A very intriguing contract. It looks like it would probably work as is, but I have several improvements:
The first sentence of Section 1 is phrased in a misleading way. Try "Any player CAN become a member of this contract by agreeing to join. Unambiguously taking an action defined within this contract constitutes agreement." The key point is that the only way a player can join is by agreeing (per the rules), but you're providing an implicit avenue for that agreement. The provision that "its text otherwise CANNOT be changed" is ineffective. Any contract can be changed by the agreement of its parties, whether it is willing to admit that fact or not. Anyway, making something unamendable is almost always a bad idea. If you don't want to provide any non-default method for amendment, just leave out that provision. Another observation is that one can't submit a contract anymore. When you want it to be available for use, just post it and say that you agree to it, and it will become a contract as soon as someone else joins. -Aris On Wed, Jul 11, 2018 at 4:11 PM Kerim Aydin <ke...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > > > > Anyone have ore? > Anyone want Coins? > > * Refineries have no carrying capacity. > * I'm standing on a Rank-5 refinery that can make 13 Coins from every ore. > * Let's see if we can get people back in the Coins game! > * (yes, this is a last-ditch attempt to diversify land ownership). > > > This is a proto-contract (proofing would be great). Aris, does this look > like it > will work? > > THE FOUNDRY > > 1. Any player CAN become a member of this contract either by agreeing to this > contract, or by taking an action unique to this contract clearly meant to > be > a contract action (e.g. shipping or receiving as specified here). > G. CAN terminate this contract with 1 week's notice - its text otherwise > CANNOT > be changed. > > 2. G. will spend a substantial proportion of each week located at (+3, -1), > and > warn members when e is not planning to be there for any length of time. > > 3. Whenever G. is at (+3, -1), any member CAN "ship to the foundry" an > exactly > specified amount of ore in eir possession, by announcement. When ore is > shipped > to the foundry: > - The member first transfers the ore from emself to G. > - The member then acts on behalf of G. to transfer the ore from G. to the > refinery at G.'s location. > "Exact specification" means an exact number must be specified; shorthand > such > as "all" cannot be used to specify shipping. > > 4. When Coins are created by the foundry as a result of an ore shipment, and > G. > is located at (+3, -1) the member who shipped the ore CAN, by > announcement, > "receive from the foundry" the exactly specified and appropriate amount of > Coins created from ore e shipped. When coins are received from the > foundry: > - The member first acts on behalf of G. to transfer the coins from the > refinery at G.'s location to G. > - The member then acts on behalf of G. to transfer the coins from G. to > the member. > > 5. If coins have been created as in #4, G. emself CAN make the transfers > implied > in #4 directly (from the refinery to G. and from G. to the member in > question) > in place of the member receiving from the foundry. > > THE LEGALESE > > 6. While it is recognized that currency is fungible, this Contract shall be > interpreted sensibly and G. (and members) will ensure that everyone gets > "their" coins. G. will not under any circumstances "borrow" or otherwise > use ore or coins that is part of others' shipments, without explicit > permission. If Something Goes Wrong, G. and members will work towards an > equitable solution to the problem. > > 7. While this contract does not require contributions to refinery Upkeep, G. > may politely request donations for Upkeep if e feels it appropriate. If e > decides not to pay upkeep, e will work to ensure no one else's shipments > are > lost by being in the refinery when it's destroyed. > > > > > > > > > > > > >
