Was Protagoras' paradox or a variant of it operating in the Collins project ? (Perhaps it worked so that?

someone was assured assistance as long as they produced no working code)

< Protagoras agreed to instruct Euthalos in law and rhetoric free of charge on the condition that he would pay the Sophist's fee in full if, and only if, he won his first court case. Once Euthalos had completed his course of study with Protagoras he assiduously avoided taking any cases at all.
Protagoras, finally out of patience with the young man, took him to court for payment and argued thusly: "If I win this case, Euthalos will have to pay me what he owes me. If I do not win this case then Euthalos will still have to pay me because, under our agreement, he will then have won his first court case. Therefore, no matter what the outcome, in either case, Euthalos will have to pay me."

Euthalos, however, contested this claim, stating, "If I win this case I will not have to pay Protagoras, as the court has declared his case invalid. If I do not win this case I still do not have to pay as I will then have not won my first court case. Therefore, no matter what, I do not have to pay."
This argument (for which no solution was ever offered in antiquity) has come to be known as the Paradox of The Court and a resolution to the question is still debated today in law schools as a logic problem.>>

Answer by Stephen K
But what is the Collins Project so we can draw comparisons?

Answer by Froggies angel
There are parallels, but the argument in the courts doesn't change what happened in the colins project, I read something in the papers the other day about the decommissioning of certain submarines, I just hope that nuclear is not an option in their arsenal, although it probably already is :)

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