Re: DIS: Protoproto: Fixing contracts

2008-11-20 Thread Ed Murphy
Goethe wrote: > 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. http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/writing/nomic.htm "After Nomic was first published in Scientific American, a German

Re: DIS: Protoproto: Fixing contracts

2008-11-20 Thread Kerim Aydin
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 a

Re: DIS: Protoproto: Fixing contracts

2008-11-20 Thread Pavitra
On Tuesday 18 November 2008 02:46:42 am Alexander Smith wrote: > Pavitra wrote: > > ais523 wrote: > > > * There was a period lasting at least 4 days during which > > > the person was aware of or could easily have found out that an > > > attempt or intent to make that amendment was being made,

Re: DIS: Protoproto: Fixing contracts

2008-11-18 Thread Ed Murphy
ais523 wrote: >>> * There was a period lasting at least 4 days during which the >>> person was aware of or could easily have found out that an >>> attempt or intent to make that amendment was being made, >>> and could have ceased to agree to the document in question >

RE: DIS: Protoproto: Fixing contracts

2008-11-18 Thread Alexander Smith
Pavitra wrote: > ais523 wrote: > > calculated. A contract's Spirit can be Legal, Equitable, or both > > (but must be at least one of Legal or Equitable); other rules > A contract's Spirit can be Legal, Equitable, or Dual. I thought of that. May as well. > > The only appropriate sentence in a questi

Re: DIS: Protoproto: Fixing contracts

2008-11-17 Thread Pavitra
On Tuesday 18 November 2008 12:26:25 am Ed Murphy wrote: > Pavitra wrote: > >> * There was a period lasting at least 4 days during which > >> the person was aware of or could easily have found out that an > >> attempt or intent to make that amendment was being made, and > >> could have ceased

Re: DIS: Protoproto: Fixing contracts

2008-11-17 Thread Ed Murphy
Pavitra wrote: >> * There was a period lasting at least 4 days during which the >> person was aware of or could easily have found out that an >> attempt or intent to make that amendment was being made, >> and could have ceased to agree to the document in question >>

Re: DIS: Protoproto: Fixing contracts

2008-11-17 Thread Ed Murphy
ais523 wrote: > Quick transition guide: > Anything > Unbinding (insufficient parties) > Unbinding > Secret (private agreement) > Secret > Hidden (informing the Notary) > Hidden > Loose (publishing text and membership) > Unbinding > Loose (agreeing to a contract that's been published) > Loose > Pub

Re: DIS: Protoproto: Fixing contracts

2008-11-17 Thread Pavitra
> calculated. A contract's Spirit can be Legal, Equitable, or both > (but must be at least one of Legal or Equitable); other rules A contract's Spirit can be Legal, Equitable, or Dual. > The only appropriate sentence in a question on sentencing with > respect to a non-Legal contract is DISCHARGE.