[Spoon-business] Ruling on CFI 1099

["Jeremy \"Athena\" Cook" <mcfoufou@xxxxxxxxx>]

Statement: A rule can also be a Society's Charter.

Defendant: Glotmorf

Analysis:

According to rule 578, __Societies__, a Societies Charter is a Game
Document that contains a Society's public rules. If these rules are
contained within an official Game Rule, then that Game Rule must be the
Society's Charter.

Also, as nothing forbids a document from doubling as a Rule and a Charter;
therefore it is permissible by rule 18, __Permissibility of the
Unprohibited__.

Defendant's Brief:

This statement depends entirely on how the proponent is defining the word
"can". If one is defining it to mean "the possibility exists, no matter
how remote or how much work would be involved to bring it about", I would
probably agree to the statement.

Recent history, however, has demonstrated that the proponent would define
the word "can" to be a mandate, as in, "Players can vote" and "Players can
make proposals". It should be assumed, therefore, that the proponent's
intent with the statement is to create a situation in which use of a rule
as a society's charter may be imposed on the game, regardless of the
nature of the rule or the situation in which it exists. This I would
strongly disagree with.

Addressing the proponent's analysis, it appears to be eir contention that
the public rules for a society are an entity in and of themselves, and may
manifest themselves anywhere, even without being identified as such. I do
not argue against the possibility that a rule can specify that a society's
charter consists of a particular block of text, but that is different from
claiming the entire rule is in fact the society's charter. I do not argue
against the possibility that a rule can say its entire text comprises the
charter for a society, but that is different from claiming that that can
be assumed if the rule fails to say it is the case.

I do argue that when it is never officially stated that a particular block
of text comprises a society's charter, and that when a rule that someone
claims is a society's charter is a mixture of regulations that apply to
the society and regulations that extend beyond the scope of the society --
as, for example, in the case of Rule 1073 -- then it cannot be assumed
that that rule is the society's charter, and in fact can be assumed that
it is not.

Whether or not Rule 18 allows the possibility of a rule being a society's
charter to exist, that cannot be assumed to be the case if it is not
explicitly stated.

Ruling: FALSE

Analysis: r578.G.1 (Creating a Society with a Proposal): "A proposal may
create a Society by stating the Society's Charter." If this proposal
passes, then obviously there is a rule which states the Society's Charter.
However, precedent makes it clear what Wonko means is whether a rule which
does not state that a Charter is a Charter can still be a Charter. Since
it is regulated exactly how Charters can occur in rules, it is clear that
permissibility of the unprohibited does not apply.

Athena

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