Proposal 9154 has just re-introduced one of my pet peeves into the
ruleset: the phrase "CAN publish". It is unclear what this actually
means, and it appears to be attempting to redefine "publish", which is
already defined in Rule 478. This potentially even presents R2125
concerns, though I doubt a judge would actually find that.
Anyway, here's a proto (drafted at 1am, so make of that what you will)
to actually clearly set out what this means (since I think I'm going to
lose the fight on keeping it out of the ruleset entirely):
{
Amend Rule 478 by inserting the following paragraph after the paragraph
beginning "A public message is a message":
{
A public document is part (possibly all) of a public message.
}
Amend Rule 2202 ("Ratification Without Objection") by deleting the
paragraph reading "A public document is part (possibly all) of a public
message."
[Move this definition to somewhere that makes more sense.]
Amend Rule 478 by inserting the following paragraph after the paragraph
beginning "Where the rules define an action":
{
Where a Rule, other than this one, purports to make the "publishing" of
a specific type of document EFFECTIVE, it is generally:
* to be construed as referring an action of "publishing [that type of
document]", distinct from any action of "publishing" defined in this
Rule; and,
* to be construed as making EFFECTIVE an attempt to perform that action
by (a) publishing (as defined by this Rule) a public document clearly
labelled as that type of document or (b) fulfilling the requirements to
take the action of "publishing [that type of document]", as if that were
a by announcement action; provided that, in either event, the conditions
of the authorizing rule are fulfilled and that required parameters are
specified clearly and unambiguously.
}
}
--
Janet Cobb
Assessor, Rulekeepor
