The RICO (Responsible Initial Coin Offering) contract facilitates the creation and management of new ERC-20 tokens. It allows project owners to launch new tokens by specifying token details and associated PoD (Proof of Deposit) contracts. The contract verifies PoD status and calculates the total token supply. It also supports minting tokens for users based on PoD balances and includes an emergency function for transferring tokens.

The `PoD` (Proof of Donation) contract manages donation processes. It allows users to donate Ether, tracks the total received, and maintains individual balances. The contract has states (Deployed, Started, Ended) and enforces conditions like gas price limits and donation periods. It includes functions to reset user balances, retrieve various caps and times, and check the contract's status. The owner can reset balances post-donation period.

The `AbsPoD` contract is an abstract contract for a Proof of Donation (PoD) system. It provides functions to reset a user's Wei balance, retrieve a user's token balance, get the token cap, check if the PoD has started or ended, get the token price, and retrieve the start and end times of the PoD. This contract serves as a blueprint for implementing these functionalities in a concrete contract.