They are not. Nothing in the SLR or FLR is self-ratifying. Customarily, we ratify the SLR from time to time by proposal in order to ensure we accurately understand the ruleset. This is done by explicit proposal so that people have an opportunity to check it and prevent scams. However, the FLR is never ratified, because doing so would unnecessarily ratify the history of how the ruleset got the way it is, potentially creating a mess if something is wrong.
-Aris On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 1:57 PM 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
