> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Rick Harrison
> ...
>
> If you have a personal language that you've never revealed to
> anyone else, for example: would you want to write a
description of
> the language ahead of time, and make arrangements to have it
> published after passing away? How would you make such
arrangements?
I suppose you could have a will that leaves a small trust fund
to cover the costs of publishing it on the web. Written
publication could become very expensive though so probably not
worthwhile without some big bucks. Of course you'd need and
executor who's capable and trustworthy to carry out your wished.
> If you have web pages that you want to stay online after you
can
> no longer pay the hosting bill, what options are available?
The
> Wayback Machine at archive.org doesn't catch everything and it
might
> not be around forever.
That would be the point of the trust fund. How long would
basically mean how much you leave behind. There are hosts that
can run as little as $100/year. It's just a matter of having
someone else to keep the site maintained.
I know archive.org won't be carrying on my sites. I had to
threaten them with a copyright lawsuit to get them to take my
domain down. The point was that I don't want obsolete
information being posted.
> The conlangers of ancient times published their ideas in
books,
> which has preserved them to some degree, although some of the
old
> books are scarce collectors' items, unavailable from libraries
and
> never webified.
And for all we know there are many who never wrote anything and
their ideas are long forgotten.
> Is it arrogant to want some of your ideas to live on after you
die?
Well, now you're getting philosophical. As an atheist, I could
care less what happens after I cease to exist, and it's the
quality of the existence that matters more than the duration.