"removing oneself from the list is absolutely part of the solution options "
Why would any one of us have to bow out to discuss this. It's ludicrous. Last I checked - even with the current administration - most of the bill of rights is still in tact. Or am I naive? - W On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 6:05 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 6, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Todd Zaki Warfel wrote: > > No kidding. Banning any discussions on this list that have to do with >> patents is just plain silly. >> > > I just re-read everything I wrote today. No where in my messages did I use > the word "ban." There are many viable solutions, and yes, removing oneself > from the list is absolutely part of the solution options for some of us. But > I want to make sure people don't think I'm proposing banning anything as I'm > not. However... > > As many others have said, we have the right and need to be able to discuss >> this, as it definitely impacts our ability to do our work. >> > > On that note, I think this may need clarification. If by "discuss this" you > mean the business, practitioner or philosophical issues and at high level, > about one company suing another over tools some designers use and need for > their work, I absolutely agree. But if by "discuss this" you means the > details of the patents themselves as part of that discussion -- what they > say, what was patented, how it was patented, etc -- that would be different > and inappropriate for an organization that aims to support professional > product designers. > > The actions of iRise could be interpreted as monopolizing the market, or >> trying bully Axure out of existence. We have the right to know about this >> and discuss it's impact on our market. >> > > Given this statement, I presume you mean the former in what I stated above. > I agree it's an issue that should be vetted. But as a community of > professionals who work in the high-technology, people *have* to be cognizant > of the very real legal implications of how something like this is discussed > on a practitioner supported discussion list. > > I think Josh has stated the IxDA's position and action items elegantly. > They all get the issue, its complexity and the implications. They'll do the > appropriate thing and just need some time to figure it out. > > Enjoy the weekend. I'll leave this one alone again for a while. > > -- > Andrei Herasimchuk > > Principal, Involution Studios > innovating the digital world > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
