From jcowan@reutershealth.com Thu Dec 06 06:53:49 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_2); 6 Dec 2001 14:53:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 17197 invoked from network); 6 Dec 2001 14:53:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m9.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 6 Dec 2001 14:53:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.reutershealth.com) (204.243.9.36) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Dec 2001 14:53:49 -0000 Received: from reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with ESMTP id JAA00297; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 09:54:41 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <3C0F86BD.7040702@reutershealth.com> Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2001 09:54:53 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.6) Gecko/20011120 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Bob LeChevalier (lojbab)" Cc: PILCH Hartmut , lojban@yahoogroups.com, llg-board@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [lojban] eurolinux proposing lojban for community patent References: <4.3.2.7.2.20011206065129.00ba3ed0@pop.cais.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: John Cowan X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan Bob LeChevalier (lojbab) wrote: > The LLG membership has passed a resolution supporting your efforts in > this. I'm not sure we have any position on the political matter of which > bureaucracy will manage it. Expressing such an opinion, even about a foreign entity, might threaten our IRS not-for-profit status, which is not extended to lobbying groups. I would be reluctant for LLG to sign organizationally, therefore. A statement in support of the potential use of Lojban in MT would certainly be in order. -- Not to perambulate || John Cowan the corridors || http://www.reutershealth.com during the hours of repose || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan in the boots of ascension. \\ Sign in Austrian ski-resort hotel