[Foundation-l] Trademarks

[Anthony]

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 11:38 AM, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Nathan wrote:
> > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
> >
> >> What are you saying here?  Do you think free speech is promoted by
> telling
> >> people "no" when they ask if they can use your trademark, but then not
> >> doing
> >> anything when someone uses it without asking?
> >>
> >> Is that something they taught you in law school, or did you learn it on
> >> your
> >> own?
> >>
> >> Anthony
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> >
> > Anthony, you can probably ask a question or express your disagreement
> > without being disparaging, right? I know sometimes you choose not to when
> > being critical of the organization, but it would probably improve the
> > chances that Foundation staffers like Mike take your points seriously.
> >
> > Nathan
> >
>
> This said, Anthony has a point.
>
> Ant


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.

I really don't understand what Mike was trying to say.  My second question
was designed to express what precisely it was about his statement that I
didn't understand.  And my third question, which I suppose was the one
considered "disparaging", was somewhat pre-emptive.  Mike has a tendency to
answer questions of this sort with an appeal to his status as a famous
lawyer, and therefore as someone whose statements are (in his mind) beyond
question by us little people.  So I wanted to clarify in advance which parts
of his statement he thought could be understood (and not just accepted
without question) by those of us who decided not to go to law school.