From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Tue Dec 10 12:47:51 2002 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:47:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18LrIA-0004gB-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:47:46 -0800 Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:47:46 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: html tag ethics Message-ID: <20021210204746.GT11342@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <3E04BB7A@webmail.uic.edu> <5.2.0.9.0.20021210055644.03166600@pop.east.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5.2.0.9.0.20021210055644.03166600@pop.east.cox.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 3414 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Tue, Dec 10, 2002 at 06:15:36AM -0500, Robert LeChevalier wrote: > But the bottom line is that we are trying to cooperate with TLI, not > to undercut them (at this stage, they'll live or die without our > help), and perceptions can be more important than reality. If we > start promoting "Loglan" on our web pages merely in order to get hits > from Steven's 500 looking for Loglan, it LOOKS to everyone else like > "hype" and "poaching", and will be understood by TLI and by most > readers as such. It would be better to negotiate a relationship > whereby TLI puts a more prominent link on their page pointing to ours > as another implementation of JCB's ideas with an active community, and > we put a respectful link on our page acknowledging their site as > documenting what we recognize as the predecessor language to Lojban. > This is honest, aboveboard, and communicates the way the languages > relate to each other. > > That is the sort of thing I am trying to do with Bob McIvor (and if > he and Robin want to work out mutually acceptable wording for mutual > pointers along the lines I describe above, I approve) I have no problems with this. Bob? -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. .i le pamoi velru'e zo'u jmaji le plibu taxfu .i le remoi velru'e zo'u mo .i le cimoi velru'e zo'u ba'e prali .uisai http://www.lojban.org/ *** to sa'a cu'u lei pibyta'u cridrnoma toi