On Mon, 14 Jul 2008, comex wrote: > It's not really that much of a stretch to let contracts do that stuff, > especially considering the analogy with partnerships.
The difference comes when we insert a second decision-making entity (e.g. a thinking person with a technical domain of control and actual "choice") along the chain. We recognize that distinction, and in the past we have regulated it. We do now in some non-obvious ways. For example, I send you a message authorizing and requiring you (via mutual contract) to do something on my behalf. You then send a message to Agora on my behalf. Unlike the situation when it bounces between machines, the time of action is (arguably! this isn't tested!) when it leaves your TDOC for the forum, not when it leaves my TDOC for yours. -Goethe
