From xod@sixgirls.org Thu Dec 13 11:29:44 2001 Return-Path: X-Sender: xod@reva.sixgirls.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_2); 13 Dec 2001 19:28:01 -0000 Received: (qmail 32832 invoked from network); 13 Dec 2001 17:41:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m4.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 13 Dec 2001 17:41:21 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO reva.sixgirls.org) (216.27.131.50) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 13 Dec 2001 17:41:21 -0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by reva.sixgirls.org (8.11.6+3.4W/8.11.6) with ESMTP id fBDHfKw25572 for ; Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:41:20 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 12:41:19 -0500 (EST) To: Subject: Re: Software Translation of Lojban (was: Re: [lojban] eurolinux proposing lojban for community patent In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Invent Yourself X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=1138703 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, PILCH Hartmut wrote: > The > > eurolinux proposition for the community patent > http://www.eurolinux.org/news/cpat01B/ > > has gained some momentum but has yet to reach its peak of exposure. > One such opportunity may be the announcement of a eu swpat directive > proposal or of progress on the community patent, both expected soon. > > These opportunities could give the Lojban project a boost, if it had a > paper ready to backup some of the claims of what can be done with an > intermediate language. > > As said, I can say these things only in an abstract form, with no > specific lojban examples. So any work left to do must be done by > LLG or I don't know who. It's possible that the Lojban community doesn't have anybody around at this time with the technical ability for such a paper. I could be misunderstanding the depth of the undertaking. -- The tao that can be tar(1)ed is not the entire Tao. The path that can be specified is not the Full Path.