Received: from nobody by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XUHgC-0006pz-Li for lojban-newreal@lojban.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:02:04 -0700 Received: from rlpowell by stodi.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1XUHgB-0006pE-2m; Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:02:03 -0700 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 09:02:03 -0700 From: Robin Lee Powell To: Ian Zoltai Cc: lojban@lojban.org Subject: Re: Use of Lojban in Creative Work Message-ID: <20140917160202.GJ5873@stodi.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: Ian Zoltai , lojban@lojban.org References: <5416495D.4030201@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5416495D.4030201@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) On Sun, Sep 14, 2014 at 08:05:17PM -0600, Ian Zoltai wrote: > To Whom it May Concern, > > I am an aspiring author working on a particularly unique project. > I wish to incorporate the language of Lojban as a literary element > in this project. What makes my project unique is that I intend to > release not only a novel, but a completely open source literary > setting that anyone may profitably work from. To my knowledge > this is unprecedented, which is my reason for contacting you > before incorporating Lojban. > > The novel is set in the far post apocalypse, far enough that said > apocalypse is a historical event rather than the engine that > drives the plot. The novel and setting looks at the many changes > that could result from the total rebuilding of society, and one of > those elements is a tribal culture called the Magi. The Magi are > a forward thinking people with a universal fixation on useful > knowledge and applying technology in new ways. The Magi would use > Lojban as their primary tongue. I originally intended to use > Latin, but it does not make sense for a forward thinking culture > to embrace a dead language. > > The setting would be released with a license that allows > derivative work to be created from its content, which would > include necessarily include the Magic usage of Lojban. > > What I need to know is whether the language is copyrighted or > otherwise licensed in a way that would prevent this, and if so, > could there be an arrangement to circumvent this? The language itself is, as far as it is possible for us to do this, in the public domain. Have at. I wolud love it if you let the main mailing list know about your project; see http://www.lojban.org/tiki/Lojbanic+Forums -- http://intelligence.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. .i ko na cpedu lo nu stidi vau loi jbopre .i dafsku lu na go'i li'u .e lu go'i li'u .i ji'a go'i lu na'e go'i li'u .e lu go'i na'i li'u .e lu no'e go'i li'u .e lu to'e go'i li'u .e lu lo mamta be do cu sofybakni li'u