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Subject: Re: Legal nature of the language
From: David Lenton <dave.lenton@gmail.com>
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	Robert LeChevalier <lojbab@lojban.org>
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Thanks for the quick reply Robin,

I'm glad to hear that news. I had to ask because an interesting script
called Circular Gallifreyan, modeled to look like the symbols on Dr. Who,
*is* under copyright; and while it isn't technically a language, I needed
to be sure.

Thanks for fighting that in court, you've set a tremendous legal precedent
for the future.

Regards,
Dave


On 30 December 2013 00:13, Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 11:06:05PM -0400, David Lenton wrote:
> > Good day,
> >
> > My name is Dave Lenton, and I'm fascinated by Lojban. A friend of
> > mine is writing a story featuring a society that has constructed
> > its own, efficient language.  In lieu of creating their own, I
> > offered to investigate if Lojban was an option.
> >
> > What I'm asking is what is the legal nature of the language. Is it
> > under copyright? Creative commons? GNU Free Public License?
>
> A language cannot by copyrighted; Lojban fought extensively in court
> to cause that to be true.
>
> In additional, the gismu and cmavo lists are both public domain.
> I'm actually not sure about the CLL?, but I don't think that matters
> for your purposes.  Have fun, let us know what you come up with.
>
> The main mailing list often likes to help with these sorts of
> things.
>
> -Robin
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks for the quick reply Robin,<div><br></div><div>I&#39=
;m glad to hear that news. I had to ask because an interesting script calle=
d Circular Gallifreyan, modeled to look like the symbols on Dr. Who, <i>is<=
/i>=A0under copyright; and while it isn&#39;t technically a language, I nee=
ded to be sure.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Thanks for fighting that in court, you&#39;ve set a tre=
mendous legal precedent for the future.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</=
div><div>Dave</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"g=
mail_quote">
On 30 December 2013 00:13, Robin Lee Powell <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org" target=3D"_blank">rlpowell@digitalk=
ingdom.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5">On Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 11:06:05PM =
-0400, David Lenton wrote:<br>
&gt; Good day,<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; My name is Dave Lenton, and I&#39;m fascinated by Lojban. A friend of<=
br>
&gt; mine is writing a story featuring a society that has constructed<br>
&gt; its own, efficient language. =A0In lieu of creating their own, I<br>
&gt; offered to investigate if Lojban was an option.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; What I&#39;m asking is what is the legal nature of the language. Is it=
<br>
&gt; under copyright? Creative commons? GNU Free Public License?<br>
<br>
</div></div>A language cannot by copyrighted; Lojban fought extensively in =
court<br>
to cause that to be true.<br>
<br>
In additional, the gismu and cmavo lists are both public domain.<br>
I&#39;m actually not sure about the CLL?, but I don&#39;t think that matter=
s<br>
for your purposes. =A0Have fun, let us know what you come up with.<br>
<br>
The main mailing list often likes to help with these sorts of<br>
things.<br>
<span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br>
-Robin<br>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div>

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