On 1 November 2011 11:43, Aleksey Lim <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 01, 2011 at 11:15:01AM +0000, Jimmy O'Regan wrote: >> On 1 November 2011 10:34, Aleksey Lim <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I will try to setup Apertium (and maybe with openmatrex) as en-es/es-en >> > translation backend for Sugar Labs IRC channels to start using it on >> > regular basis. >> > >> > Also, if I got it right, existing Web applicateion, >> > http://wiki.apertium.org/wiki/Tradubi, is not FOSS >> >> Nobody said that. It's Affero GPL, which places no more restrictions >> on modification and redistribution than the GPL3, and is considered >> 'free' by the FSF, and 'open source' by the OSI. >> >> My problem with it is that it places restrictions on *use* that are >> both obnoxious and (IMO) unachievable under copyright law (i.e., it is >> effectively an EULA). So I don't use anything that uses that licence >> (which, in practice, is not that big a deal, because very little >> software I would otherwise consider worth using is affected) - I'm not >> saying *you* shouldn't use it. That's up to you, and I feel no need to >> convert anyone to my 'religion'. > > I meant that I didn't find "Sources" link on its site, maybe I tried not > enough. >
There's a project on sourceforge, I think. >> > and doesn't directly >> > contribute to Apertium database. >> >> That part is correct. > > Anyway having an app that works smooth with Apertium makes more sense. > It might be the Tradubi/modified-Tradubi/something-new.. > Yes. >> > Maybe it makes sense to start thinking >> > about having a la Pootle for contributing directly to Apertium or so, >> > i.e., tools do matter to have sustainable community contribution. >> > I've CCed to Sugar Labs i18n coordinator, Chris Leonard, maybe he has some >> > ideas. >> > >> >> It's not like we haven't thought about it before :) - it just turns >> out to be surprisingly difficult. Perhaps the problem is in trying to >> do _everything_, instead of just the important parts. > > To be honest, my personal intention to start using pure FOSS solution > (instead of yet another free-as-a-beer translation API) is exactly about > having an infrustructure to welcome people to make contribution (that's > exaclty the nature of Sugar process), even if this new solution is less > feature reach than previous one. Great! :) -- <Sefam> Are any of the mentors around? <jimregan> yes, they're the ones trolling you ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ RSA® Conference 2012 Save $700 by Nov 18 Register now http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsa-sfdev2dev1 _______________________________________________ Apertium-stuff mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
