DIS: Re: BUS: Don't want these things lying around.

2011-04-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 25 Apr 2011, Sean Hunt wrote: If a promise is owned by the Tree, then its author CAN transfer or destroy it with notice. If someone can destroy their own pledge, it no longer functions as a pledge. You are removing a fundamental design feature. -G.

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Don't want these things lying around.

2011-04-25 Thread Sean Hunt
On 11-04-25 06:16 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: If someone can destroy their own pledge, it no longer functions as a pledge. You are removing a fundamental design feature. -G. This is only for a unilateral promise (one that is open to everyone) and the requirement of notice ensure that it can't be

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Don't want these things lying around.

2011-04-25 Thread Kerim Aydin
On Mon, 25 Apr 2011, Sean Hunt wrote: On 11-04-25 06:16 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: If someone can destroy their own pledge, it no longer functions as a pledge. You are removing a fundamental design feature. -G. This is only for a unilateral promise (one that is open to everyone) and the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Don't want these things lying around.

2011-04-25 Thread Sean Hunt
On 11-04-25 06:39 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote: That is insufficient. If someone wants to make a campaign pledge I promise to do X if elected then can revoke the promise 4 days later, it ceases to function. Pledges were by far the most common and useful sort of contract we used to have, so default

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Don't want these things lying around.

2011-04-25 Thread Ed Murphy
G. wrote: Does this simple proto do what you want while leaving ongoing promises as the default method? Proto: Nullification Clauses Amend Promise Rule by appending: If a Condition of a promise is labeled as a Nullification Condition, then its author or Horton CAN destroy the

Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Don't want these things lying around.

2011-04-25 Thread Sean Hunt
On 11-04-25 08:38 PM, Ed Murphy wrote: Unrelated: why hasn't anyone published a ruleset since March 3? No Rulekeepor.