Re: Consensus Development

[Das Devaraj <das@netcom.com>]

On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Wallace Koehler wrote:

> 1. Like everything else, developing or building consensus means many things.
> Usually, "taking a vote" as some suggest tends to polarize rather than lead
> to consensus.

Absolutely.  As somebody mentioned before, the IAHC draft should stand on 
its own merit.

> 3. I understand the need to protect sacred icons, to protect one's position.

This is trickier.  Different folks have different icons/positions etc
to protect.  The 60-day wait highlighted this, with the opposing 
camps IMHO, remaining totally unconvinced.  Personally, I am against
it. Also, I believe what IAHC is doing is an "Assumption of Duty" 
(very interesting stuff I saw on some other mailing list). 

Is it really IAHC's duty to be the guardian of trademarks?  By going 
into so much of detail concerning trademarks, IAHC seems (in my 
non-legal layperson's eyes) to be assuming duty to do exactly that.  
Isn't there a parallel between this and the Prodigy case?  May be 
some legal folks can address this very specific point (is this a 
specialization of the tort law?)

Das Devaraj
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