I just want to say thank you for bringing this to my attention... I would have had no idea this was going on, and it would present real problems in my day to day work life. I don't know what would make sense to do - I am not sure even a "professional" protest would stop iRise from trying to eliminate competition.
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:53 PM, Fred Beecher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First, my apologies to Andrei and anyone else who may be affected by having > links to patents in their email. I had NO idea about the impact. > In response to Josh Seiden who, speaking for the IxDA board, encouraged us > to come up with a plan of action, I'd like to start this new thread. To > anyone taking part in the discussion, please refrain from a discussion of > any patents, posting snippets thereof, or links to patent sites. Thanks! > > The purpose of this thread is to discuss not the patent itself or whether > Axure infringed or not, but to discuss our response to this lawsuit as a > community. Regardless of whether iRise's claim is valid or not, the stated > aim of the lawsuit is to prevent Axure from selling the only thing it > makes. > This eliminates competition and thus is bad for our community, so as a > community we should form some sort of response. > > So far we've had a few ideas: > > - Alexander Baxevanis has suggested we liase with the EFF to encourage them > to take up the case... > > - Prince Arora suggested creating a "boycottirise.com" site... > > > What are our other options? Here are a couple of things off the top of my > head... > > - As a community, do we have the option of posting a formal response on the > IxDA site? Or does the board wish the organization to remain neutral? > > - Can we put together a short petition to deliver to the iRise CEO? Who > should be the messenger? I'm guessing not me due to my acknowledged Axure > fanboy status. : ) > > - What else? > > Thanks, > Fred > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
