It was also doomed because there was not a single Orthodox FReeper willing to go along with it. A “Group A & Group B Caucus” CANNOT EXIST if no members of Group B ever join (and attempting to misconstrue what Group B believes from the outset through omission of critical facts doesn’t help).
But the more legal side of the question is the intent of the thread starter. We've got something like "mens rea" here. It appears there was never an intention to abide by the rules but rather an intention to exploit the rules to make a point. I think this has been explicitly acknowledged.