Legal Considerations

[yaronf]

I'm afraid there's no escaping it. Here's some proposed text that may be included as it own section or incorporated into Policy Considerations. And yes, it needs to be approved by a legal expert.

Legal Considerations

For each pair of gateways, G1 and G2, representing the networks NW1 and NW2, the following legal guarantees must exist in order for this protocol to be effective: These guarantees should be enacted as a combination of legislation in the relevant jurisdictions, and binding contracts.

• G1 is allowed to act on behalf of NW1, and similarly G2 with NW2.
• G1 is liable for statements that it digitally signs, and similarly G2.
• G2 is allowed to mint assets that were originally minted by NW1, and those assets have the same standing as the originals.

[findthomas]

Thanks for the text. Yes agree, there is no escaping.

If no one objects, we could paste it into the next rev of the SATP-Architecture draft