On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, Geoffrey Spear wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Kerim Aydin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> When I go to that website, I see a series
>> of scripts. It would be quite possible for me to click on one of those
>> scripts and unknowingly take an action. It is quite possible that it
>> is IMPOSSIBLE to join perlnomic as the contract is written.
>
> Assuming you're not already a player, no action you could take could
> directly cause you to become an active player. You can only use the
> adduser script to request to become an active player, after which the
> existing players can vote on it, and *then* you can use the activate
> script to actually become an active player. The adduser script asks
> that you read the metarules, which state that players agree to the
> Contracts, including the PNP contract.
I figured it was something like this. So what I'm concerned with is that
the PNP contract says you become a member by becoming a player, but does
not contain sufficient detail on what "becoming a player" entails. No info.
on metarules, etc, or even a simple "information on becoming a player may
be obtained from any current member". Deferring to a mysterious and
undefined (in the contract) process isn't enough for specification for:
"If a contract specifies a
mechanism by which Contract Changes to it can be performed, then
such changes CAN be performed using that mechanism." [R2198]
and thus it triggers:
If a Contract Change is ambiguous or its permissibility cannot
be determined with certainty at the time it is attempted, then
that change has no effect. [R2197].
"Specification" would be as simple as adding to the contract itself
"become a player as outlined in [reference]", but that's not there.
Therefore the contract itself doesn't specify how to become a member in
sufficient detail to allow it to take place. For legal reasons, the
specification must exist in official "contract text", as otherwise it
is not actionable in court.
Also note, this is different than the case of a private contract,
which merely would require that someone be shown the text by a member,
but once shown, it's in the contract text. The PNP contract itself
claims to be the full contract, but doesn't contain the right
references.
-Goethe
