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I don't see any signs of proprietoriality on his part, just the sort of investedness that many others have too. And. On 12 Nov 2014 15:50, "'John E Clifford' via lojban" < lojban@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Gee, sorry about not getting back to you in 1976. I thought we had most > of the backlog cleared up fairly early on, but some pieces must have gone > missing. I doubt lojbab could be as possessive as JCB, though degrees > probably don't matter at this point. However, JCB was willing to scrap > quite a bit for what he took to be a major improvement, where as lojbab > seems unwilling to change even minor things for any purpose at all. > Admittedly, JCB was able to convince himself that the changes were his idea > whereas lojbab doesn't ever think about (let alone in) the language and so > does not have that out. Unfortunately, this indifference has not loosed > his grip as it has done with other language creators, hence the impasse. > > > On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:23 PM, Michael Turniansky < > mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well, at the risk of nu morxirda'i,I have finally gotten a chance to > read this thread. And while nobody asked, I will add my two cents. > > I find myself pretty much in agreement with Wuzzy, quoting lojbab: > > > They choose to use Lojban because it is DONE (even if not > > fully documented). And they value our commitment against ad hoc > > prescriptive change. > > Oh yeah, this is true for me. > Yeah, it may sound crazy to some, but there are some people (like me) > out there who actually simply want to USE Lojban, not to change it all > the time. xD > > > I learned Loglan in 1976 from the books that existed then (getting no > response to my letters from the Institute back then, I assumed it was > moribund), and then when I rediscovered it, post-internet inception in > 2004, learning that I was going to have to relearn everything anyway, I > learned lojban instead, which appeared to be much more vital. So I did, > from the CLL. I learned all the gismu, all their places, and use them. > And yes, I don't want to have to relearn them. At my age, it's a heavy > memory load. This same kind of discussion goes on all time with one of my > other passions, tournament Scrabble. Of necessity, they have to reissue the > dictionary every so often. But the old-timers don't want to have to > restudy lists that they already spent a long time memorizing, to add new > words to them (or much worse, deletions from them). The young bucks who > are just starting out don't care, because they are tabulae rasae anyhow > Same goes with lojban, backwards compatibility aside. So of course you are > right to expect pushback from the oldtimers about the idea. > > That being said, I do find it kind of ironic that lojbab seems to be > now in the position of JCB, despite his protestations of democratization of > the language, it* appears *he finds it as much his baby as JCB did > Loglan, and is loathe to make any changes simply because of that fact. > This despite the fact that he self-admittedly doesn't really use the > language. I don't think it's fair that he dismisses selpa'i as basically a > young whippersnapper who doesn't care about the language. selpa'i IS a > major user of the language, and that position alone makes his opinions at > least as worthy of being given an audience as those of xorxes. > Curmudgeonly derision is not productive. I say all this despite the fact > that I don't like many of the ideas that selpa'i has for the language, but > I don't deny his right to have them. > > > zu'unainai, The fact that whatever procedures are in place for change, > even if that pace of change seems glacially slow, are looked upon as not > worthy by the balningau crowd, instead of actually accomplishing them, > speaks volumes about them, though. So, it has the appearance that jsut > like the lojbab-JCB dynamic, you want to your changes to be fast-tracked. > Well, you can do what he did and form your own language (since he cleared > the way for you by getting the courts to agree that "loglan" is not > copyrightable :-) ). It's happened before. That's why lojsk, gua\spi, > Ceqli, etc.exist. But you want to stay within the bounds of lojban? So, > do the work that had already been determined to be the next step. Don't > jump at revolution. (If stuff IS done formally, and we end up with a new > CLL, (and hopefully a next generation jbofi'e to go along with it), and/or > a new gimste, I will reluctantly go along with it, but I won't do anything > for something that's not gone through the formal channels. > > --gejyspa > > > On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 10:29 AM, TR NS wrote: > > On Thursday, August 7, 2014 9:36:47 AM UTC-4, la durka wrote: > > litru already has that place, you don't have to add it. > > Well, that was easy ;-) > > Thanks! > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lojban" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lojban" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "lojban" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to lojban+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to lojban@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/lojban. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "lojban" group. 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Bob has just called the AGM and ensured that new blood will = be able to join LLG and get things moving again. I don't see any signs = of proprietoriality on his part, just the sort of investedness that many ot= hers have too.

And.

On 12 Nov 2014 15:50, "'John E Clifford= ' via lojban" <lojba= n@googlegroups.com> wrote:
Gee, sorry about not getting back to you in 1976.= =C2=A0 I thought we had most of the backlog cleared up fairly early on, but= some pieces must have gone missing.=C2=A0 I doubt lojbab could be as posse= ssive as JCB, though degrees probably don't matter at this point.=C2=A0= However, JCB was willing to scrap quite a bit for what he took to be a maj= or improvement, where as lojbab seems unwilling to change even minor things= for any purpose at all.=C2=A0 Admittedly, JCB was able to convince himself= that the changes were his idea whereas lojbab doesn't ever think about= (let alone in) the language and so does not have that out.=C2=A0 Unfortuna= tely, this indifference has not loosed his grip as it has done with other l= anguage creators, hence the impasse.


On Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:23 PM, Mich= ael Turniansky <mturniansky@gmail.com> wrote:


<= div>
=C2=A0 Well, at the risk of nu morxirda'i,I h= ave finally gotten a chance to read this thread.=C2=A0 And while nobody ask= ed, I will add my two cents.

=C2=A0 I fin= d myself pretty much in agreement with Wuzzy, =C2=A0quoting lojbab:
=C2=A0<= span style=3D"color:rgb(80,0,80);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13p= x">> They choose to use Lojban because it is DONE (even if not
=C2=A0> fully documented). And they value our commi= tment against ad hoc
=C2=A0> prescriptive c= hange.
Oh yeah, this is true for me.
Yeah, it may soun= d crazy to some, but there are some people (like me)
out there wh= o actually simply want to USE Lojban, not to change it all
the ti= me. xD

= =C2=A0I learned Loglan in 1976 from the books that existed then (getting no= response to my letters from the Institute back then, I assumed it was mori= bund), and then when I rediscovered it, post-internet inception in 2004, le= arning that I was going to have to relearn everything anyway, I learned loj= ban instead, which appeared to be much more vital.=C2=A0 So I did, from the= CLL.=C2=A0 I learned all the gismu, all their places, and use them.=C2=A0 = And yes, I don't want to have to relearn them.=C2=A0 At my age, it'= s a heavy memory load.=C2=A0 This same kind of discussion goes on all time with one of my other passions, tournament Scra= bble. Of necessity, they have to reissue the dictionary every so often.=C2= =A0 But the old-timers don't want to have to restudy lists that they al= ready spent a long time memorizing, to add new words to them (or much worse= , deletions from them).=C2=A0 The young bucks who are just starting out don= 't care, because they are tabulae rasae anyhow =C2=A0 Same goes with lo= jban, backwards compatibility aside.=C2=A0 So of course you are right to ex= pect pushback from the oldtimers about the idea.

=C2=A0 =C2=A0That being said, I do find it kind of ironic tha= t lojbab seems to be now in the position of JCB, despite his protestations = of democratization of the language, it appears he finds it as much h= is baby as JCB did Loglan, and is loathe to make any changes simply because= of that fact.=C2=A0 This despite the fact that he self-admittedly doesn= 9;t really use the language.=C2=A0 I don't think it's fair that he dis= misses selpa'i as basically a young whippersnapper who doesn't care= about the language. =C2=A0selpa'i IS a major user of the language, and= that position alone makes his opinions at least as worthy of being given a= n audience as those of xorxes.=C2=A0 Curmudgeonly derision is not productiv= e.=C2=A0 I say all this despite the fact that I don't like many of the = ideas that selpa'i has for the language, but I don't deny his right= to have them.

=C2=A0=C2=A0
=C2=A0zu'unainai, The fact that whatever procedures are= in place for change, even if that pace of change seems glacially slow, are= looked upon as not worthy by the balningau crowd, instead of actually acco= mplishing them, speaks volumes about them, though.=C2=A0 So, it has the app= earance that jsut like the lojbab-JCB dynamic, you want to your changes to = be fast-tracked.=C2=A0 Well, you can do what he did and form your own language (since he cleared the way fo= r you by getting the courts to agree that "loglan" is not copyrig= htable :-) ).=C2=A0 It's happened before.=C2=A0 That's why lojsk, g= ua\spi, Ceqli, etc.exist.=C2=A0 But you want to stay within the bounds of l= ojban?=C2=A0 So, do the work that had already been determined to be the nex= t step.=C2=A0 Don't jump at revolution. =C2=A0(If stuff IS done formall= y, and we end up with a new CLL, (and hopefully a next generation jbofi'= ;e to go along with it), and/or a new gimste, I will reluctantly go along w= ith it, but I won't do anything for something that's not gone throu= gh the formal channels.

=C2= =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 --gejyspa


On Thu, Aug 7, 2= 014 at 10:29 AM, TR NS <transfire@gmail.= com> wrote:
On Thursday, August 7, 2014 9:36:47 AM UTC-4, la durka wrote:
litru already has that place, you don't ha= ve to add it.
Well, that was easy ;-)

Thanks!
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