[Sigia-l] Info Architects BANNED IN OHIO
Richard_Dalton at vanguard.com
Richard_Dalton at vanguard.com
Wed Jun 11 13:16:40 EDT 2003
Paul Trumble writes:
> There was some talk in this thread about the problems that arose with
states
> trying to regulate the use of the term 'Engineer'. The 'Software
Engineers'
> didn't win all of those battles. In Texas, it is illegal to use the
term
> 'Software Engineer' anyplace other than within your organization. So a
> business card would need to say something other than Engineer unless you
> wanted the Society of Professional Engineers to come after you, which
> apparently they actively do.
>
> A recent article in the Houston Chronicle on the subject is at this URL
> http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/03/legislature/1841652.
>
> If the AIA decides to make it an issue, some state or other will ban the
use
> of the term architect in any other context save designing a building.
This is obviously now an important issue that needs dealing with (because
people have made it one) but the people who instigated all this nonsense
about licenced titles and wanting to "own" them have far too much time on
their hands.
- Richard Dalton
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