From ragnarok@pobox.com Mon May 05 14:39:51 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: ragnarok@pobox.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 5 May 2003 21:39:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 60433 invoked from network); 5 May 2003 21:39:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 5 May 2003 21:39:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.intrex.net) (209.42.192.250) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 May 2003 21:39:50 -0000 Received: from craig [209.42.200.60] by smtp.intrex.net (SMTPD32-7.13) id AA2E46F0196; Mon, 05 May 2003 17:39:58 -0400 To: Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: Some ideas/questions (long) Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 17:39:56 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-Declude-Sender: ragnarok@pobox.com [209.42.200.60] From: "Craig" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=48763382 X-Yahoo-Profile: kreig_daniyl >> However, there is no reason why you can't go off and make your own >> language and call it something else, and do whatever you please with >> it. (And, in fact, base it off of Lojban.) >Wouldn't there be copyright issues? 1. The courts have ruled that you can't copyright a language. This is how Lojban is legal, when it is an offshoot of Loglan. 2. Lojban was founded to escape the fact that JCB wanted to own Loglan when many people involved felt that it should be free. Even if we could, nobody would press charges. From ragnarok@pobox.com Mon May 05 14:39:51 2003 Return-Path: X-Sender: ragnarok@pobox.com X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_6_6); 5 May 2003 21:39:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 60433 invoked from network); 5 May 2003 21:39:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m10.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 5 May 2003 21:39:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.intrex.net) (209.42.192.250) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 May 2003 21:39:50 -0000 Received: from craig [209.42.200.60] by smtp.intrex.net (SMTPD32-7.13) id AA2E46F0196; Mon, 05 May 2003 17:39:58 -0400 To: Subject: RE: [lojban] Re: Some ideas/questions (long) Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 17:39:56 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-Declude-Sender: ragnarok@pobox.com [209.42.200.60] From: "Craig" X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=48763382 X-Yahoo-Profile: kreig_daniyl >> However, there is no reason why you can't go off and make your own >> language and call it something else, and do whatever you please with >> it. (And, in fact, base it off of Lojban.) >Wouldn't there be copyright issues? 1. The courts have ruled that you can't copyright a language. This is how Lojban is legal, when it is an offshoot of Loglan. 2. Lojban was founded to escape the fact that JCB wanted to own Loglan when many people involved felt that it should be free. Even if we could, nobody would press charges.