Daniel Lepage on Sun, 2 Dec 2007 05:04:04 +0100 (CET)


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Re: [s-d] [s-b] Consultation


On Dec 1, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Roger Hicks wrote:

> On Dec 1, 2007 10:30 AM, Mike McGann <mike.mcgann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> With the proposed change in the RP, something is unregulated and
>> permitted if it isn't regulated or prohibited by a rule. Posing the
>> question of "is X regulated?" may not be easy to answer. If the
>> argument is, "But this works in Agora", then would replacing Rule  
>> 2125
>> with "Whatever is not prohibited or regulated by a rule is permitted
>> and unregulated. However, for the purposes of this rule an action or
>> in-game entity is regulated if described by a rule." be the same as
>> Rule 2125 stands right now? I think someone should submit that as a
>> Proposal over there, I'd love to read the discussion :-)
>>
> I'm not claiming my wording in the RP is the end all be all of
> solutions. I recommend no one tries to exploit what they see as holes
> in the permissibility system until we can all come to an agreement on
> how it should read. My RP is just a first-shot attempt.


Wordnet says regulation means "an authoritative rule", which means  
that all rules are regulations, so anything the rules talk about is  
regulated by definition.

-- 
WOnko

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