These are the initial rules with which Polynomic started.
Adapted from
http://www.nomic.net/~board/cgi-bin/nbb.pl?read=1454
'I.' This is Polynomic 1. The admin is Tyrethali.
'II.' The admin is responsible for keeping track of the gamestate, as well as any other duties mentioned in the rules.
'III.' Anyone may send a proposal to this Polynomic by replying to this message, which must have a subject of "Proposal to" then followed by the name of this polynomic. Within the body of the message must be dictated a change or changes to the rules.
'IV.' Upon receiving a proposal, the person who made the proposal will create a new nomic in a new post, identical to this one except that: The person who made the proposal is the admin of the new nomic, a "1" is appened to the name of the Nomic, and the changes to the rules detailed in the proposal are enacted. This new message should have for the subject the name of the new nomic.
After receiving the proposal, the admin of this nomic will add a 0 to the end of the name of this nomic.
'V.' If this Polynomic receives no new proposals for seven days, it is dead, and no changes to its gamestate may be made, including proposals.