Bad Promotor! You're meant to make it hard for scammers...
On 2009-05-02, Sean Hunt <ride...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I agree to the following:
>
> {{
> This is a pledge entitled Security Clearance.
>
> This pledge imposes no duties on anyone unless coppro is Promotor. If e
> is not, e may amend this pledge by announcement. If e is, e may amend
> without 3 objections, and any player may amend it with 1.5 Agoran Consent.
>
> Any player other than coppro may join or leave this pledge by announcement.
>
> A player can submit privately to coppro a Proposal as if e were
> publishing it to a Public Forum. E SHOULD explain why the Proposal needs
> to be kept from the Agoran public, and include any specific instructions
> as to its distribution. If coppro feels that the Proposal is of
> sufficient gravity to remain hidden, it becomes a COSMIC TOP SECRET
> Proposal. Submitting a proposal for considerations of Security
> constitutes agreement to this contract.
>
> coppro CAN act on behalf of the submitter to submit a COSMIC TOP SECRET
> Proposal, but only if he distributes it in the same message. E SHALL NOT
> otherwise reveal its existence or its substance.
>
> If a COSMIC TOP SECRET Proposal is intended to fix a bug in the rules,
> coppro SHALL NOT reveal the bug to anyone unless the author authorizes
> em to do so, NOR SHALL e exploit it for es own gain or prevent the
> author or anyone specifically authorized by the author from exploiting
> it for eir own gain.
>
> A player may withdraw a COSMIC TOP SECRET Proposal by informing coppro
> that e does so. When e does, it ceases to be a COSMIC TOP SECRET
> Proposal and coppro's duties and privileges with terminate.
>
> coppro SHALL NOT use this contract to harvest scams for eir own good; e
> SHALL do it only for the good of Agora. Any actions taken by coppro that
> would result in people being unwilling to submit potential scams as
> COSMIC TOP SECRET Proposals due to fear e would use them should be
> considered heavily by an equity court.
> }}
>
> This allows someone planning a time-sensitive scam to submit a proposal
> without revealing it to Agora. I know of at least one scam that can only
> be done at the rollover of an Agoran Week, so distributing the scam
> /just/ prior and having the Assessor assess the fix /just/ before next
> week would leave a very small window for people to get in on it after
> they read the proposal.
>
