On 6/19/07, Zefram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ian Kelly wrote:
>The exact wording is: "It also must allow Agora unrestricted access to
>make changes to its ruleset." There's no restriction on what an AI-3
>proposal can do
The rules of Agora have little concept of Agora as a distinct entity,
and in particular not as an entity capable of effecting rule changes.
Indeed, rule 105 insists that only an instrument can make rule changes,
and Agora is certainly not an instrument. An adopted AI=3 proposal is
surely very powerful, but it is not Agora.
Then the Protectorate rule is broken. An adopted AI=2 proposal is
also not Agora, which means that it cannot make arbitrary changes to
Protectorates.
There's a thought: in your interpretation of the situation, would a
self-repealing rule qualify as Agora changing Agora's ruleset? If so,
it would be ruled out by making Agora a protectorate. Surely there's
no player changing the rule there?
If the self-repeal is triggered by player action, then the exception
would cover it. Otherwise it's questionable, but presumably the rule
was voted upon at some point, yes?
-root
