Re: CHAT: Conlang and Writers

Don Blaheta wrote:

> Quoth Mathew Willoughby:
> > I'm still going to market my material, but I'm don't have any
> > great expectations.  I'm free to self publish <gasp> on the web.
> > Given that The Argo is so long and it is my first novel I'm considering
> > just "giving" it away to the public and then focusing on the material
> > that I think is more marketable (i.e., my other novel and my short
> > stories).
>
> 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 as
> "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.
Thank-you for the encouragement.  I've already registered my copyright of
_The Argo_ with the Library of Congress.  As soon as I have more of the
novel online I'll be sure to post a notice here.  It features three different
conlangs so I think everyone here would enjoy it.

Sydney Mathew Willoughby

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