Re: EU Patent Lobbying Statement

[Karen Stein <kstein@magenta.com>]

On Sun, 13 Jun 1999, Robin Turner wrote:

> From: Robin Turner <robin@Bilkent.EDU.TR>
> 
> la tim. cusku di'e
> 
<snip Tim's comment>
> 
> I think Tim may have a point.  While I agree with Pilch's stand,
> I'm not sure that we should write a proposal as LLG.  As it
> happens, a lot of people in the Lojban community share similar
> ideas on a variety of subjects, but we can't bundle these in with
> Lojban, otherwise we could end up having a language with its own
> built-in ideology ({zo'o} a bit like Esperanto).  Perhaps the
> best thing would be to set up something like "Lojban patents
> working group" or whatever, rather than use LLG itself.
> 
> co'o mi'e robin.
> 

I think having a working group is an excelent idea.  Further, since Pilch
mentioned that whomever (ie. whichever group) made the proposal should be
based in the EU, this makes even more sense.  A working group can be based
anywhere there is an active lojbaner.

co'o mi'e karis.