MrJameGumb@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months ago6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ characternypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square173fedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down115
arrow-up1398arrow-down1external-link6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ characternypost.comMrJameGumb@lemmy.world to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square173fedilink
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·3 months agoAre you saying they should just use lojban?
minus-squareDMBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoPresumably they won’t get sued by IP (“intellectual property”) trolls.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoUntil they register in that language too
minus-squareDMBFFF@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoPerhaps you’re correct. I tried looking into copyright status of Lojban and found nothing. I’m pretty sure wp:Láadan was released into the public domain. Láadan word for “queen.” http://www.laadanlanguage.org/l2e.html unáhizh
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoFwiw, the passport office also backtracked. But now I have a new Internet rabbit hole, so thanks for that!
Are you saying they should just use lojban?
Presumably they won’t get sued by IP (“intellectual property”) trolls.
Until they register in that language too
Perhaps you’re correct.
I tried looking into copyright status of Lojban and found nothing.
I’m pretty sure wp:Láadan was released into the public domain.
Láadan word for “queen.”
http://www.laadanlanguage.org/l2e.html
unáhizh
Fwiw, the passport office also backtracked. But now I have a new Internet rabbit hole, so thanks for that!