Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Grounded

["Orc In A Spacesuit" <orcinaspacesuit@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> On Sunday, April 27, 2003, at 08:19  PM, Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:
> > > > The second round of craziness _was not caused my change_.
> > > >
> > > > It was caused by Wonko's societies prop that caused the current 
> > > > loophole.
> > > >
> > > > My change only brought this error into view.
> > >
> > > I'm somewhat confused as to what prop you're referring to... the current 
> > > problem is, as near as I can tell, that your most recent society proposal 
> > > removed the part of r578 which defined what a charter is; although the 
> > > most recent revision of that rule prior to your change was performed by 
> > > me, that was over an nyear ago.
> >
> > Well, it seems that I may have been a bit hasty.  I maintain that my prop 
> > did not cause this bug, just bring it to light.  The fact that "societies 
> > can modify charters" has been around for a very, very long time; the 
> > various definitons of charter have never changed that.  The definition of 
> > charters doesn't change the fact that they can be modified while still 
> > fitting that definition.
> >
> > So, no, Wonko's prop didn't create this; it's been here for a very, very 
> > long time.  Only now has the loophole been brought to light.
>
> The point is that prior to your proposal, it was illegal to modify a 
> charter to anything but 'a list of publicly visible rules'... now that 
> 'charter' is undefined, anything is legal.

Actually, I could modify the charter to be 'a list of publicly visible 
rules' AND other things as well.

Orc in a Spacesuit

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