[vhdl-200x] Marketing Surveys are prohibited by IEEE

Hi All,
My understanding of the IEEE anti-trust is that the request
and/or posting of marketing surveys and statistical data
are prohibited in IEEE working groups without approval of
IEEE-SA legal counsel.

PLEASE DO NOT POST ANY FURTHER MARKETING SURVEYS OR
COMMENT ON THE ONES STEPHEN BAILEY AND NOW JOHN ANSLEY
HAVE POSTED, until we either get an agreement amongst
DASC members (and I am one of these that must agree) or
a clarification from IEEE-SA legal counsel.

According to:
http://standards.ieee.org/develop/policies/antitrust.pdf

   From page 6, section 3:
   _Customer Surveys and Statistical Programs._
   Individual participants may make presentations about broad market potential
   or market requirements for informational purposes.
   _No_ IEEE-SA standards group may engage in, direct, or encourage its members
   to engage in surveys of customers or gathering of _statistical data_ about
   market requirements, _markets_, or customers without appropriate review by
   IEEE-SA legal counsel.

As chair, IEEE holds me responsible to enforce these rules.
Unfortunately this means that if someone does something like
this, I have to raise an objection each time.

Best Regards,
Jim

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