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Re: KLI Journal: NOT a scam!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Apr 26 17:23:25 1992
Errors-To: tlhIngan-Hol-request@village.boston.ma.us
Reply-To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
From: Ken_Beesley.PARC@xerox.com
To: "Klingon Language List" <tlhIngan-Hol@village.boston.ma.us>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1992 14:03:00 PDT
In-Reply-To: "lschoen@casbah.acns.nwu:edu:Xerox's message of 26 Apr 92 12:06 PD
Besides complaining about not getting his KLI journal (hopefully now resolved
amicably), Douglas Zander brings up another interesting question which has not
been resolved as far as I can tell:
>"Is licensing required from Paramount?"
Obviously The Klingon Dictionary itself is under copyright. But has the
language per se been placed in the public domain? We are inherently invited to
learn and use it--does that put the language de facto in the public domain?
More specifically:
1. Could someone merge the separate lexicons and publish a new dictionary? Or
would that be construed as violating copyright?
2. Could the lexicons be put in an on-line form and distributed?
3. What about the KLI journal? Is it in danger of violating copyright? Does
KLI have any formal legal arrangement with Paramount regarding copyrights?
Some other things I'd like to know:
1. Is Marc Okrand participating in any way in KLI?
2. Is there any authoritative source for unresolved questions in Klingon
morphology and syntax (there are plenty).
3. Are expanded lexicons and more detailed descriptions forthcoming from
Okrand? Is the Klingon Encyclopedia project for real?
I've just joined the list, so I'd appreciate any answers, even old ones, to any
of these questions.
Ken Beesley
beesley.parc@xerox.com
