From matt.mattarn@gmail.com Mon Nov 20 11:45:20 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list llg-board); Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:45:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.171]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GmF4r-00009O-N2 for llg-board@lojban.org; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:45:18 -0800 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id c2so1146459ugf for ; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:45:10 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=iNOLbTkY0SXQ5mRgp12zzOeUlGFVrjBPS8R5zuyE6ot5pQE8n+UjftNrOTjqgVBvfeGdTf0//kweSsw/Sjd50sJtniHLOoQUn7yzZV1nSaTzlwzqv+OcivgWUUR0SRG/S0bVXHRgOMlNy8ewNDUAQhxG/abqnk9xazlI/Y9yoPU= Received: by 10.78.41.3 with SMTP id o3mr5610222huo.1164051909645; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:45:09 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.144.3 with HTTP; Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:45:09 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 14:45:09 -0500 From: "Matt Arnold" To: llg-board@lojban.org Subject: [llg-board] Re: [lizi@upp.co.il: PERMISSION TO USE SOME TEXT FROM YOUR WEBSITE] In-Reply-To: <20061120194058.GK30113@chain.digitalkingdom.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20061120194058.GK30113@chain.digitalkingdom.org> X-Spam-Score: -2.4 (--) X-archive-position: 275 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: llg-board-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: matt.mattarn@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: llg-board@lojban.org X-list: llg-board It's public domain. Giving us attribution would be courteous though. -Matt On 11/20/06, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > I believe all of this stuff is PD; if anyone objects to that > statement, speak up. I'm going to ask for attribution, though. > > -Robin > > ----- Forwarded message from Liz Bleier ----- > > Subject: PERMISSION TO USE SOME TEXT FROM YOUR WEBSITE > From: Liz Bleier > To: lojban@lojban.org > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:51:37 +0200 > > Hello, > I represent a publishing company in Israel. We publish text books for > teaching English as a second language. One of our authors has used some > text from your site as a part of a reading comprehension/didactic > element in a 10 grade book called Dimensions, due for release in July > of next year. > > Do I need special permission to use this material? The entire text > which will appear in the book is reproduced below. > > > Lojban - a Logical Language > I > > Lojban is a carefully constructed spoken language designed to make > human communication simpler. Lojban has been built over five decades by > dozens of workers and hundreds of supporters. Lojban, in Lojban, means > "logical language". Lojbanistan is both an imaginary country where > Lojban is spoken and, in practice, the international community of > Lojban-speakers. Lojban itself came out of an earlier language project > called Loglan, and it shares Loglan's interest in the idea that the > language you speak affects the way you think. One of the main ideas > behind the Lojban project was to create a language, which is both > highly expressive and as culturally neutral as possible. > > > II > > While there are many artificial languages, Lojban has a number of > features, which make it unique: > ? Lojban is designed to be used by people in communication with > each other, and possibly in the future with computers. > ? Lojban is designed to be culturally neutral. > ? Lojban grammar is clear and based on the principles of logic. > ? Lojban has phonetic spelling. > ? Lojban is easy to learn. > ? Lojban's 1300 root words can be easily combined to form a > vocabulary of millions of words. > ? Lojban is regular; the rules of the language have no > exceptions. > > > III > > In addition to Lojban?s unique features, it can also be used as an > international language. Nevertheless, it is in no competition with any > of the dozens of "international languages", the most famous being > Esperanto. Lojban?s advantage lies in its multiple uses and purposes. > Since Lojban is a fairly new language, it is possible that the more > people use it the more it will change and develop. > > > Thanks. Please reply to the email address. > Mrs. Elizabeth Bleier > University Publishing Projects > 10 Zarhin Street > Raanana, Israel > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- > > -- > http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ > Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" > Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/ > > >