From jcowan@reutershealth.com Tue Dec 10 12:29:55 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 10 Dec 2002 20:29:55 -0000 Received: (qmail 43419 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2002 20:29:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 10 Dec 2002 20:29:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 10 Dec 2002 20:29:55 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18Lr0t-0004Yb-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:29:55 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18Lr0k-0004YC-00; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:29:46 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:29:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from [65.246.141.151] (helo=mail2.reutershealth.com) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18Lr0f-0004Xu-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 12:29:41 -0800 Received: from skunk.reutershealth.com (IDENT:cowan@[10.65.117.21]) by mail2.reutershealth.com (Pro-8.9.3/Pro-8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA05250; Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:41:20 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200212102041.PAA05250@mail2.reutershealth.com> Received: by skunk.reutershealth.com (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:28:51 -0500 Subject: [lojban] Re: tags To: sbelknap@UIC.EDU Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:28:51 -0500 (EST) Cc: lojban-list@lojban.org, rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org In-Reply-To: from "Steven Belknap" at Dec 10, 2002 04:39:58 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-archive-position: 3413 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: jcowan@reutershealth.com Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: John Cowan Reply-To: jcowan@reutershealth.com X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=8122456 X-Yahoo-Profile: john_w_cowan Steven Belknap scripsit: > What explains > the insertion of the phrase "lojban is Loglan" in lojban official > policy? (I am aware of the history of this phrase, I am asking whether > there is a deeper explanation than the historical animus of that legal > battle.) As the person who proposed that language at an LLG meeting long ago, I will say that it was primarily a reaction to JCB's "Lojban is not/is a knockoff of Loglan". Today I might make it "Lojban is a Loglan". -- If you have ever wondered if you are in hell, John Cowan it has been said, then you are on a well-traveled http://www.ccil.org/~cowan road of spiritual inquiry. If you are absolutely http://www.reutershealth.com sure you are in hell, however, then you must be jcowan@reutershealth.com on the Cross Bronx Expressway. --Alan Feur, NYTimes, 2002-09-20