Re: CHAT: Conlang and Writers

On Mon, 15 Mar 1999, Don Blaheta wrote:

> That would be unbelievably cool.  Let me suggest that you still
> copyright it, but put conditions on its distribution (i.e. that your
> name has to stay on it).  In the techie computer world, this is known a=
s
> "copylefting"....  It's the basis of the free software and open source
> movements, and I for one would _love_ to see it extended to the fiction
> markets.
Not quite - copylefting also implies giving away the right to create
derivative works, provided they are made available under the same terms.
It may be a bit too hard for a fiction writer to give up his/her
brainchild to that extent... unless maybe it was created as a cooperative
work.

Greetings,
=D8rjan.