[s-d] Contracts

[Daniel Lepage <dpl33@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I think what you're looking for, Jimmy, is something like the Offers of 
old, which consisted of two lists of objects and actions. Any player 
could create one as long as they had the objects and could perform the 
actions on one of the lists; any player who could fulfill the other 
list could Accept it, and it was binding inasmuch as any defaulting 
party would automatically lose some escrow given when the Offer was 
Accepted.

They were one-shot things, though. What we really need are Contracts of 
some sort, where multiple players agree to take certain actions 
periodically until some set of terms are met or all parties involved 
agree to dissolve the Contract, with failure again punished by the loss 
of escrow.

Anybody want to write that? I've included a copy of the Offers rule 
below, for reference.

{{
__Offers__

An Offer is a set of required actions that two entities (Parties) agree 
to be bound by. A Party agrees to be bound by an Offer when e Commits 
to it. One Party, the Offeror, Commits to the Offer when e creates it 
by posting its terms on the public forum. The other Party, the 
Acceptor, Commits to the Offer when e states on the public forum that e 
agrees to (Accepts) the Offer.

The Offeror may restrict what entities are permitted to Accept the 
Offer, either by naming them explicitly or stating characteristics that 
include certain entities; if no such restriction is made, any entity is 
permitted to Accept the Offer. At least one entity must be permitted to 
Accept the Offer. The Offeror may withdraw the Offer at any time prior 
to its Acceptance.

An action that an Offer can require of a Party can be either a Gift or 
a Service. A Gift is a transfer of game resources from the required 
Party to the other Party. A Service is a game action that the required 
Party must perform; this game action must be accompanied by a Time 
Limit before which the action must be performed, and may be accompanied 
by a Contingency, which is a specification of game resources the 
required Party must transfer to the other Party if the action is not 
performed before the Time Limit.

If a Party is responsible for a Gift, or if a Party is responsible for 
a Service that includes a Contingency, the resources stated in the Gift 
or Contingency are removed from the Party's possession when the Party 
Commits to the Offer. Said resources (known as Escrow) are held by the 
Offer until the Offer is Concluded.

If an Offer involves no Services, the Offer is Concluded when two 
Parties Commit to it. At that time, resources held in Escrow are 
transferred to the Parties intended to receive them.

If an Offer involves Services, or Gifts and Services, the Offer is 
Concluded when all Services are Performed or Defaulted. A Service is 
Performed if the Party responsible for the Service performs the action 
specified by the Service before the Time Limit specified by the 
Service; a Service is Defaulted if said Party fails to perform said 
action before the Time Limit. Once all Services are Performed or 
Defaulted, if any Defaulted Services in the Offer do not have 
Contingencies, all Escrow is returned to the Parties that originally 
provided it; otherwise, Escrow for Gifts is transferred to the 
receiving Party, Escrow for Contingencies of Defaulted Services is 
transferred to the receiving Party, and Escrow for Contingencies of 
Performed Services is returned to the providing Party.

A Party cannot Commit to an Offer if e cannot perform the actions in 
Services that would be required of em, or if e does not have the 
resources for Gifts or Contingencies that would be required of em.
}}

--
Wonko

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that 
you end up being governed by your inferiors."
     -Plato 

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