BPO locking changes (CSM)
Stats
- Raised by: Dierdra Vaal
- Submission Date: 19 July 2009
- Issue ID: tbd
Summary
Blueprint Originals owned by a corporation can be 'locked', allowing the BPOs to be used without risking theft. This is a great system, but can be quite unwieldy. To unlock a BPO, a corporate vote needs to be made, all shareholders cast their vote and if the vote is succesful, the BPO is unlocked. As a way for shareholders to prevent a CEO running off with the BPOs this is a good system. For mass unlocking BPOs it is not a good system.
Solution
There are two solutions proposed:
Allow way to unlock/lock BPOs in batches with only 1 vote (instead of a vote for every BPO). This should be the most straightforward solution.
The alternative is to make the voting procedure to unlock BPOs optional. You can keep them on or turn them off completely. By default, BPOs should require a vote to be unlocked. In order to change it, a new vote should be passed succesfully - allowing shareholders to prevent a rogue CEO to hijack the BPOs without their consent.
If you choose to turn unlock-voting off then the CEO or anyone with the designated role of Technical Security Officer (new role) should be able to unlock/lock the blueprints easily and en mass.
This solution allows both the current system (which is useful for IPOs and organisations that depend heavily on their shareholders) and a new system that is not quite as secure but a lot faster to use. This system is not really open for abuse since the only way the locking mechanism can be changed is if the shareholders agree to it.
Pros
- Less hassle to maintain blueprint collections
Cons
- Corps may become more vulnerable to BPO theft (but only after a succesful vote to accept the more risky setup)
Relevant Forum Threads
Votes
- Dierdra Vaal - yes
- mazzilliu - yes
- Zastrow J - yes
- Erik Finnegan - yes
- Avalloc - yes
- Omber Zombie - no
- Larkonis Trassler - yes
- Meissa Anunthiel - no
- Issler Dainze - no