On Thu, 20 Nov 2008, Pavitra wrote: > On Tuesday 18 November 2008 02:46:42 am Alexander Smith wrote:
>> Ugh, probably a bug. It's an interesting question, though; if a >> contract specifies horrible penalties for leaving if it's amended, >> is that a good thing? Maybe we should relax this a bit at the risk >> of allowing more Protection-racket-like mousetraps. > > Legal contracts should have no guarantee of non-trappiness (the old > Agoran custom, I think, is that you should know better than to agree > to a buggy text), but Equitable contracts should have ample > safeguards. Wasn't it Peter Suber who said (paraphrasing) "anyone who agrees to a Rules change mechanism that's anything other than unanimous deserves what they get"? -G.
