As I understand, SIL ALSO do a lot of Language Survey (see http://www.ethnologue.com/ ), Language Research (see http://www.sil.org/silesr/yearindex.asp?year=2003 ) and Literacy work for different national/international organization as services which are not religious-oriented (althought it could be religous motivated) tasks.
Edward H. Trager wrote: > On Wednesday 2003.12.03 19:59:45 -0000, Christopher John Fynn wrote: > > > > > or donate them to a community organization > > > like SIL (http://www.sil.org/) or PrimoÅ Peterlin's FreeFont project > > > (http://www.nongnu.org/freefont/). > > > > > > Ed, SIL is backed by very wealthy Christian evangelists whose > purpose is to > > translate the Bible and other Christian material into every > language. Depending > > on your POV you might consider them to be a community organization" > or as some > > kind of religious imperialists. > > Thanks, Chris, I did not know that. I recently saw some good > publicity about the > author of the Gentium font who I believe works for SIL and that's > really all I know > about them. > > > > > > > > > - Chris > > > -- -- Frank Yung-Fong Tang ÅÃÅtÃm ÃrÃhÃtÃÃt, IÃtÃrnÃtiÃnÃl DÃvÃlÃpmeÃt, AOL IntÃrÃÃtÃvà SÃrviÃes AIM:yungfongta mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:650-937-2913 Yahoo! Msg: frankyungfongtan
