Thank you very much for talking to Marek.

So I see three points that either need to be addressed or need
to be ignored realizing that they are possibly important issues.
Before I talk to Marek, I would be grateful for your advice on
how to handle the following 3 points.
(or if you recommend that I should smile and turn the other cheek)

1) I currently do not know if the current software in NPAC is owned by
   Syracuse University or by WebWisdom.com. There is first the
   issue of ownership of work done in hours 41 through 168 each week.
   Here I refer not just to LecCorder but rather to all software
   produced by NPAC.
  
2) I would like to start some new projects connected to systems
   licensed to WebWisdom. These involve use of databases to store
   images and a next generation collaboration system linking to
   Palm hand held comuters. Given recent discussions, I again
   do not know whether WebWisdom.com inherits automatic licenses
   to results of these activities.
   I am also concerned about involving Marek in these new activities
   as these are currently my ideas and I do not want them to end up as
   a WebWisdom.com software system which I can't even use in my
   research .....

3) Finally there is incident itself where I believe I did the ethical
   and indeed only possible action and yet I have been abused both in email
   and verbally to others by Marek. I have by the way checked with Raytheon
   (the funding source) that I did what they intended and that they would
   have rejected what Marek requested. This would of course have damaged
   NPAC's reputation with DoD.
   I don't see how I can work with Marek without addressing this as it
   represents a breakdown in trust. However I can't really address 3)
   without addressing 1) and 2)
   
 I can also comment on your suggestion that Marek is best in NPAC. This
 may end up as a good course but I do think part of the problem is
 the frustration Marek feels as a brilliant scientist always in a secondary
 role (to me). I think actually that Translet (for Furmanaski) and
 WebWisdom.com (for Podgorny) represent interesting job opportunities for
 these very good people to have leadership roles.