Re: STC certification program

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Of course their materials and specific subject matter is proprietary
and bound to their use guidelines, but the general practice has been
and will be around. Information Mapping as a trademarked
methodology/technology is theirs, but the act of intelligent
topic-based authoring is generally open.

2011/10/21 Milan DavidoviÄ <milan -dot- lists -at- gmail -dot- com>:
> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
>> I have no idea. I would imagine they would be shooting themselves in
>> the heads if they sued anyone for applying topic-based authoring
>> tactics grounded in common sense. I can't imagine that would sit well
>> with the tech writing community at large.
>
> Perhaps there's some sort of non-disclosure of training materials that
> you have to agree to before taking the training; they might attempt
> legal action if you were found in breach of that.

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