I was thinking a few posts ago how crypto is still a new frontier where contracts can become obsolete due to the changing technology..
We are all concerned with forks now but it wasn't even really though of when the contract was made..
That sums it up nicely. All we can really do for the future is try to encourage the standardisation of clauses in escrow contracts that would share the profits of any airdrops/forks/whatever-new-methods-of-claiming-free-alts-arise-in-future, so that it might be of mutual benefit to both parties. Once bitten, twice shy and all that.
//EDIT: DireWolfM14 beat me by a minute, heh.
//DOUBLE_EDIT: I'll add a second point so as not to be repetitive:
Airdrops you can just sign a message, doesn't risk the keys..
Hence why Theymos did not know about the airdropped coins claimed by Nastytreasurer until this thread popped up and LoyceV asked the question. So we as a community have no idea of how much exactly was claimed, when it or if it was sold and what happened with the funds
I can see you're still not happy about it, but, technically, didn't we, as an entire community, drop the ball on this one? If we knew of the existence of the forum funds and also knew of the existence of a no-risk airdrop and collectively didn't manage to put 2+2 together, aren't we all a little bit culpable for this? I mean, obviously in hindsight, it feels like a no-brainer. But still, I kinda feel like it should have occurred to more of us to point it out sooner.