On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:00 AM, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Revisiting my B.N. thesis (11/29/07) on partnerships, I've identified > the following general models of partnership control. Can anyone think > of any others? Neat divisions! I'm not familiar with Agora's partnerships yet, and can't recall seeing anything that would fall into the category I'm about to propose anywhere else, but I think it's conceivable to add: > > * Consentual (e.g. Pineapple, Human Point Two) > * Capitalist (e.g. Primo, Reformed Bank) > * Unilateral (e.g. AFO) > * Democratic (e.g. PerlNomic, Normish) * Automatic/External A partnership (if the rules here allow it) could potentially be initially defined such that its post-creation doings (including self-amendment) would fall entirely under the control of external events not easily influenced by the partners themselves. Betting contracts/partnerships could be one nice example, if all agency is only exercised when the partnership is established. e.g. This is a partnership between X and Y. If the Dow hits 6000 before hitting 12000, X must transfer 1000 chits [[not sure what those are yet...]] to Y. Else, Y must transfer 1000 chits to X. (even more automatic, if partnerships can do that: the chits are surrendered to the partnership upon its adoption, and then automatically distributed by the partnership after external triggering) Billy Pilgrim
