CODE_OF_CONDUCT.txt

                                Codes of Conduct
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Members of this project are expected to abide by one of two ancient Codes of
Conduct, at their discretion.

        One should  never do  something to  others that one  would regard  as an
        injury to  one's own self.  In brief, this  is dharma. Anything  else is
        succumbing to desire.

                                -- Mahābhārata 13.114.8, _ca._ 400 BCE to 400 CE

Or, alternatively,

            I. The Captain  is to have two full Shares;  the Quartermaster is to
               have  one  Share and  one  Half;  The  Doctor, Mate,  Gunner  and
               Boatswain, one Share and one Quarter.

           II. He that shall be found guilty of taking up any Unlawful Weapon on
               Board the  Privateer or  any other  prize by us  taken, so  as to
               Strike  or Abuse  one another  in any  regard, shall  suffer what
               Punishment the Captain and the  Majority of the Company shall see
               fit.

          III. He that  shall  be found  Guilty  of Cowardice  in  the time  of
               engagements,  shall suffer  what Punishment  the Captain  and the
               Majority of the Company shall think fit.

           IV. If any Gold,  Jewels, Silver, &c. be found on  Board of any Prize
               or Prizes to the  value of a Piece of Eight, &  the finder do not
               deliver it  to the  Quarter Master  in the space  of 24  hours he
               shall suffer what Punishment the  Captain and the Majority of the
               Company shall think fit.

            V. He that  is found Guilty of Gaming, or  Defrauding one another to
               the value of  a Royal of Plate, shall suffer  what Punishment the
               Captain and the Majority of the Company shall think fit.

           VI. He  that shall  have the  Misfortune to  lose a  Limb in  time of
               Engagement, shall  have the Sum  of Six hundred pieces  of Eight,
               and remain aboard as long as he shall think fit.

          VII. Good Quarters to be given when Craved.

         VIII. He that  sees a Sail first,  shall have the best  Pistol or Small
               Arm aboard of her.

           IX. He  that shall  be guilty  of Drunkenness  in time  of Engagement
               shall  suffer what  Punishment the  Captain and  Majority of  the
               Company shall think fit.

            X. No snapping of Guns in the Hold.

                               -- Ned Law's _Pirate Code of Conduct_, _ca._ 1722