Every permission for an asset can have a policy set for it. This governs how other Crews may create agreements, which guarantee access to an aspect of that asset.
There are four types of policies currently Public, Private, Prepaid, Custom
Public policy types enable ANYONE to utilize the building without any other permission needed. This is a less common policy type for any of the production facilities, but more common for buildings like the spaceport and habitats.
Private policies enable the owner to allowlist crews and accounts to have access to the buildings. Owners can remove this access at anytime. This type of policy is especially good for sharing between friends and/or alliances
Prepaid enables the owner to set a minimum time, a notice period, and a rate in SWAY, to utilize a specific building. Currently prepaid leases are non-exclusive, meaning that if two people were to pay for access to an extractor, they could both use it at anytime. However, production buildings can typically only run one process at a time, so if it’s already running a process it doesn’t matter if you can access it, you cannot use it until a process is done. This policy type is better utilized for habitats and spaceports, but players can use them on any building it the choose.
Custom policies are developer created contracts that can be linked to within this portal. They are not maintained or audited by the team, and anyone who agrees to the custom contract will need to look into the policy through an external interface/website. They can enable nearly anything, and overtime trusted 3rd part custom contracts will arise. Just be careful when using this policy type as a renter of a specific building.
Policies are always under the “building management” tab within the sidebar indicated by the keys icon