On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Thomas Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > Well, like I said, my purpose wasn't to make a point, but to ask > questions. > > I've learned better than to try to make points in this particular e-mail > > forum. > > Your second question was something of a leading question. It came > across as if you were trying to make a point. > Well, like I said, I was trying to clarify what exactly it was about his statement that I didn't understand. To ask a good question, you kind of have to make a point, don't you? (Was that last question I just asked a question, or a point? What about that one? Or that one?) Maybe I should make a confession here. I honestly believe that Mike Godwin has much more knowledge than I do about free speech issues, and especially how they relate to trademark law. In fact, I haven't yet formed an opinion on how free speech issues apply to trademark law. It seems to me to be self-evident that telling people that they can't use your trademark and not policing the use of your trademark are contradictory, and apparently this seems self-evident to others on this mailing list as well (hence the accusations that I'm trying to make a point). But having not devoted my life to studying this issue, it may very well be that I'm wrong. If that's the case, I hope Mike can clarify for all of us why this isn't contradictory. On the other hand, maybe Mike misspoke and can correct himself, or maybe I misunderstood him and he can clarify. When I was in college I quite often asked professors questions which pointed out seeming contradictions in what they were saying, and I never did so to make a point. Sometimes it turns out the professor was wrong. Sometimes they misspoke. Sometimes I misunderstood them. In all three cases there are possible positive outcomes to my having asked the question. Yes, there are also possible negative outcomes, but we're supposed to assume good faith, aren't we? _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
