On 7/24/20 1:47 PM, Falsifian via agora-discussion wrote:
> Now that we have Contract Charities, here's another draft of a Reportor
> contract. It's the same as what I circulated last month, except changed
> "When" to "If" at the start of the "SHALL publish a Weekly Report"
> sentence.
>
> One note: the contract says the "Weekly Assignment" asset is
> (automatically) transferred back to it at the end of each week. It's
> been said that contracts can't do things automatically, but I think in
> this case it works, since R2166 says an asset's backing document can
> "generally specify when and how" that asset is transferred.
>
> --
>
> Much of the text is around determining who's responsible for writing
> the report for a given week. Summary: whoever claims it first, unless
> e gives it away. I wonder if the text could be simplified.
>
> Title: Agoran Press
>
> {
>
> Purpose: support the documentation of Agoran events in a way that
> informs current players and non-players and also supports future
> research.
>
> -- Joining and leaving --
>
> Parties to this contract are called Reportors.
>
> Any person CAN become a party to this contract by publicly consenting.
>
> Any person CAN cease to be a party by announcement, unless e owns the
> Weekly Assignment, or is responsible for publishing a report in the
> current week and has not done so.
>
> -- Assignment --
>
> The Weekly Assignment is a unique indestructible asset which can be
> owned by players and this contract. It can only be transferred as
> outlined below.
>
> A player who owns a Weekly Assignment at the end of a week is Assigned
> to that week.
>
> If a person Assigned to a week, then e SHALL publish a Weekly Report
> during the following week, summarizing notable events for the Assigned
> week. Notability, and what must be included in a summary, are at the
> author's discretion. (If this becomes a problem, we can sort it out
> later.)
>
> The Weekly Assignment can be transferred as follows:
>
> * If this contract owns it, any Reportor CAN take it by announcement.
>
> * If a Reportor consents to receive it, the owner CAN transfer it to
> that Reportor by announcement.
>
> * At the beginning of every week (immediately after responsibility for
> the previous week is determined) it becomes owned by this contract.
>
> * If it would lack an owner or be owned by the Lost and Found
> department, it becomes owned by this contract.
Players should probably be allowed to always return it to the contract,
>
> -- Payment --
>
> Credits are a currency. If a player is Assigned to a week, then the
> first time e publishes a Weekly Report for that week e is granted one
> credit. (No time limit for payment; late is better than never.)
>
> Whenever a player owns a Credit and this contract owns at least 5 Coins,
> that player CAN transfer 5 Coins from this contract to emself by
> announcement. When e does so, one of eir Credits is destroyed.
>
> The Editor is the recordkeepor for Credits. The player Assigned to the
> previous week is the recordkeepor for Credits, or Falsifian if nobody is
> Assigned.
>
> -- Amendment --
>
> Any Reportor can propose an amendment to this contract by announcement.
> If an amendment was proposed at least 2 days ago, at least two thirds
> (rounded up) of all Reportors consent to it, and it has not yet been
> applied, then any Reportor can apply it by announcement, causing this
> contract to be amended according to it.
>
> }
>
> - Falsifian
>
>
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