On Tue, 2017-05-23 at 12:59 -0600, Sprocklem S wrote:
> Proposal: Ruleset Ratification
> {{{
> Amend Rule 1681 ("The Logical Rulesets") by appending the following
> paragraph at the end:
>
> The portions of the SLR and the FLR constituting the substantive
> aspects of the rules, as defined in Rule 2141, are self-ratifying. The
> Rulekeepor SHALL NOT knowingly publish an SLR or FLR where the
> self-ratifying portion is incorrect.
> }}}
>
> [I don't think making the whole thing self-ratifying would cause any
> problems, but there's a lot in the FLR, so I limited it to just
> rule-specific stuff.]
I'm *strongly* opposed to this. Rulekeepors sometimes make
(unintentional) errors, and sometimes these errors are things that
could seriously break the game. Having rules changes limited to methods
with much more oversight (e.g. making full-Ruleset ratifications rare,
with many players looking over the purported ruleset for loopholes and
omissions) is much safer for Agora's ongoing existence.
Note also that we never ratify the FLR, only the SLR. This means that
if a rule *was* misstated, we can then place an "amended by
ratification" in the FLR to explain what happened to it, thus making
the rule history an accurate reflection of reality. If we ratified the
FLR, we'd also be ratifying an incorrect history of how the rule got to
where it did.
--
ais523
