...which proposal in the affixed message? :P
(I know the one you mean but I don't think it's unambiguous enough to satisfy
R478.)
-twg
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On Sunday, July 28, 2019 6:18 PM, Aris Merchant
<thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oops, I sent that half typed. If I haven't submitted the proposal in
> the affixed message, I do so.
>
> -Aris
>
> On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 11:13 AM Aris Merchant
> thoughtsoflifeandligh...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Jul 23, 2019 at 12:14 PM Jason Cobb jason.e.c...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > I submit the following proposal
> > > Title: Limited-party contracts
> > > AI: 2.5
> > > Text:
> > > {
> > > Amend Rule 1742 as follows:
> > >
> > > Before the paragraph beginning "Parties to a contract", insert the
> > > following paragraph:
> > >
> > > A player generally CAN become a party to an existing contract by
> > > announcement. However, if the contract explicitly limits the
> > > persons who can become party to itself, any person not
> > > fulfilling those restrictions CANNOT become a party to the
> > > contract. Before the creation of a contract, if a person could
> > > not, in the hypothetical where the contract already exists,
> > > become party to the contract, e is not counted as consenting to
> > > the agreement for the purposes of the previous paragraph, even
> > > if e has agreed to be party to the contract.
> > >
> > >
> > > [Comment: The goal is to resolve the bug that G. recently showed (with
> > > the contract that states that it is impossible to join). This would
> > > prevent such a contract by ensuring that it could never reach the two
> > > parties required to create it. This also gives force to clauses that
> > > purport to limit the set of parties.]
> > > }
> >
> > I'm sorry, but this is phrased in a vastly more complicated way than
> > it needs to be. It's inelegant to add an entire paragraph to add a
> > single, simple condition (you can't I submit the following proposal.
> > -Aris
> >
> > Title: Contractual Delimitation
> > Adoption index: 2.5
> > Author: Aris
> > Co-authors: Jason Cobb
> > If a proposal entitled "Limited-party contracts" has passed in the last
> > month, undo the effects of that proposal.
> > Amend Rule 1742, "Contracts", by changing the text
> > "It is IMPOSSIBLE for a person to become a party to a contract without
> > eir agreement."
> > to read
> > "It is IMPOSSIBLE for a person to become a party to a contract without
> > both eir agreement and the agreement of all other persons who are or would
> > be parties to that contract.
