On 2/13/2019 7:29 AM, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote:
Aaaaaand that's that.
Oh well, even if the scam didn't work in the end, at least it stimulated some
interesting philosphical discussion :P
-twg
Yeah, I really did think the argument was plausible at first, but the
various routes in assuming it worked just led back to that reading being
clearest and most reasonable. It might have worked (in those half-
constructed arguments at least) if R1742 had limited contracts to players
rather than persons.
Since it's one of our oldest scams, and despite that the protections against
it are (as evidenced here) a bit muddy, here's a proto to elevate the
protections to a level they deserve:
Create the following Rule, "No Mousetraps", at Power 3.1:
Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, a person CANNOT be bound to
abide by any agreement without eir explicit, willful, consent.
Further, the provisions (text) of an agreement CANNOT be amended
without providing all parties to the agreement a reasonable
opportunity to review the potential amendments.
For the purposes of this rule, Agora is considered an agreement with
the rules as its provisions, and a rule change which would otherwise
take effect without its substance being subject to general player
review through a reasonably public process is wholly prevented from
taking effect.
[Text pretty much taking from R101/13].
Amend R869 by deleting:
The Rules
CANNOT otherwise bind a person to abide by any agreement without
that person's willful consent.
