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I can't mention BigCo's name, they definitely wouldn't appreciate it and the deal would be off the table now anyway. Other info: We asked to keep our discussio
by chiro 12y ago
I can't mention BigCo's name, they definitely wouldn't appreciate it and the deal would be off the table now anyway.
Other info: We asked to keep our discussions confidential. We weren't asking them to sign an NDA, we explicitly mentioned that their word would have been enough. It's pretty simple, they weren't willing to discuss it confidentially, so we let it drop after about 9 emails.
It's true it was a snubbing, but I'm not upset about it. It is however somewhat ironic to read this call for help after we proactively contacted the EFF with just such an offer of help.
A lesson I learned was - you can admire what an organization stands for, but not always the way that organization is run. It also may be an ineffective organization. I guess these comments could hold for quite a few charitable organizations.
- lvs 12y ago"you can admire what an organization stands for, but not always the way that organization is run" If you don't mind, it seems as if you may have a misconception about what they stand for. I clearly don't have any of the details, but it sounds like a non-sequitur to talk about an open wireless standard and an open wireless community and then require those discussions to be closed up in an NDA. You may not quite be on the same wavelength on the concept of open standards as they are.
- chiro 12y ago"We weren't asking them to sign an NDA" Huh? We didn't require those discussions to be closed up in an NDA. We were just trying to do right by our partner, who wanted to negotiate the EFF / OpenWireless endorsement, neither of which they seemed to keen to give, so we walked away.