From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Sun Sep 21 14:56:32 2003 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:56:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rlpowell by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.12) id 1A1CBH-0002S4-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:55:47 -0700 Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:55:47 -0700 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Do not discuss the LLG WRT copyrighted translations! (was Re: Question about the number of books) Message-ID: <20030921215547.GJ26715@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20030921194055.GH26715@digitalkingdom.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 6267 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 Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 11:07:37PM +0200, jexOm. wrote: > If the project is worth beeing done, why not making it happen, > legally? That would be wonderful. > I thought it was easier for me, as a French-speaking person, to > investigate a little bit. Probably, and I appreciate it. > I am in contact with Gallimard, and here is what I understood: > > - for a small amount of books sold (I told them around 100, but 10 > or 500 is equally a small amount) > > - for a good publishing project > > - they ask 8% of the total selling price, to be paid when the > contract is signed (so, in advance). Excellent! I think the LLG can probably agree to that, if I understand it correctly. So if we contracted to sell 100 book at $10 each, we'd have to pay them $80 up front. > I have asked other questions about the process, especially about > the rights to work as a team through the Internet on the > translation, and am still waiting for an answer (all this happened > last week). So, at least we know more about the stakeholders, and > we know that the project is doable (unless any surprise like they > won't consider Lojban as a serious project alltogether...) Thank you so much! I very much appreciate you going to this effort. -Robin -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "but I'm not stupid and people are not stupid who think samely with me" -- from an actual, real, non-spam mail sent to webmaster@lojban.org http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui