Message posted on Stardate 01112.9 at 2255 hours
Posted by Scott Dale Robison (President).
Edict 33:
You thought I was finished, huh? Well, I’m not! <grin> And lest people fear I’m just shoving stuff through at the last minute, this was processed through the EDept some time ago. Bret liked one part, Larry didn’t, I did, it stays (for at least an hour). :)
- SUPERCEDENCE OF PREVIOUS EDICTS
Edict Bourdaa #8 is hereby rescinded and superceded by this Edict.
Edict Bourdaa #16 is hereby rescinded and superceded by this Edict.
- DESIGNER CLASSIFICATION
The original member who posts a design for a ship specification or technology, collectively known as “designs”, in the Engineering Department will be recognized by the Engineering Department as Primary Designer.
The Primary Designer may name other members as either Primary Designers or Contributing Designers. A member who has contributed roughly the same amount to a design as any Primary Designer is eligible to be named a Primary Designer. Other members who have made substantial contributions to a design are eligible to be named Contributing Designers.
Any action taken by or required of the Primary Designer(s) will require unanimous action on their part, including but not limited to the appointment of Primary and/or Contributing Designers.
The first recognized Primary Designer of a design shall, should the design be approved, be recognized as Maintainer. Another Primary Designer may be named Maintainer upon notification of EDept after a unanimous vote of all Primary Designers. The Maintainer is responsible for any later upgrades to the design and for other maintenance duties as required by the Engineering Department.
A designer may relinquish ownership of a design at any time by notifying Engineering Department of said intent.
- DESIGN SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL
All designs submitted to the Engineering Department will remain the Intellectual Property of the Primary Designer(s). By submitting a design to the Engineering Department, the Primary Designers agree that should it be approved, STF will be granted full license to utilize the design in the manner it sees fit, including, but not limited to, commissioning ships of that design. Designers may incorporate already approved technologies into their designs provided that proper credit is given to the original designer. Neither STF nor other designers receive license to create a revised successor to the design without the prior permission of the Primary Designer(s).
The Engineering Department is granted authority to make non-substantive changes to the official copy of an approved design. The Engineering Department is not granted authority to make substantive changes to the official copy of an approved design without the prior express consent of all Primary Designers.
The approval criteria shall be determined by the Engineering Director, except in the event that Engineering Director is a recognized designer of the design to be approved. In that event, the design must be approved by a majority of a three (3) member panel, consisting of the Assistant Engineering Director, the Dock Master, and a third member to be appointed by the President.
- DESIGN UPGRADE
In the event that a Primary Designer wishes to supplant a design already approved with a revised version, the revised version must be approved by the Engineering Department as any other design. Should the revised version be approved, the previous version will automatically be removed from the approved design list. The consent of all Primary Designers is necessary for a revised version to be submitted.
- DESIGN INHERITANCE
Should the Maintainer leave STF, the remaining Primary Designers shall decide amongst themselves which of them will be recognized as Maintainer.
Should there be no Primary Designers remaining in STF, the Contributing Designers shall decide amongst themselves which of them will be recognized as Primary Designer and Maintainer.
Should there be no Contributing Designers remaining in STF, the Engineering Department shall assume provisional Maintainer authority over the design. The Engineering Department is not authorized to make substantive changes to a design over which it has provisional Maintainer power.
Should a design be under the provisional Maintainer authority of the Engineering Department and not retired and one of the Primary Designers returns to STF, he will resume full Primary Designer and Maintainer status on the design. Should the design have been retired, the design shall remain retired.
- DESIGN TERMINATION
The Engineering Department may retire from service any design over which it has provisional Maintainer authority. The Engineering Department may retire from service any design upon 90 day notification of the Maintainer and public post in the Engineering Department should the design meet any of the following criteria:
- The design is not currently in use and has not been for at least 60 days.
- The design becomes directly contradicted by canonical sources.
- The design is not updated in a timely manner when required by the Engineering Department.
- The design is determined to be extraneous and unnecessary, grossly overpowered, or grossly underpowered by the Engineering Department in consultation with the President.
- IMPLEMENTATION
Designers of all designs currently approved by the Engineering Department are required to decide amongst themselves which of them shall have Maintainer, Primary Designer, and Contributing Designer status within 30 days of this Edict and notify the Engineering Department promptly. Failure to do so will result in the Engineering Department selecting a single designer as both Maintainer and Primary Designer. Should failure to act result in Engineering Department assignments, the assignments may be amended via the dispute mechanism below.
Should the designers of a design currently approved by the Engineering Department not be willing to accept these terms, they may request that their design be retired from service and removed from STF, provided that 90 day notification is given to the Engineering Department and the President.
- DISPUTES
Should a dispute arise as to the status of a design or designer, the dispute shall be mediated by the President. The decision of the President shall be considered final.
Scott Dale Robison
President, Star-Fleet