On Mon, 18 Oct 2010, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:42 PM, omd <c.ome...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I intend to appeal this with two support. Making a proposal > > undistributable modifies information for which some player is required > > to be a recordkeepor, so R2125 forbids me from doing it except as > > allowed by the rules. > > > > Evidence: > > > > e) It would, as part of its effect, modify information for which > > some player is required to be a recordkeepor. Such an action > > CANNOT modify that information except as allowed by the > > rules. > > IMO, "X is forbidden to Y" means "X SHALL NOT Y", not "X CAN NOT Y". > See R869's "forbidden or prevented" to cover both. R2125's usage is > probably a problem, of course, since it makes it IMPOSSIBLE to pay a > fee to perform an ILLEGAL action.
As "forbidden" is not defined as directly associated with a particular MMI mode, and (in general English) could be applied to either CAN or SHALL, I'd say context is important. In this case, the "otherwise" is explicitly and directly presented as the opposite to CAN in the same sentence, so here means OTHERWISE CANNOT. IMO, the "except as modified by the rules" in 2125e and the "otherwise forbidden" in 2283 attempt to defer to each other, although I find coppro's argument a reasonable reading as well. -G.
