diff --git a/packages/logic-solver/logic.js b/packages/logic-solver/logic.js
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+Logic = {};
+
+// WholeNumber: a non-negative integer (0 is allowed)
+Logic.WholeNumber = Match.Where(function (x) {
+  check(x, Match.Integer);
+  return x >= 0;
+});
+
+// Term: a variable name or variable number, optionally
+// negated (meaning "boolean not").  For example,
+// `1`, `-1`, `"foo"`, or `"-foo"`.  All variables have
+// internal numbers that start at 1, so "foo" might be
+// variable number 1, for example.  Any number of leading
+// "-" will be parsed in the string form, but we try to
+// keep it to either one or zero of them.
+Logic.Term = Match.Where(function (x) {
+  if (typeof x === 'number') {
+    check(x, Match.Integer);
+    return (x !== 0);
+  } else {
+    check(x, String);
+    return !! x;
+  }
+});
+
+// A Term that is represented as a number, not a name.
+// (Subtype of Term.)
+Logic._NTerm = Match.Where(function (x) {
+  check(x, Match.Integer);
+  return (x !== 0);
+});
+
+Logic.not = function (term) {
+  check(term, Logic.Term);
+  if (typeof term === 'number') {
+    return -term;
+  } else if (term.charAt(0) === '-') {
+    return term.slice(1);
+  } else {
+    return '-' + term;
+  }
+};
+
+Logic.Formula = function () {};
+// Returns a list of clauses that together require the
+// Formula to be true.  (Does not add them to the solver.)
+Logic.Formula.prototype._genTrue = function (solver) { return []; };
+// Returns a list of clauses that together require the
+// Formula to be false.
+Logic.Formula.prototype._genFalse = function (solver) { return []; };
+
+// Like `formula._genTrue(solver)` but works on Terms too (in effect
+// promoting them to formulas).
+Logic.Formula._genTrue = function (formula, solver) {
+  if (formula instanceof Logic.Formula) {
+    return formula._genTrue(solver);
+  } else if (Match.test(formula, Logic.Term)) {
+    var t = solver._toN(formula);
+    return [new Logic.Clause([t])];
+  } else {
+    throw new Error("Expected a Formula or Term");
+  }
+};
+
+Logic.Formula._genFalse = function (formula, solver) {
+  if (formula instanceof Logic.Formula) {
+    return formula._genFalse(solver);
+  } else if (Match.test(formula, Logic.Term)) {
+    var t = solver._toN(formula);
+    return [new Logic.Clause([-t])];
+  } else {
+    throw new Error("Expected a Formula or Term");
+  }
+};
+
+Logic.Clause = function (termOrArray/*, ...*/) {
+  var terms = _.flatten(arguments);
+  check(terms, [Logic._NTerm]);
+  this.terms = terms; // immutable [_NTerm]
+};
+
+Logic.Solver = function () {
+  this.clauses = []; // mutable [Clause]
+  this._num2name = [null]; // no 0th var
+  this._name2num = {}; // (' '+vname) -> vnum
+
+  // true and false
+  this._F = this.getVarNum("`F", true); // 1
+  this._T = this.getVarNum("`T", true); // 2
+  this._F_used = false;
+  this._T_used = false;
+  // (it's important that these clauses are elements 0 and 1
+  // of the clauses array)
+  this.clauses.push(new Logic.Clause(-this._F));
+  this.clauses.push(new Logic.Clause(this._T));
+};
+
+// Get a var number for vname, assigning it a number if it is new.
+Logic.Solver.prototype.getVarNum = function (vname, _internal) {
+  var key = ' '+vname;
+  if (_.has(this._name2num, key)) {
+    return this._name2num[key];
+  } else {
+    if (vname.charAt(0) === "`" && ! _internal) {
+      throw new Error("Only generated variable names can start with `");
+    }
+    var vnum = this._num2name.length;
+    this._name2num[key] = vnum;
+    this._num2name.push(vname);
+    return vnum;
+  }
+};
+
+// Converts Terms to _NTerms
+Logic.Solver.prototype._toN = function (t) {
+  var self = this;
+
+  if (_.isArray(t)) {
+    return _.map(t, function (tt) {
+      return self._toN(tt);
+    });
+  }
+
+  if (typeof t === 'number') {
+    return t;
+  } else if (typeof t === 'string') {
+    var not = false;
+    while (t.charAt(0) === '-') {
+      t = t.slice(1);
+      not = ! not;
+    }
+    var n = self.getVarNum(t);
+    return (not ? -n : n);
+  } else {
+    throw new Error("Expected number or string");
+  }
+};
+
+Logic.Solver.prototype._addClause = function (cls) {
+  check(cls, Logic.Clause);
+
+  if (_.contains(cls.terms, 1)) {
+    this._F_used = true;
+  }
+  if (_.contains(cls.terms, 2)) {
+    this._T_used = true;
+  }
+  this.clauses.push(cls);
+};
+
+Logic.Solver.prototype._addClauses = function (array) {
+  check(array, [Logic.Clause]);
+  var self = this;
+  _.each(array, function (cls) { self._addClause(cls); });
+};
+
+Logic.Solver.prototype.require = function (formulaOrArray/*, ...*/) {
+  var self = this;
+  _.each(_.flatten(arguments), function (f) {
+    self._addClauses(Logic.Formula._genTrue(f, self));
+  });
+};
+
+Logic.Solver.prototype.forbid = function (formulaOrArray/*, ...*/) {
+  var self = this;
+  _.each(_.flatten(arguments), function (f) {
+    self._addClauses(Logic.Formula._genFalse(f, self));
+  });
+};
+
+Logic.Solver.prototype._clauseData = function () {
+  var clauses = _.pluck(this.clauses, 'terms');
+  if (! this._T_used) {
+    clauses.splice(1, 1);
+  }
+  if (! this._F_used) {
+    clauses.splice(0, 1);
+  }
+  return clauses;
+};
+
+Logic.or = function (termOrArray/*, ...*/) {
+  return new Logic.OrFormula(_.flatten(arguments));
+};
+Logic.OrFormula = function (terms) {
+  check(terms, [Logic.Term]);
+  this.terms = terms;
+};
+Meteor._inherits(Logic.OrFormula, Logic.Formula);
+Logic.OrFormula.prototype._genTrue = function (solver) {
+  return [new Logic.Clause(solver._toN(this.terms))];
+};
+//Logic.OrFormula.prototype._genFalse = function (solver) {
+  // XXX
+//};
diff --git a/packages/logic-solver/logic_tests.js b/packages/logic-solver/logic_tests.js
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+
+Tinytest.add("logic-solver - require", function (test) {
+  var s = new Logic.Solver;
+
+  s.require('foo');
+  test.equal(s._clauseData(), [[3]]);
+  s.forbid('foo');
+  test.equal(s._clauseData(), [[3], [-3]]);
+
+  s.require([['foo'], '-bar'], '--foo', 'foo');
+  test.equal(s._clauseData(), [[3], [-3], [3], [-4], [3], [3]]);
+});
+
+Tinytest.add("logic-solver - Logic.Or", function (test) {
+  var s = new Logic.Solver;
+
+  s.require(Logic.or('a', 'b'));
+  test.equal(s._clauseData(), [[3, 4]]);
+
+  s.require(Logic.or('-c', 'd', 3));
+  test.equal(s._clauseData(), [[3, 4], [-5, 6, 3]]);
+
+});
diff --git a/packages/logic-solver/package.js b/packages/logic-solver/package.js
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+Package.describe({
+  summary: "General satisfiability solver for logic problems",
+  version: '0.0.1'
+});
+
+Package.on_use(function (api) {
+  api.export('Logic');
+  api.use('check');
+  api.use('underscore');
+  api.add_files(['logic.js']);
+});
+
+Package.on_test(function (api) {
+  api.use('tinytest');
+  api.use('logic-solver');
+  api.add_files('logic_tests.js');
+});