i18n@... wrote:

>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> >
> > You don't have to read farther than p. iv to know for your very own
> > self. It's a "work for hire."
>
> What is a work for hire? Each section is hired by you? The book itself
> is hired by OUP?

Sorry, you have some nebulous connection with publishing and you don't
know the phrase "work for hire"?

"Copyright © 1996 Oxford University Press."

> I am certain that at the very least OUP will have a copyright in the
> collection of papers.
>
> The only place that is definitive in these questions is the contract
> that you and the other authors have with OUP. Beyond that, ownership
> discussions here are mere speculation and off topic.
>
> >
> > Are you suggesting you have some sort of connection with "ORA"?
>
> I don't think it is appropriate to discuss that here, and it is off
> topic from the thread anyway.
> It is inappropriate to discuss business matters in more detail then that.

Ok, you still want to hide behind your Cone of Silence.

With no credentials, I'm _certainly_ not going to waste time
"negotiating" with you.

> > But my
> > > work involves looking for opportunities like this between the cracks
> > > that are not necessarily obvious to everyone...
> >
> > What's your work?
>
> Roughly speaking, seeking out ways that information and other
> intellectual property can be packaged in ways that add value for the
> interested parties.
>
> Again, sorry for the vagueness,but I don't want to sound like a
> commercial here because that is not the purpose of the forum at all. And
> I doubt that you are likely to ever become a client anyway based on past
> interactions with me here. But I never say never, just being realistic.
>
> Any additional inquiries on this matter should be done privately please.

Most certainly not.

If you are not even willing to provide your name, let alone your
location and your qualifications to be discussing writing systems, I
will certainly not deal privately with you.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...