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[lojban] Re: goods

On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 9:58 PM, Pierre Abbat <phma@phma.optus.nu> wrote:
>
> I think {selva'i} is better. Some goods, such as source code to programs, are
> not consumed but still have value.

I think the main idea behind "good" is not so much something
that is valuable as something you can dispose of. The sun is
something valuable but I don't know if it would be called a
"good". But probably different contexts call for different choices
and there is no single best translation.

mu'o mi'e xorxes


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