[EricH]

Originally Posted by Chris is me

And what part of the manual makes that clear to you at all? This exact practice has been done for years and the GDC made no further effort to stop it this year than before. If that's really their intent, I wouldn't leave the same giant holes in the manual that "let" them happen last year.

The blue boxes, particularly the one after <R24>. Also what Al is saying he's getting from the Manual is that that, or something similar is their intent.

It may be that it's similar to the "what is a robot" debate that we had in 2008: the definition of "Robot" had slipped into such a state that it could be interpreted in a number of ways, which allowed for a very innovative robot to be made illegal by a convoluted process. They may have the intent, but haven't noticed that it's possible to legally get around it. They may also not wish to change it, leaving that to the team's best judgment. If that is the case, they may wish to clarify that in this year's Q&A, leaving it open next year.