[s-b] Refresh Proposal Ballot

[Jay Campbell <bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Below are the Refresh Proposals from Charles, Teucer, 0x44, comex. 
Please reply to this forum with your Ballot per:

4e0.7. Each PEP may cast a single Ballot by announcing it via the 
Emergency Forum. This Ballot shall rank some (or all) of the Refresh 
Proposals in order of preference, with the most-preferred alternative 
being ranked first, and less-preferred alternatives being given 
subsequently higher integers.


============ Charles

{{Make comex a player, if he was not one already.}}

============ Teucer

{Rule changes first.

Amend rule 4E79 by replacing the first instance of the string
{Officer. Officers} with {Officer. Officers may only be entities bound
to the Contract defining the Corporation, and if an entity ceases to
be so bound then it also ceases to be an Officer. If no such entity is
defined as an officer then every party to that contract is considered
an Officer.

Officers}. /* This defeats the CPA. */

Amend rule 4E70 by adding to the end:
{

The text of a Contract may not be taken to compel any behavior on the
part of any player who did not post a message explicitly stating their
consent to be bound by that Contract. /* This part stymies the efforts
of SCAM. */

No Contract may be submitted whose text is not provided, in
unencrypted form, in the e-mail message in which the text is
submitted. /* This part prevents future Contracts of Epimenides. That
one isn't nearly as broken as CPA or SCAM, but while we're tidying
things up we might as well. */
}

Amend rule 4E7 by adding to the end:
{

An explicit account of the action undertaken must be posted, in
unencrypted English; defining the action in an unambiguous fashion
without making it known to all English speakers reading the message
does not constitute a valid game action. /* This part keeps me from
posting encrypted text in foreign languages and claiming to do the
plaintext. */
}

Now, the gamestate changes.

Destroy the following contracts: SCAM, Crimson Permanent Assurance Mk
II, lhret rhlhr, Alelaelaelalealealealelaelaou, comex's Corporation,
comex's Second Corporation, comex's Third Corporation, and comex's
Mersenne Prime Corporation.

Replace the Contract of Epimenides with the following text:

{
Section 1. This Contract is the Articles of Incorporation for a
Corporation known as Epimenides, Inc. This Corporation has two
Officers, known as the Cretan and the Cretin. They may or may not be
the same person at any given time. The Cretin is the party to this
Contract whose most recent instance of becoming bound by this Contract
was earlier than that of any other party to this Contract. The Cretan
is the party to this Contract whose first instance of becoming bound
by this Contract was later than that of any other party to this
Contract. The Cretan has the power to edit this Contract at any time,
but may only do so without objection from other Parties to this
Contract. No section of this Contract may constrain the actions of the
Cretin. The Cretan may not edit this sentence or the sentence before
it, nor may he make any edits which would conflict with the
requirement of the preceding sentence.

Section 2. All ninjas are mammals.

Section 3. If a section of this Contract with an even number contains
any assertions of fact (as opposed to sentences which, while phrased
as declaratives, actually serve to bind its Parties' behavior), all
Parties to this Contract except the Cretin are forbidden from taking
any game actions they are able to take which could cause any such
assertion to become untrue. If such an assertion is already untrue,
all Parties to this Contract except the Cretin are required to take
any game actions they are able to take which could cause any such
assertions to become true. Furthermore, all Parties to this Contract
except the Cretin are required at all times to engage in game actions
founded on the premise that all such assertions are true, whether or
not they are.

Section 4. Ninjas fight ALL the time.

Section 5. The Cretin is humbly entreated by this Contract to make no
statement of fact on any public forum which is not false. As the
Contract may not bind the Cretin's behavior, however, this is not a
requirement, merely a polite request.

Section 6. The purpose of a ninja is to flip out and kill people.

Section 7. If the Cretan posts to a public forum and Epimenides, Inc.
posesses any mackerel or any socks, the Cretan is obligated to include
in the post a transaction indicating that e acts on behalf of the
corporation in such a way as to redistribute those mackerel and socks
to the two Officers of Epimenides, Inc. If the two Officers are
distinct people, the Cretan will do this using the dice server on
nomic.net. Such redistribution need not be random nor equitable.

Section 8. The player known as teucer has won the game of B Nomic
during the fourth era.

Section 9. No player may become a Party to this Contract more than
once in a single nweek.

Section 10. All assertions of fact (as clarified in section 3)
contained in even-numbered sections of the Contract of Epimenides are
false, except possibly this one.

Section 11. Any party to this contract may cease to be a party to it
at any time.
}

/* That's for BP. */

Amend the gamestate to be such that teucer's enciphered Portuguese
text posted to the public forum was without effect.

Amend the gamestate to reflect the fact that comex is already a
player. No amendments to the list of players are to be made at this
time.

Change all PEPs' mental states to Calm.

Change the Message of the nweek to "Emergencies: like slumps, but with
extra paranoia."}

======================= 0x44

{{
    Replace the text of 4e5 with:
    {
       Game Documents are Game Objects that consist of meaningful text
that is readable by any Player without unreasonable effort.

       In each Game Document, with the exception of this paragraph, text
between a forward slash+asterisk character combination and an
asterisk+forward slash character combination or between double square
brackets (that is, text between "/*" and "*/" or between "[[" and "]]")
shall be deemed Comment Text. Comment Text has no direct effect on the
state of the game, although it can be read.
    }
  
    Replace the text of 4e70 with:
    {
       As a game action, a Legal Entity may create a game document known
as a Contract. Legal entities who are bound by a contract are known as
parties to that contract.

       As a game action, any legal entity may become bound to a contract
by explicitly expressing their voluntary intent to become bound by the
contract, unless the text of that contract would prohibit such an
action. A legal entity may not become bound to a contract by any other
means. For the purposes of this rule, creating a contract is a game
action expressing the creator's voluntary intent to become bound by said
contract. A legal entity may not become bound by a contract by any other
means.

        A contract must specify means by which a party may cease to be
bound that contract. No contract may restrict any party from ceasing to
be bound by that contract, except insofar as the party has outstanding
obligations bestowed by that specific contract.

        Any party to a contract may submit a Consultation indicating
that a specified Legal Entity bound by a specified contract has failed
to fulfill the obligations bestowed upon them by that Contract. If the
Priest of the Consultation finds that the specified legal entity
violated the contract in question, they shall submit an Oracularity
which endeavors to equitably rectify the breach. For the purposes of the
ceasing to be bound by the terms of a contract, compliance with the
PONDERED/Consistent Oracularity will take the place of any outstanding
obligations.
     
       There exists a Ministry known as the Ministry of Business. The
Ministry of Business, also known as the Arbiter, is responsible for
maintaining a Public Display of all Contracts and their current text and
parties.

       If, at any time, a contract has fewer than one party, it ceases
to be a Game Document.

       Contracts may Things, which are Game Objects that exist only
within the scope of that Contract. Things may be referenced from other
contexts.
    }
  
    Replace the text of 4e79 with:
    {
       A Contract declaring itself to be a set of Articles of
Incorporation creates a Legal Entity known as a Corporation. Articles of
Incorporation must, at minimum, establish the name of the Corporation
and at define at least one Officer.

       Officers of a Corporation shall collectively ensure that the
Corporation fulfills the obligations specified in its Articles or any
other Contract to which it may be Party. Only a Party to the Articles of
Incorporation may become an Officer of a Corporation. Unless otherwise
restricted by the Articles of Incorporation, an officer may act on 
behalf of a Corporation by submitting a game action on behalf of the
Corporation, explicitly stating the actions described in are being
performed by the Corporation.

       Any Corporation, whose Articles of Incorporation do not comply
with this rule, ceases to be a Legal Entity and the Articles of
Incorporation cease to be a Game Object.
    }
  
    Comex is a player. ZOT any extant Consultation calling into question
his Playerhood.

    Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the revised
4e79, the Corporation known as CPA ceases to be a legal entity and its
Articles of Incorporation ceases to be a Game Document.

    Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the revised
4e79, the Corporation known as CPA2 ceases to be a legal entity and its
Articles of Incorporation ceases to be a Game Document.

    Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the revised
4e79, the Corporation known as SCAM ceases to be a legal entity and its
Articles of Incorporation ceases to be a Game Document.

    Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the revised
4e79, the Corporation defined in the "Contract of Epimenides" ceases to
be a legal entity and its Articles of Incorporation ceases to be a Game
Document.

    In case the "Contract of Epimenides" does not declare itself to be
an Articles of Incorporation, the "Contract of Epimenides" ceases to be
a Game Object.

    "lhret rhlhr" ceases to be a Game Object.

    Since their Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the revised
4e79, all Corporations known as Ninja{some number} cease to be a legal
entity and their Articles of Incorporation cease to be a Game Documents.

    Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the revised
4e79, the Corporation known as "OCB Remote" ceases to be a legal entity
and its Articles of Incorporation ceases to be a Game Document.

    Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the revised
4e79, the Corporation known as "teucer's mack heist" ceases to be a
legal entity and its Articles of Incorporation ceases to be a Game Document.

        Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the
revised 4e79, the Corporation known as "ehird's Corporation" ceases to
be a legal entity and its Articles of Incorporation ceases to be a Game
Document.

        Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the
revised 4e79, the Corporation known as "A GREAT THING CORPORATION"
ceases to be a legal entity and its Articles of Incorporation ceases to
be a Game Document.

        Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the
revised 4e79, the Corporation known as "comex's Corporation" ceases to
be a legal entity and its Articles of Incorporation ceases to be a Game
Document.

        Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the
revised 4e79, the Corporation known as "comex's Second Corporation"
ceases to be a legal entity and its Articles of Incorporation ceases to
be a Game Document.

        Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the
revised 4e79, the Corporation known as "comex's Third Corporation"
ceases to be a legal entity and its Articles of Incorporation ceases to
be a Game Document.

        Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the
revised 4e79, the Corporation known as "cMPC" ceases to be a legal
entity and its Articles of Incorporation ceases to be a Game Document.

        Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the
revised 4e79, the Corporation known as "Alelaelaelalealealealelaelaou"
ceases to be a legal entity and its Articles of Incorporation ceases to
be a Game Document.
 
        Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the
revised 4e79, the Corporation known as "Lala" ceases to be a legal
entity and its Articles of Incorporation ceases to be a Game Document.

        Since its Articles of Incorporation do not comply with the
revised 4e79, the Corporation known as "SCAM" ceases to be a legal
entity and its Articles of Incorporation ceases to be a Game Document.

       The Contract known as "FREE MACKS" ceases to be a Game Document.
}}

================ Comex

I submit the following Refresh Proposal:
{
Amend Rule 4E7 by adding this paragraph at the end:
{
To "specify" a parameter, a person must unambiguously, explicitly
describe it in such a way that it can be reasonably identified by any
English speaker.
}

Amend Rule 4E70 by replacing:
{
A Legal Entity, as a Game Action, may create a Game Document known as
a Contract.
}
with:
{
A Legal Entity, as a Game Action, may create a Game Document known as
a Contract, specifying its text.
}

Amend Rule 4E79 by replacing:
{
These Articles must, at a minimum, give the Corporation a name and
define at least one Officer.
}
with:
{
These Articles must, at a minimum, give the Corporation a name and
define at least one Officer; only Legal Entities bound by them can be
defined as Officers.
}
and by replacing:
{
An Officer can, *unless otherwise specified in the Articles of
Incorporation,* act on behalf of a Corporation by sending a message to
the Public Forum explicitly stating that the Actions described in the
message are being performed by the Corporation.
}
with:
{
An Officer can, unless otherwise specified in the Articles of
Incorporation, act on behalf of a Corporation; other entities can also
act on behalf of a Corporation if allowed by the Articles of
Incorporation.
}

Amend Rule 4E7 by adding this paragraph at the end:
{
A Legal Entity (the Actor) can generally, as a Game Action, act on
behalf of another Legal Entity (the Target) where the Rules allow it.
To do this, the Actor must explicitly state that the action is being
performed by the Target.
}
(No contracts are terminated or amended by this Refresh Proposal; scam
contracts can look out for themselves.)
}

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