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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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:
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========================================================================
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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========================================================================
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.
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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.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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.").
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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:
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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:
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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:
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Entities
"Entity" is a confusing word to new players. This section describes
what an entity is.
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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:
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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 tha
