I think gods with no freedom of action are boring. If the Compromise binds all the gods to inaction, then they can't even answer a divination or send a vision, because that would be a conscious act. Gods must have some degree of freedom, as we all know they answer divinations and send visions, and so IMG the Compromise is merely an agreement between the gods not to take any action within Time. So who makes sure that the gods honour their agreement? The gods themselves, of course. If a god breaks the agreement, all the other gods would gang up on him and teach him some manners. And they all know that that sort of thing could escalate into a new Gods War, which is precisely what the Chaos Gods are waiting for.
So the gods watch the gods of other pantheons like paranoiacs while they try to sneak a small action past the watching eyes. Most small actions actually go unpunished and most of the gods of a pantheon have a silent praxis that minor actions are OK, but Acts of God are not.
My interpretation retains the results of the old Compromise and allows for some small divine actions on the mundane plane without player-driven divine intervention, which can only enhance MGF.
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