 12 Nov 2017 > > Amended(44) by P8051 'Zombie Overhaul v1.0' (G., Aris), 14 Jun 2018 > > Amended(45) by P8163 'Holey Loops, Batman!' (twg), 22 Feb 2019 > > > > Annotations: > > CFJ 1275 (called 19 Feb 2001): An entity is a Player if the Rules cannot > > distinguish that entity from a Player. > > CFJ 1263 (called 05 Feb 2001): Any message expressing a clear desire or > > intent to register as a Player counts as a request for registration, > > whether or not it is explicitly phrased in the manner stipulated by > > the rules. > > CFJ 3558 (called 06 Sep 2017): Registering by publishing that you want > > to be a player is a different mechanism than registering "by > > announcement" and so gets around rules limitations on "registering by > > announcement". > > CFJ 3625 (called 12 Feb 2018): The rules don't bind recently > > deregistered players to avoid re-registering, they merely declare > > such attempts ineffective. Also, agreeing to be bound by some of the > > rules doesn't count as agreeing to be bound by all of them. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 478/34 (Power=3) > > Fora > > > > Freedom of speech being essential for the healthy functioning of > > any non-Imperial nomic, it is hereby resolved that no Player shall > > be prohibited from participating in the Fora, nor shall any person > > create physical or technological obstacles that unduly favor some > > players' fora access over others. > > > > Publicity is a forum switch with values Public, Discussion, and > > Foreign (default), tracked by the Registrar. Changes to publicity > > are secured. > > > > The Registrar may change the publicity of a forum without > > objection as long as: > > > > 1. e sends eir announcement of intent to that forum; and > > > > 2. if the forum is to be made public, the announcement by which > > the Registrar makes that forum public is sent to all existing > > public fora. > > > > Each player should ensure e can receive messages via each public > > forum. > > > > A public message is a message sent via a public forum, or sent to > > all players and containing a clear designation of intent to be > > public. A rule can also designate that a part of one public > > message is considered a public message in its own right. A person > > "publishes" or "announces" something by sending a public message. > > > > Where the rules define an action that CAN be performed "by > > announcement", a person performs that action by unambiguously and > > clearly specifying the action and announcing that e performs it. > > Any action performed by sending a message is performed at the time > > date-stamped on that message. Actions in messages (including > > sub-messages) are performed in the order they appear in the > > message, unless otherwise specified. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P478 (Jim Shea), 20 Sep 1993 > > Amended(1) by P1477, 08 Mar 1995 > > Amended(2) by P1576, 28 Apr 1995 > > Amended(3) by P1610, 10 Jul 1995 > > Amended(4) by P1700, 01 Sep 1995 > > Amended(5) by P2052, 19 Dec 1995 > > Amended(6) by P2400, 20 Jan 1996 > > Amended(7) by P2739 (Swann), 07 Nov 1996 > > Amended(8) by P2791 (Andre), 30 Jan 1997 > > Amended(9) by P3521 (Chuck), 23 Jun 1997 > > Amended(10) by P3823 'Spring Cleaning' (Ørjan), 21 Jan 1999 > > Amended(11) by P4147 'What is Public?' (Wes), 13 May 2001 > > Amended(12) by P4248 'Fix Discussion Forum' (Murphy), 19 Feb 2002 > > Amended(13) by P4456 'Switches' (Maud), 22 Feb 2003 > > Power changed from 1 to 3 by P4690 'Protect the Native Fora' (root), 18 > > Apr 2005 > > Amended(14) by P4690 'Protect the Native Fora' (root), 18 Apr 2005 > > Amended(15) by P4833 'Tension makes a tangle' (Maud), 06 Aug 2005 > > Amended(16) by P4866 'Constitutional Repeals 2.0' (G.), 27 Aug 2006 > > Amended(17) by P4939 'Re-divide some offices' (Murphy), 29 Apr 2007 > > Amended(18) by P5014 'no private messages' (Zefram), 24 Jun 2007 > > Amended(19) by P5111 'Return of switches' (Murphy), 02 Aug 2007 > > Amended(20) by P5172 'Refactor glasnost' (Murphy), 29 Aug 2007 > > Amended(21) by P5272 'Implicit Forum Switches' [disi.] (Murphy), 07 Nov > > 2007 > > Amended(22) by P5291 'Clarify Actions' (root), 14 Nov 2007 > > Amended(23) by P5535 'These things are not just for players' (Murphy), > > 07 Jun 2008 > > Amended(24) by P5613 'No more Capitol' (Quazie), 29 Jul 2008 > > Amended(25) by P5639 'Refactor clarity' (Murphy), 29 Jul 2008 > > Amended(26) by P5818 'Require Clear Announcements' (omd), 01 Nov 2008 > > Amended(27) by P6022 'Cleanup of Power=3 definitions' (Murphy), 22 Dec > > 2008 > > Amended(28) by P6785 'Attourney Adjustment' [purple, disi.] (Alexis), 22 > > Aug 2010 > > Amended(29) by P6963 'Protect fora' (Murphy), 20 Mar 2011 > > Amended(30) by P7073 'Compression Artifact' (woggle), 16 Jun 2011 > > Amended(31) by P7614 'Just Not Rights' (G.), 13 Jan 2014 > > Amended(32) by P7632 'All Activity is Good Activity' (Alexis), 01 May > > 2014 > > Amended(33) by P7810 'Cleerer Registrar Responsibilities' (nichdel), 11 > > Sep 2016 > > Amended(34) by R2430, 24 May 2017 > > > > Annotations: > > CFJ 1451-1452 (called 06 Mar 2003): A message that is split into > > multiple email messages can qualify as a single message for game > > purposes, if it is obvious how to combine the parts to reconstruct > > the single message. > > CFJ 752 (called 13 Mar 1995): Something sent to a Player who is > > obligated to send it to all Players is sufficient for sending > > something to the PF. > > CFJ 813 (called 22 Oct 1995): A Player need not prove that e can receive > > the PF. > > CFJ 831 (called 10 Nov 1995): 'The Date: header of a message is not > > necessarily the time at which the message takes effect.' > > CFJ 2205 (called 02 Oct 2008): A message takes effect at exactly one of > > the times date-stamped on it; selecting which one is a matter of game > > custom. > > CFJ 2212 (called 07 Oct 2008): An IRC channel is a forum. > > CFJ 2211 (called 07 Oct 2008): It is generally possible for an IRC > > channel to be a public forum. > > CFJ 2214 (called 07 Oct 2008): Some IRC messages, such as NICK, are sent > > to all members of an IRC channel but are not sent via that channel. > > CFJ 866 (called 08 Apr 1996): A message is "received" when the message > > enters the recipient's normal technical domain of control, whether > > this be eir private machine or eir private account on a shared > > machine (but not the shared machine itself, if the recipient does not > > control it). > > CFJ 1112: In order to submit a Proposal, in the sense of R1865 and > > elsewhere, it is not sufficient that a collection of text 'with the > > clear indication that that text is intended to become a Proposal' > > (R1483) merely be sent to the Public Forum by a Proposing Entity; the > > collection of text must also be received in the Public Forum. > > CFJ 1214-1215 (called 14 May 2000): Conditional actions (of the form "If > > X, I do Y") are effective only where the relevant agents (such as > > recordkeepors) are able to conclusively determine the value of the > > conditional from publicly-available information. > > CFJ 1314 (called 15 Aug 2001): If a message sent to a public forum is > > rejected by the list moderator, it still qualifies as having been > > sent via a public forum. > > CFJ 1905 (called 07 Feb 2008): Regardless of CFJ 1314, a message has not > > been sent via a forum until most persons who have arranged to receive > > messages via the forum receive it. > > CFJ 1888 (called 31 Jan 2008): Sending a message to a Discussion Forum, > > or other mailing list except for a Public Forum, does not qualify as > > sending it to all players. > > CFJ 1631 (called 29 Apr 2007): Public announcements must be made in the > > message body; the subject line is insignificant. > > CFJ 1784 (called 05 Nov 2007): An undescriptive or misleading subject > > line does not deprive the message body of effect. > > CFJ 1880 (called 22 Jan 2008): A phrase that would, in the message body, > > cancel the effect of the rest of the message, does not have such an > > effect if it appears in the subject line. > > CFJ 1761 (called 30 Sep 2007): Publishing part of a message is a > > different action from publishing the whole message. > > CFJ 1646 (called 30 Apr 2007): The act of "publishing" or "announcing" > > is accomplished when the message has left the sender's technical > > domain of control, indicated by one of the "Received:" headers0. > > CFJ 1695 (called 23 Jun 2007): A partnership, which by its nature can't > > directly send email, can participate in the fora by means of its > > members sending messages on its behalf, if its governing agreement > > says so. > > CFJ 1768 (called 22 Oct 2007): The right of participation in the fora is > > the right to participate in them for their intended purposes, and is > > not necessarily infringed by regulations regarding the manner and > > type of participation. > > CFJ 1738 (called 29 Aug 2007): An obligation on a player to not publish > > statements that e believes are true would conflict with the right of > > participation in the fora. > > CFJ 1719 (called 12 Aug 2007): A player can, if e intends, have public > > messages sent on eir behalf, including via a web form that allows > > all-comers to send messages on eir behalf without specific approval. > > CFJ 1833-1834 (called 18 Dec 2007): A player can, by contractual > > arrangement, grant another player the capacity to act by announcement > > on eir behalf. > > CFJ 1893 (called 03 Feb 2008): A non-consensual non-contractual > > arrangement cannot grant a player the capacity to act by announcement > > on behalf of another. > > CFJ 2397 (called 03 Mar 2009): A player can grant or revoke permission > > at will for another player to act by announcement on eir behalf. > > CFJ 2322 (called 24 Dec 2008): The ability to act on behalf can be > > created by any willful agreement. > > CFJ 1336 (called 13 Dec 2001): A public statement that one wishes to > > perform an action that one can perform by announcement can constitute > > an announcement that performs that action. > > CFJ 1621 (called 08 Feb 2007): Where an action can be performed by > > announcement, announcing that one deems something to be the case that > > would result from that action does not constitute performing the > > action. > > CFJ 1584 (called 24 Feb 2006): CFJ 1584 (called 24 Feb 2006), CFJ 1728 > > (called 20 Aug 2007): ' Saying "I do X 1000 times", where X is > > something that can be done by announcement, is an acceptable > > shorthand for 1000 instances of "I do X", but this shorthand cannot > > be used with an infinite repeat count, because it is impossible to > > write out an infinite number of instances of "I do X".' > > CFJ 1774 (called 01 Nov 2007): Saying "I do X 10000 times", where X is > > something that can be done by announcement, does not necessarily > > achieve 10000 instances of X, if writing out 10000 instances of "I do > > X" would be a substantial effort such that using the shorthand is > > abusive. The presumption is in favour of the shorthand being > > successful. > > CFJ 1775 (called 01 Nov 2007): If an announcement of the form "I do X N > > times" is not be acceptable shorthand for N instances of "I do X", > > then the announcement is completely nullified, and does not have the > > effect of M instances of "I do X" for any non-zero repeat count M. > > CFJ 1730 (called 22 Aug 2007): An appropriate announcement will > > accomplish an action even if its author believed the action was > > impossible. > > CFJ 1841 (called 20 Dec 2007): A message-based action cannot be > > retroactive. > > CFJ 1971 (called 22 May 2008): An announcement with a general disclaimer > > as to its contents cannot fulfill a requirement to report > > information, but it may successfully cause game actions to be taken > > if the actions do not depend on the truth value of the disclaimed > > contents. > > CFJ 2133 (called 09 Aug 2008): A disclaimed statement cannot cause an > > action to be taken by announcement. > > CFJ 2112 (called 23 Jul 2008): An action is only taken by announcement > > if the Rules define it as such; e.g., posting an objection to a > > dependent action is not an action taken by announcement. > > CFJ 2151 (called 05 Sep 2008): Some unregulated actions, such as > > celebrating and revealing things, can be taken by announcement. > > CFJ 2086 (called 15 Jul 2008): Message-based actions are always taken in > > some order, never precisely simultaneously, possibly unless otherwise > > stated. > > CFJ 2179 (called 23 Sep 2008): An message-based action can be taken even > > if its sender cannot be identified. > > CFJ 2221 (called 13 Oct 2008): When an action is specified as "can do X > > in order to do Y", and a player does X without specifying intent to > > do Y, e does not do Y. > > CFJ 2238 (called 22 Oct 2008): The requirement of unambiguous > > specification applies to the parameters of an action. > > CFJ 2363 (called 01 Feb 2009): "X can do Y by doing Z" does not imply > > that X can do Z. > > CFJ 2441 (called 06 Apr 2009): Due to a limitation of the mailing list > > archives, attaching a message with a particular text does not count > > as publishing that text. > > CFJ 3025 (called 15 May 2011): If it is clear what he did, then it must > > be clear what he did; if it is not clear what he did, then it is not > > clear what he did. > > CFJ 3106 (called 19 Oct 2011): When a person announces that "e performs" > > an action, the referent of "e" (i.e. eir identity) must be clear. > > CFJ 3002 (called 19 Apr 2011): A message of the form "This statement > > causes {action}" is ineffective as a way to perform {action}, and may > > be an attempt to act on behalf of the statement. > > CFJ 2899 (called 12 Nov 2010): A player's real name does not necessary > > identify em. > > CFJ 3409 (called 09 Apr 2014): An action can be performed in the subject > > line of a message, if it sufficiently clear (as outlined in the > > judgment). > > CFJ 3603-3604 (called 16 Nov 2017): ASCII art of text can be clear > > enough to suffice for communications, and in particular for taking > > actions by announcement. > > CFJ 3630 (called 02 Mar 2018): An action referencing outside content > > requires that the attempt to act is clear, the nature of the > > attempted action is clear, and the outside context cannot be altered > > by em and will remain available long enough for others to interpret > > it. > > CFJ 3642 (called 15 Jun 2018): Regardless of CFJ 1314, a message has not > > been sent via a public forum if its non-reception by some persons who > > arranged to receive it has affected which game actions they chose to > > take or not to take. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 2139/13 (Power=2) > > The Registrar > > > > The Registrar is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping > > track of players. > > > > The Registrar's weekly report includes: > > > > 1. A list of all players, including information sufficient to > > identify and contact each player. > > > > 2. The date on which each player most recently became a player. > > > > 3. For each forum with non-Foreign publicity, sufficient > > instructions for players to receive messages there. > > > > The Registrar's monthly report includes: > > > > 1. For each former player for which the information is reasonably > > available, the dates on which e registered and deregistered. > > > > The Registrar's duties and abilities also include: > > > > * Changing the publicity of a forum, as described in Rule 478. > > > > * Publishing Cantus Cygnei and Writs of FAGE as described in > > Rule 1789. > > > > The Registrar is also responsible for tracking any switches, > > defined in a rule, that would otherwise lack an officer to track > > them, unless the switch is defined as untracked. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P4939 'Re-divide some offices' (Murphy), 29 Apr 2007 > > Amended(1) by P5172 'Refactor glasnost' (Murphy), 29 Aug 2007 > > Amended(2) by P6322 'Better Reports' (Wooble), 26 May 2009 > > Amended(3) by P6567 'Self-Ratifying Census' [green] (Walker), 28 Nov > > 2009 > > Amended(4) by P6567 'Self-Ratifying Census' [green] (Walker), 28 Nov > > 2009 > > Power changed from 1 to 2 by P6567 'Self-Ratifying Census' [green] > > (Walker), 28 Nov 2009 > > Amended(5) by P7141 'master switcher' (G.), 19 Nov 2011 > > Amended(6) by P7416 'Not my job' (omd), 12 May 2013 > > Amended(7) by P7586 'Self-ratification, victory, office changes' (omd), > > 24 Aug 2013 > > Amended(8) by P7632 'All Activity is Good Activity' (Alexis), 01 May > > 2014 > > Amended(9) by P7810 'Cleerer Registrar Responsibilities' (nichdel), 11 > > Sep 2016 > > Amended(10) by R2430, 24 May 2017 > > Amended(11) by P7924 'Contracts v8' (Aris, Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, > > D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, R. Lee, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), 22 Oct 2017 > > Amended(12) by P7998 'Eastman weeks' (Murphy, ATMunn), 31 Jan 2018 > > Amended(13) by P8176 'Zombies take care of this now' (G.), 13 May 2019 > > > > Annotations: > > CFJ 1703 (called 13 Jul 2007): A player cannot change eir nickname by > > announcement if the new nickname that e specifies is the current > > nickname of another player. > > CFJ 1361 (called 07 May 2002): Purporting to assign a new nickname, > > previously unused to refer to any entity, to another player is > > successful, but does not displace the target's existing name or > > nickname. > > CFJ 1489 (called 11 Feb 2004): Watchers are not a rule-defined element > > of the game. > > CFJ 1420 (called 17 Dec 2002): The list of watchers, customarily > > published with the registrar's report, is part of the game state, > > even though it is not mentioned in the rules and no one is obliged to > > track or publish it. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 1789/9 (Power=3) > > Cantus Cygneus > > > > Whenever a Player feels that e has been treated so egregiously by > > the Agoran community that e can no longer abide to be a part of > > it, e may submit a document to the Registrar, clearly labeled a > > Cantus Cygneus, detailing eir grievances and expressing eir > > reproach for those who e feels have treated em so badly. > > > > In a timely fashion after receiving a Cantus Cygneus, the > > Registrar shall publish this document along with a Writ of > > Fugiendae Agorae Grandissima Exprobratione, commanding the Player > > to be deregistered. The Registrar shall note the method of > > deregistration for that Player in subsequent Registrar Reports. > > > > The Player is deregistered as of the posting of the Writ, and the > > notation in the Registrar's Report will ensure that, henceforth, > > all may know said Player deregistered in a Writ of FAGE. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P3705 'Canteus Cygneus' (Crito), 09 Mar 1998 > > Amended(1) by P4099 'Spelling Fixes, Part 1 of 2' (Murphy), 15 Jan 2001 > > Amended(2) by P4147 'What is Public?' (Wes), 13 May 2001 > > Amended(3) by P4825 'Omnibus Spelling Fix' (Maud), 17 Jul 2005 > > Power changed from 1 to 2 by P5780 'Fix Rule 1789' (omd, ehird), 22 Oct > > 2008 > > Amended(4) by P5815 'The Registrar is an office again now.' (Pavitra, > > Murphy), 01 Nov 2008 > > Amended(5) by P5991 'Cantus Cygneus Only If You Mean It v2' (Elysion), > > 07 Dec 2008 > > Amended(6) by P6099 'Fix the deregistration mess' (Pavitra), 22 Feb > > 2009 > > Amended(7) by P6338 'FAGE across the ages' (Murphy), 29 May 2009 > > Amended(8) by P7470 'Finish d-ASAP'ing' [disi.] (woggle), 17 Jun 2013 > > Amended(9) by P7646 'Latin fix' (omd), 03 Jun 2014 > > Power changed from 2 to 3 by P7989 'Don't FAGE the FAGE' (Telnaior), 13 > > Jan 2018 > > > > Annotations: > > CFJ 1594 (called 16 Dec 2006): Players can be deregistered due to this > > rule even if there is no Registrar. > > CFJ 2358 (called 26 Jan 2009): A document which is labeled as a Cantus > > Cygneus but does not actually detail grievances, etc. is not a Cantus > > Cygneus. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ======================================================================== > > General Definitions > > This section describes the terminology used by all the other rules. > > If, when reading a rule, you don't understand what a word means, > > chances are that the Agoran definition of that word is described in > > one of these rules. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 2152/7 (Power=3) > > Mother, May I? > > > > The following terms are defined. These definitions are used when a > > rule includes a term in all caps, and provide guidance in > > determining the ordinary-language meaning of a term when a rule > > includes a term otherwise. Earlier definitions take precedence > > over later ones. If a rule specifies one or more persons in > > connection with a term, then the term applies only to the > > specified person(s). > > > > 1. CANNOT, IMPOSSIBLE, INEFFECTIVE, INVALID: Attempts to perform > > the described action are unsuccessful. > > > > 2. MUST NOT, MAY NOT, SHALL NOT, ILLEGAL, PROHIBITED: Performing > > the described action violates the rule in question. > > > > 3. NEED NOT, OPTIONAL: Failing to perform the described action > > does not violate the rules. > > > > 4. SHOULD NOT, DISCOURAGED, DEPRECATED: Before performing the > > described action, the full implications of performing it should > > be understood and carefully weighed. > > > > 5. CAN: Attempts to perform the described action are successful. > > > > 6. MAY: Performing the described action does not violate the > > rules. > > > > 7. MUST, SHALL, REQUIRED, MANDATORY: Failing to perform the > > described action violates the rule in question. > > > > 8. SHOULD, ENCOURAGED, RECOMMENDED: Before failing to perform the > > described action, the full implications of failing to perform > > it should (in the ordinary-language sense) be understood and > > carefully weighed. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P5053 'Mother, May I with Power 1?' (Murphy), 05 Jul 2007 > > Power changed from 1 to 2 by P5054 'Mother, May I with Power 2?' > > (Murphy), 05 Jul 2007 > > Amended(1) by P5189 'More MMI' (Levi), 03 Sep 2007 > > Power changed from 2 to 3 by P5247 (AFO), 14 Oct 2007 > > Amended(2) by P5353 'Fix MMI bullets' [disi.] (Murphy), 16 Dec 2007 > > Amended(3) by P5354 'MMI parallelism' (Murphy), 16 Dec 2007 > > Amended(4) by P5535 'These things are not just for players' (Murphy), > > 07 Jun 2008 > > Amended(5) by P6571 'This gets on my nerves' [green] (ais523), 28 Nov > > 2009 > > Amended(6) by P6983 'Fix MMI' (Murphy), 10 Apr 2011 > > Amended(7) by P7613 'What is PERMITTED NEED NOT be POSSIBLE' > > (Arufonsu), 11 Jan 2014 > > > > Annotations: > > CFJ 1132: A Player failing to perform a duty required by the Rules > > within a reasonable time may be in violation of the Rules, even if > > the Rules do not provide a time limit for the performance of that > > duty. > > CFJ 1488 (called 11 Feb 2004): Engineering a situation in which other > > players are unable to follow a particular rule is not in itself a > > violation of that rule. > > CFJ 2395 (called 01 Mar 2009): Even without this being explicitly > > specified in the rules, it is possible for a non-player to violate a > > rule by missing a deadline. > > CFJ 1990 (called 07 Jun 2008): "Allowed" may refer to either possibility > > or permissibility depending on context. > > CFJ 2120-2121 (called 04 Aug 2008): A requirement of the form 'within > > <time limit>, a player SHALL <action> by announcement' means that the > > player CAN perform the action, and SHALL do so within the time > > limit. > > CFJ 2230 (called 16 Oct 2008): In a statement of the form "an action > > that X may take", 'may' generally means 'might', i.e. CAN. > > CFJ 2282 (called 19 Nov 2008): To state that an entity "MUST" have > > certain properties refers to possibility, not legality. > > CFJ 2414 (called 14 Mar 2009): A rule of the form "X SHOULD be > > interpreted as Y" does not allow players to bypass the interpretation > > by failing to perform the described action. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 2509/2 (Power=2) > > Agoran Numbers > > > > A "number" is considered to refer to a real number, unless > > otherwise explicitly specified. A "number of (items)", where > > (items) is a set of discrete entities, is considered to refer to a > > non-negative integer, unless otherwise explicitly specified. > > > > If a switch is defined as being associated with a specified set of > > numbers (a numerical switch), then the possible values for that > > switch are the numbers in that set. In particular, a natural or > > integer switch is a switch with possible values the non-negative > > integers or all integers, respectively. If a limit is further > > defined, the possible values are the numbers of the set within the > > specified limits. > > > > If 0 is in the specified values for a numerical switch and no > > default value is otherwise specified, 0 is the default value for > > that switch. > > > > If the rules describe mathematical operations to be used in > > flipping an instance of a numerical switch, the operations are > > interpreted as having common-sense mathematical application to > > determine that instance's resulting value. For example, > > "increasing a switch instance by M" is equivalent to "flipping a > > switch instance from its current value N to the value N+M". If the > > specified mathematical operation would result in a value outside > > that switch's defined set, the flipping CANNOT be performed, rules > > to the contrary notwithstanding. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P7903 'Numerical Switches v2' (G.), 03 Oct 2017 > > Amended(1) by P8017 'RTRW Cleanups' (Alexis), 06 Mar 2018 > > Amended(2) by P8021 'Limit Numerical silliness' (G.), 06 Mar 2018 > > Retitled by P8021 'Limit Numerical silliness' (G.), 06 Mar 2018 > > > > Annotations: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 2125/10 (Power=3) > > Regulated Actions > > > > An action is regulated if: (1) the Rules limit, allow, enable, or > > permit its performance; (2) describe the circumstances under which > > the action would succeed or fail; or (3) the action would, as part > > of its effect, modify information for which some player is > > required to be a recordkeepor. > > > > A Regulated Action CAN only be performed as described by the > > Rules, and only using the methods explicitly specified in the > > Rules for performing the given action. The Rules SHALL NOT be > > interpreted so as to proscribe unregulated actions. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P4866 'Constitutional Repeals 2.0' (G.), 27 Aug 2006 > > Amended(1) by P5235 'No enshrinement of the courts' (Goddess Eris), 03 > > Oct 2007 > > Amended(2) by P5536 'Refactor Regulation' (Murphy), 07 Jun 2008 > > Amended(3) by P5739 'Secure regulation' (root), 09 Oct 2008 > > Amended(4) by P6022 'Cleanup of Power=3 definitions' (Murphy), 22 Dec > > 2008 > > Amended(5) by P6251 'Decriminalize restricted actions' (Murphy), 09 May > > 2009 > > Amended(6) by P6269 'Good Sportspersonship' (Pavitra), 11 May 2009 > > Amended(7) by P6327 'Does a public message have the <X> nature?' > > (Murphy), 29 May 2009 > > Amended(8) by P7614 'Just Not Rights' (G.), 13 Jan 2014 > > Amended(9) by P7865 'Regulations v4' (Aris, o, nichdel, ais523), 27 Jun > > 2017 > > Amended(10) by P7928 'no we can't' (G.), 22 Oct 2017 > > > > Annotations: > > CFJ 3737 (called 15 Jun 2019): Actions that the rules state a player > > SHALL NOT perform are considered to be regulated actions. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 1023/39 (Power=2) > > Agoran Time > > > > The following terms are defined: > > > > 1. The phrase "in a timely fashion" means "within 7 days". This > > time period is set when the requirement is created (i.e. X days > > before the limit ends). A requirement to perform an action at > > an exact instant (e.g. "when X, Y SHALL Z"), but not "in the > > same message", is instead interpreted as a requirement to > > perform that action in a timely fashion after that instant. > > > > 2. Agoran epochs: > > > > 1. Agoran days begin at midnight UTC. > > > > 2. Agoran weeks begin at midnight UTC on Monday. Eastman > > weeks begin at midnight UTC on the 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, > > and 29th of each Gregorian month; the fifth one of the > > month (if any) lasts till the end of the month. > > > > 3. Agoran months begin at midnight UTC on the first day of > > each Gregorian month. > > > > 4. Agoran quarters begin when the Agoran months of January, > > April, July, and October begin. > > > > 5. Agoran years begin when the Agoran month of January > > begins. > > > > 6. A pivot is either the instant at which Agora Nomic began > > (June 30, 1993, 00:04:30 GMT +1200) or an instant at which > > at least one person won the game. When used as a period of > > time, a "Round" (historical syn: "game") is the period of > > time between a pivot and the next pivot. > > > > The "Agoran" qualifier is assumed unless a different definition > > is indicated (e.g. Eastman weeks). These definitions do not > > apply to relative durations (e.g. "within <number> days after > > <event>"). > > > > 3. Two points in time are within a month of each other if: > > > > 1. they occur in the same Agoran month; > > > > 2. they occur in two consecutive Agoran months, and the later > > of the two occurs in an earlier day in the month than the > > earlier one; > > > > 3. they occur in two consecutive Agoran months on the same day > > of the month, and the later of the two occurs at the same > > or earlier time of day. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P805, between 01 Jan 1994 and 28 Feb 1994 > > Amended by P907 (Nicol), between 01 Apr 1994 and 31 May 1994 > > Amended by R750, between 01 Apr 1994 and 31 May 1994 > > Amended by P1023, 05 Sep 1994 > > Amended(1) by R750, 05 Sep 1994 > > Amended(2) by P1413, 01 Feb 1995 > > Amended(3) by P1434, 14 Feb 1995 > > Amended(4) by P1682, 22 Aug 1995 > > Amended(5) by P1727, 06 Oct 1995 > > Amended(6) by P2042, 11 Dec 1995 > > Amended(7) by P2489, 16 Feb 1996 > > Amended(8) by P2567, 12 Apr 1996 > > Mutated from MI=1 to MI=2 by P2602, 26 May 1996 > > Amended(9) by P2629, 04 Jul 1996 > > Amended(10) by P2770 (Steve), 19 Dec 1996 > > Amended(11) by P3823 'Spring Cleaning' (Ørjan), 21 Jan 1999 > > Amended(12) by P3823 'Spring Cleaning' (Ørjan), 21 Jan 1999 > > Amended(13) by P3897 'A Separation of Money but not of Powers' (harvel), > > 27 Aug 1999 > > Amended(14) by P3950 'Deference Deprecation' (harvel), 08 Dec 1999 > > Amended(15) by P4004 'Simplify \'ASAP\'' (Steve), 08 May 2000 > > Amended(16) by P4278 'Cold Storage' (harvel), 03 Apr 2002 > > Amended(17) by P4406 'Criminal Reform (v1.3)' (Murphy), 30 Oct 2002 > > Amended(18) by P4866 'Constitutional Repeals 2.0' (G.), 27 Aug 2006 > > Amended(19) by P4938 'Paragraphs' (Murphy), 29 Apr 2007 > > Amended(20) by P5005 'Power to the Paragraphs 1.1' (root), 18 Jun 2007 > > Amended(21) by P5077 'MMI in practice' (Murphy), 18 Jul 2007 > > Amended(22) by P5102 'determinism' (Zefram), 01 Aug 2007 > > Amended(23) by P5081 'renumeration II.0' [disi.] (Zefram), 01 Aug 2007 > > Amended(24) by P5408 'In a timely fashion' (root), 22 Jan 2008 > > Amended(25) by P6046 'Cruft' (omd), 13 Jan 2009 > > Amended(26) by P6321 'Relative definition' [disi.] (Murphy), 26 May 2009 > > Amended(27) by P6535 'Workaround for broken time limits' [green] > > (Murphy), 04 Nov 2009 > > Amended(28) by P6660 'Consolidate time definitions' [green, disi.] > > (Murphy), 10 Mar 2010 > > Amended(29) by P7045 'Speed' (Walker), 16 May 2011 > > Amended(30) by P7289 (G.), 09 Sep 2012 > > Amended(31) by P7420 'We don't need to be that idiosyncratic un-derp > > version' (omd), 27 May 2013 > > Amended(32) by P7606 'Cruise Control' (G.), 13 Dec 2013 > > Amended(33) by P7641 'Relative Months' (Alexis), 12 May 2014 > > Amended(34) by P7686 'Cleanup' (omd), 07 Aug 2014 > > Amended(35) by P7760 'Next Win System' (G.), 19 Jul 2015 > > Amended(36) by R2430, 24 May 2017 > > Amended(37) by P7865 'Regulations v4' (Aris, o, nichdel, ais523), 27 Jun > > 2017 > > Amended(38) by P7924 'Contracts v8' (Aris, Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, > > D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, R. Lee, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), 22 Oct 2017 > > Retitled by P7924 'Contracts v8' (Aris, Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, > > D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, R. Lee, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), 22 Oct 2017 > > Amended(39) by P7998 'Eastman weeks' (Murphy, ATMunn), 31 Jan 2018 > > > > Annotations: > > CFJ 3624 (called 09 Feb 2018): A condition of "continuously X for one > > week" is a relative duration, thus unrelated to Agoran or Eastman > > weeks. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 1728/41 (Power=3) > > Dependent Action Methods > > > > The following methods of taking actions are known as "dependent > > actions": > > > > 1. Without N Objections, where N is a positive integer no greater > > than 8 ("Without Objection" is shorthand for this method with > > N = 1); > > > > 2. With N Support, where N is a positive integer ("With Support" > > is shorthand for this method with N = 1); > > > > 3. With N Agoran Consent, where N is an integer multiple of 0.1 > > with a minimum of 1 ("With Agoran Consent" is shorthand for > > this method with N = 1); > > > > 4. With Notice; or > > > > 5. With T Notice, where T is a time period. > > > > N is 1 unless otherwise specified. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P3521 (Chuck), 23 Jun 1997 > > Infected and amended(1) by R1454, 02 Nov 1997 > > Amended(2) by R1728, 16 Nov 1997 > > Amended(3) by P3812 'Actions Without N Objections' (Steve), 21 Dec 1998 > > Amended(4) by P3836 'Broaden Actions Without Objection' (General > > Chaos), 02 Mar 1999 > > Amended(5) by P3950 'Deference Deprecation' (harvel), 08 Dec 1999 > > Amended(6) by P3973 'Dependent Actions' (harvel), 14 Feb 2000 > > Amended(7) by P3991 'Streamline Actions With Support' (Steve), 30 Mar > > 2000 > > Amended(8) by P4011 'New Terminology' (Wes), 01 Jun 2000 > > Power changed from 1 to 2 by P4121 'Patch Up Dependent Actions' (Ziggy), > > 16 Mar 2001 > > Amended(9) by P4121 'Patch Up Dependent Actions' (Ziggy), 16 Mar 2001 > > Amended(10) by P4279 'Fix Dependent Actions' (harvel), 03 Apr 2002 > > Amended(11) by P4461 'Fix Dependent Actions' (Maud), 17 Mar 2003 > > Amended(12) by P4915 '"Deem" deemed harmful, take two' (Murphy), 02 Apr > > 2007 > > Amended(13) by P4981 'no free dependent actions' (Zefram), 31 May 2007 > > Amended(14) by P4999 'fix dependent actions' (Zefram), 12 Jun 2007 > > Amended(15) by P5007 'generalize naturalhood' (Zefram), 18 Jun 2007 > > Amended(16) by P5113 'Really Generalize Dependent Actions' (Murphy, > > Maud), 02 Aug 2007 > > Amended(17) by P5370 'first-class dependent actions' (Zefram), 20 Dec > > 2007 > > Amended(18) by P5445 'Satisfaction v3' (G., Murphy), 21 Feb 2008 > > Amended(19) by P5543 'Faster support' (Murphy, Pavitra, root), 16 Jun > > 2008 > > Amended(20) by P5775 'Clean up dependent actions' (Murphy), 17 Oct 2008 > > Amended(21) by P5818 'Require Clear Announcements' (omd), 01 Nov 2008 > > Power changed from 2 to 3 by P5947 'Balance of Power' (ais523), 15 Nov > > 2008 > > Amended(22) by P5995 'Fix multi-method dependent actions' (Murphy), 07 > > Dec 2008 > > Amended(23) by P6041 'Allow contract-defined dependent actions' (Murphy, > > the Warrigal), 13 Jan 2009 > > Amended(24) by P6204 'Depending Actions' (Murphy), 27 Apr 2009 > > Amended(25) by P6437 'Objection cap' (Murphy), 18 Aug 2009 > > Amended(26) by P6448 'Hand Limit Remodel v3' (BobTHJ), 27 Aug 2009 > > Amended(27) by P6474 'Refactor dependent actions' (omd), 15 Sep 2009 > > Amended(28) by P6512 'Fix dependent actions' [disi.] (omd), 03 Oct 2009 > > Amended(29) by P6619 'Encourage dependent disclosure' [green, disi.] > > (Murphy), 04 Feb 2010 > > Amended(30) by P6650 'Contract Cleanup' [purple] (Alexis), 10 Mar 2010 > > Amended(31) by P6981 'Littler Dutch Boy' (Murphy, omd), 10 Apr 2011 > > Amended(32) by P7045 'Speed' (Walker), 16 May 2011 > > Amended(33) by P7606 'Cruise Control' (G.), 13 Dec 2013 > > Amended(34) by P7815 'Agencies' (Alexis, aranea), 28 Oct 2016 > > Amended(35) by P7840 'Not an Apple campsite' (G.), 01 Mar 2017 > > Amended(36) by R2430, 24 May 2017 > > Amended(37) by P7871 'Minor fixes (sans typos)' (R. Lee), 07 Sep 2017 > > Amended(38) by P8017 'RTRW Cleanups' (Alexis), 06 Mar 2018 > > Amended(39) by P8107 'Buried Intent Prevention Act v2' (D. Margaux, > > Aris, G.), 27 Oct 2018 > > Amended(40) by P8123 'Independence' (Gaelan), 19 Nov 2018 > > Retitled by P8165 'Dependent Action Cleanup Act' (D. Margaux, Gaelan), > > 27 Apr 2019 > > Amended(41) by P8165 'Dependent Action Cleanup Act' (D. Margaux, > > Gaelan), 27 Apr 2019 > > > > Annotations: > > CFJ 1722 (called 15 Aug 2007): The method of dependent action need not > > be described exactly: an approximate but inexact description > > suffices, as does the rule-defined term. > > CFJ 1802 (called 19 Nov 2007): The phrase "by Agoran Support" is not an > > unambiguous description of a method of dependent action. > > CFJ 3567 (called 27 Sep 2017): Dependent action intents aren't "by > > announcement" actions, so a message saying it a lot of times can be > > read "naturally" as counting as a single intent. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 2595/0 (Power=3) > > Performing a Dependent Action > > > > A rule that purports to allow a person (the performer) to perform > > an action by a set of one or more dependent actions identified in > > Rule 1728 thereby allows em to perform the action by announcement > > if all of the following are true: > > > > 1. A person (the initiator) published an announcement of intent > > that unambiguously, clearly, conspicuously, and without > > obfuscation specified the action intended to be taken and the > > method(s) to be used; > > > > 2. The announcement referenced in paragraph (1) of this Rule > > unambiguously, clearly, conspicuously, and without obfuscation > > states: > > > > * the value of T, if the action is to be taken with T Notice; > > and > > > > * the value of N, if N is not equal to 1 and the action is to > > be taken Without N Objections, With N Support, or With N > > Agoran Consent; > > > > 3. The announcement referenced in paragraph (1) of this Rule was > > published: > > > > * within the 14 days preceding the action, if the action is to > > be performed With N Support; > > > > * between 4 and 14 days preceding the action, if the action is > > to be performed Without N Objections, With N Agoran Consent, > > or With Notice; or > > > > * between T and 14 days preceding the action, if the action is > > to be performed With T Notice; > > > > 4. At least one of the following is true: > > > > * the performer is the initiator; > > > > * the initiator was authorized to perform the action due to > > holding a rule-defined position now held by the performer; > > or > > > > * the initiator is authorized to perform the action, the > > action depends on support, the performer has supported the > > intent, and the rule authorizing the performance does not > > explicitly prohibit supporters from performing it; > > > > 5. Agora is Satisfied with the announced intent, as defined by > > other Rules; and > > > > 6. The conditions are all met, if any conditions were stated in > > the announcement of intent referenced in paragraph (1) of this > > Rule. > > > > The performer SHOULD publish a list of supporters and objectors if > > the action is to be taken with N Agoran Consent. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P8165 'Dependent Action Cleanup Act' (D. Margaux, Gaelan), 27 > > Apr 2019 > > > > Annotations: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 2124/24 (Power=2) > > Agoran Satisfaction > > > > A Supporter of an intent to perform an action is an eligible > > entity who has publicly posted (and not withdrawn) support (syn. > > "consent") for an announcement of that intent. An Objector to an > > intent to perform an action is an eligible entity who has publicly > > posted (and not withdrawn) an objection to the announcement of > > that intent. > > > > The entities eligible to support or object to an intent to perform > > an action are, by default, all players, subject to modification by > > the document authorizing the dependent action. However, the > > previous sentence notwithstanding, the initiator of the intent is > > not eligible to support it. > > > > Agora is Satisfied with an intent to perform a specific action > > unless at least one of the following is true: > > > > 1. The action is to be performed Without N Objections, and there > > are at least N Objectors to that intent. > > > > 2. The action is to be performed With N support, and there are > > fewer than than N Supporters of that intent. > > > > 3. The action is to be performed with N Agoran Consent, and the > > number of Supporters of the intent is less than or equal to N > > times the number of Objectors to the intent. > > > > The above notwithstanding, if an action depends on objections, and > > an objection to an intent to perform it has been withdrawn within > > the past 24 hours, then Agora is not Satisfied with that intent. > > > > The above notwithstanding, Agora is not satisfied with an intent > > if the Speaker has objected to it in the last 48 hours. > > > > A person CANNOT support or object to an announcement of intent > > before the intent is announced, or after e has withdrawn the same > > type of response. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P4853 'Alternative Conclaves' (G.), 18 Mar 2006 > > Amended(1) by P4866 'Constitutional Repeals 2.0' (G.), 27 Aug 2006 > > Amended(2) by P4868 'Red Tape Repeals 2.0' (G.), 27 Aug 2006 > > Amended(3) by P4978 'Tighten Agoran consent' (Murphy), 31 May 2007 > > Retitled by P5113 'Really Generalize Dependent Actions' (Murphy, Maud), > > 02 Aug 2007 > > Amended(4) by P5113 'Really Generalize Dependent Actions' (Murphy, > > Maud), 02 Aug 2007 > > Amended(5) by P5370 'first-class dependent actions' (Zefram), 20 Dec > > 2007 > > Power changed from 1 to 2 by P5445 'Satisfaction v3' (G., Murphy), 21 > > Feb 2008 > > Retitled by P5445 'Satisfaction v3' (G., Murphy), 21 Feb 2008 > > Amended(6) by P5445 'Satisfaction v3' (G., Murphy), 21 Feb 2008 > > Amended(7) by P5504 'Liberalize objection' (Murphy), 10 May 2008 > > Amended(8) by P5767 'Be careful what you start' (Murphy), 17 Oct 2008 > > Amended(9) by P5995 'Fix multi-method dependent actions' (Murphy), 07 > > Dec 2008 > > Amended(10) by P6027 (Elysion), 08 Jan 2009 > > Amended(11) by P6306 'Patch objections' (Murphy), 26 May 2009 > > Amended(12) by P6410 [disi.] (Alexis), 30 Jul 2009 > > Amended(13) by P6448 'Hand Limit Remodel v3' (BobTHJ), 27 Aug 2009 > > Amended(14) by P6475 'Simple satisfaction fix' [disi.] (omd), 15 Sep > > 2009 > > Amended(15) by P6512 'Fix dependent actions' [disi.] (omd), 03 Oct 2009 > > Amended(16) by cleaning (Keba), 20 Aug 2010 > > Amended(17) by P7610 'Low-hanging Fruit' (G.), 22 Dec 2013 > > Amended(18) by P7668 'The Power of Bureaucracy' (Alexis), 03 Jun 2014 > > Amended(19) by P7815 'Agencies' (Alexis, aranea), 28 Oct 2016 > > Amended(20) by R2430, 24 May 2017 > > Amended(21) by P8017 'RTRW Cleanups' (Alexis), 06 Mar 2018 > > Amended(22) by P8017 'RTRW Cleanups' (Alexis), 06 Mar 2018 > > Amended(23) by P8163 'Holey Loops, Batman!' (twg), 22 Feb 2019 > > Amended(24) by P8164 'Correction to Agoran Satisfaction, Version 2.4' > > (Falsifian, ais523, D. Margaux, G., twg), 31 Mar 2019 > > > > Annotations: > > CFJ 3567 (called 27 Sep 2017): Supports and objections can be made on a > > group of intents (e.g. "I object to all intents to do X."). > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 2518/0 (Power=3) > > Determinacy > > > > If a value CANNOT be reasonably determined (without circularity or > > paradox) from information reasonably available, or if it > > alternates indefinitely between values, then the value is > > considered to be indeterminate, otherwise it is determinate. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P7924 'Contracts v8' (Aris, Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, > > D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, R. Lee, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), 22 Oct 2017 > > > > Annotations: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 2505/0 (Power=1) > > Random Choices > > > > When a Rule specifies that a random choice be made, then the > > choice shall be made using whatever probability distribution among > > the possible outcomes the Rule specifies, defaulting to a uniform > > probability distribution. > > > > The choice CAN be made using any physical or computational process > > whose probability distribution among the possible outcomes is > > reasonably close to that required by the Rules, and for which the > > final choice is not trivially predictable by the selecting person > > in advance. The selecting person SHOULD make the selection method > > public, and SHOULD use a method for which the final probability > > distribution can be readily confirmed. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P7883 'Fear v2.1' (G.), 26 Sep 2017 > > > > Annotations: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 2517/0 (Power=3) > > Conditionals and Extricability > > > > A conditional is any textual structure that attempts to make a > > statement (the substrate) affecting any part or aspect of the > > gamestate, or the permissibility, possibility, or effect of any > > action affecting such a part or aspect, dependent on the truth > > value or other state of a textual structure (the condition). The > > condition is said to be "affixed" to the substrate (inverse "to be > > conditional upon"). > > > > A condition is inextricable if it is unclear, ambiguous, circular, > > inconsistent, paradoxical, depends on information that is > > indeterminate, or is impossible or unreasonably difficult to > > determine, or otherwise requires an unreasonable effort to > > resolve; otherwise it is extricable. A conditional is inextricable > > if its condition is inextricable; otherwise it is extricable. A > > player SHOULD NOT use an inextricable conditional for any purpose. > > > > An action is said to be "subject to" a conditional if its > > possibility, permissibility, or effect (depending on context) is > > determined by the conditional. A value is said to be subject to a > > conditional of the state of the value is determined by the > > conditional. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P7924 'Contracts v8' (Aris, Aris, o, G., ais523, Gaelan, > > D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, R. Lee, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), 22 Oct 2017 > > Repealed by P8054 'Minimalist Contracts v2' (Aris, G., R. Lee), 01 Jul > > 2018 > > > > Annotations: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ======================================================================== > > Entities > > "Entity" is a confusing word to new players. This section describes > > what an entity is. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 1586/9 (Power=2) > > Definition and Continuity of Entities > > > > If multiple rules attempt to define an entity with the same name, > > then they refer to the same entity. A rule-defined entity's name > > CANNOT be changed to be the same as another rule-defined entity's > > name. > > > > A rule, contract, or regulation that refers to an entity by name > > refers to the entity that had that name when the rule first came > > to include that reference, even if the entity's name has since > > changed. > > > > If the entity that defines another entity is amended such that it > > no longer defines the second entity, then the second entity and > > its attributes cease to exist. > > > > If the entity that defines another entity is amended such that it > > defines the second entity both before and after the amendment, but > > with different attributes, then the second entity and its > > attributes continue to exist to whatever extent is possible under > > the new definitions. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P2481, 16 Feb 1996 > > Amended(1) by P2795 (Andre), 30 Jan 1997 > > Amended(2) by P3999 'New Entity Reform' (harvel), 02 May 2000 > > Power changed from 1 to 2 by P3999 'New Entity Reform' (harvel), 02 May > > 2000 > > Amended(3) by P5077 'MMI in practice' (Murphy), 18 Jul 2007 > > Amended(4) by P5723 'Namespace conflicts (rule-defined entities)' > > (Murphy), 07 Oct 2008 > > Amended(5) by P5836 'Generalize continuity' (Murphy), 12 Oct 2008 > > Amended(6) by cleaning (omd), 26 Jan 2009 > > Amended(7) by P6650 'Contract Cleanup' [purple] (Alexis), 10 Mar 2010 > > Amended(8) by P6981 'Littler Dutch Boy' (Murphy, omd), 10 Apr 2011 > > Repealed by P7614 'Just Not Rights' (G.), 13 Jan 2014 > > Re-enacted(9) and amended by P7924 'Contracts v8' (Aris, Aris, o, G., > > ais523, Gaelan, D.F.F., Cuddle Beam, R. Lee, Trigon, Alexis, P.S.S.), > > 22 Oct 2017 > > > > Annotations: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 2162/11 (Power=3) > > Switches > > > > A type of switch is a property that the rules define as a switch, > > and specify the following: > > > > 1. The type(s) of entity possessing an instance of that switch. No > > other entity possesses an instance of that switch. > > > > 2. One or more possible values for instances of that switch, > > exactly one of which should be designated as the default. No > > values other than those listed are possible for instances of > > that switch, except that, if no default is specified, then > > rules to the contrary notwithstanding, the "null" value is a > > possible value for that switch, and is the default. > > > > 3. Optionally, exactly one office whose holder tracks instances of > > that switch. That officer's (weekly, if not specified > > otherwise) report includes the value of each instance of that > > switch whose value is not its default value; a public document > > purporting to be this portion of that officer's report is > > self-ratifying, and implies that other instances are at their > > default value. > > > > At any given time, each instance of a switch has exactly one > > possible value for that type of switch. If an instance of a switch > > comes to have a value, it ceases to have any other value. If an > > instance of a switch would otherwise fail to have a possible > > value, it comes to have its default value. > > > > "To flip an instance of a switch" is to make it come to have a > > given value. "To become X" (where X is a possible value of > > exactly one of the subject's switches) is to flip that switch to > > X. > > > > If an action or set of actions would cause the value of an > > instance of a switch to become indeterminate, the instance instead > > takes on its last determinate and possible value, if any, > > otherwise it takes on its default value. > > > > A singleton switch is a switch for which Agora Nomic is the only > > entity possessing an instance of that switch. > > > > A boolean switch is a switch with values True and False. A > > positive boolean switch has a default of True; a negative boolean > > switch has a default of False. > > > > Attempting to flip an instance of a switch to a value it already > > has does not flip the switch. However, if a person is REQUIRED to > > flip a switch instance to a value it already has, then either > > attempting to do so using the required mechanism, or announcing > > that the switch already has the required value, fulfills the > > requirement without flipping the switch. > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P5111 'Return of switches' (Murphy), 02 Aug 2007 > > Amended(1) by P5271 'Implicit Switches v1.1' (Murphy), 07 Nov 2007 > > Amended(2) by P7247 'no more almost-switches' (omd), 10 Jun 2012 > > Amended(3) by P7289 (G.), 09 Sep 2012 > > Amended(4) by P7425 'Yaks' (Walker, G., Murphy, omd), 27 May 2013 > > Amended(5) by P7649 'I always thought these already ratified' (omd), 03 > > Jun 2014 > > Amended(6) by P7735 'Noise reduction' (aranea), 02 May 2015 > > Amended(7) by P7828 'Boolean Switches V2' (G.), 07 Nov 2016 > > Amended(8) by R2430, 24 May 2017 > > Amended(9) by P7902 'Switch no-ops' (G.), 03 Oct 2017 > > Amended(10) by P7903 'Numerical Switches v2' (G.), 03 Oct 2017 > > Amended(11) by P8075 'Less Critical Patching' (Aris, G.), 26 Jul 2018 > > Power changed from 2 to 3 by P8075 'Less Critical Patching' (Aris, G.), > > 26 Jul 2018 > > > > Annotations: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 1688/9 (Power=3) > > Power > > > > The Power of an entity is a non-negative rational number. An > > Instrument is an entity with positive Power. > > > > The Power of an entity cannot be set or modified except as > > stipulated by the Rules. All entities have Power zero except where > > specifically allowed by the rules. > > > > A Rule that makes a change, action, or value secured (hereafter > > the securing Rule) thereby makes it IMPOSSIBLE to perform that > > change or action, or to set or modify that value, except as > > allowed by an Instrument with Power greater than or equal to the > > change's Power Threshold. This Threshold defaults to the securing > > Rule's Power, but CAN be lowered as allowed by that Rule > > (including by the Rule itself). > > > > History: > > > > Enacted by P3445 (General Chaos), 26 Mar 1997 > > Amended(1) by P3994 'Simplify Power' (harvel), 20 Apr 2000 > > Amended(2) by P4811 'The Cobalt Repeals' (Maud, G.), 20 Jun 2005 > > Amended(3) by P4940 'instrument mechanics' (Zefram), 29 Apr 2007 > > Amended(4) by P5276 'Generalize security' (Murphy, Pavitra, Zefram), 07 > > Nov 2007 > > Assigned to the Committee on Rules by P6053 'Committees' (Murphy, > > woggle, ais523), 23 Jan 2009 > > Amended(5) by P6513 'Power Cleanup' [disi.] (Alexis), 03 Oct 2009 > > Amended(6) by P6815 'Initial security' [green] (Murphy, ais523), 04 Sep > > 2010 > > Amended(7) by P7759 'minor Powers v0.2' (G.), 19 Jul 2015 > > Amended(8) by P7781 'Secure, secures, securing, secured' (the > > Warrigal), 14 Aug 2015 > > Amended(9) by P8017 'RTRW Cleanups' (Alexis), 06 Mar 2018 > > > > Annotations: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Rule 2140/3 (Power=3) > > Power Controls Mutability > > > > Rules to the
