--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, Kumara Bhikkhu <kumara.bhikkhu@...> wrote:

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> I wonder if you may have come across an article on the same topic by Ven Varado written some years ago. He arrived at similar conclusions.

No, I don't know about that. I would be much obliged if you can point out a link to Ven. Varado's work.

> It's a bit amusing to me though when I read "I must state as usual that all rights are reserved".

I find it funny as well, given that I even do not know what the so-called "all rights" mean. I am only following the suggestion of a student of mine. What he said was basically as follows.

When your research paper is accepted by a scholarly journal, you must transfer copyrights and whatnot to the journal. But you can transfer your rights only when you have them, not when others have already taken these away. Therefore, you should mention such reservations when you upload your work to public email lists like the Pali Group.

with metta,

Ven. Pandita