On Wednesday, December 4, 2002, at 07:18 PM, And Rosta wrote:
Robin:On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 12:52:06AM -0000, And Rosta wrote:Bob McIvor:Most newcomers to TLI have looked at both languages before deciding to go with TLII'm curious as to what their reasons were. Do you know? (I found Loglan (word lists) shortly before Lojban. I never really made a conscious choice between them,I, on the other hand, did make a concious choice. I was actually canvassing all sources I could find for a logical language. The *instant* I discovered that Loglan was copywritten, I dropped it in favour of lojbanYes, that is a good reason. (I am assuming you mean what I would call "copyrighted" and not "copywritten".) I have never seen a TLI statement of its position on copyright, though. --And.
Why is that a good reason? It may have spooked the learly lojbanistani, but an attorney friend with considerable expertise in intellectual property rights tells me that such a claim would be laughed out of a courtroom. Alas, there is nothing certain in law but the expense. As And points out, there isn't any vocabulary copyright statement in the TLI materials.
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