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[haggis] Rule leaking in chat



> lyman writes:
> Let me be more specific about what I consider an
> "indirect" communication of a rule and maybe people
> can state opinions about the ethics.
>  
> For purposes of illustration let's say that the rule I
> was trying to convey was:
>  
> Rule 101: A red is worth 7 points.
>  
> I was intending to trade a rule I did have.
>  
> Rule 102: A blue is worth 5 points.
>  
> I would trade rule 102 to the recipient and then say
> on the open chat line:
>  
> Rule 101 says is the same as Rule 102 except that the
> target color is red and the pont value is two higher.
>  
> I realize that this leaks information to some other
> people, but you can imagine a more sophisticated
> exchange.  I think we can stop short of full blown
> public key cryptography.

I have no problem with this.