Hello,
for the record.
Helge
----- Forwarded message from "\"Schalk W. Cronjé\"" <ysb...@gmail.com> -----> Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:23:56 +0100 > From: "\"Schalk W. Cronjé\"" <ysb...@gmail.com> > To: Helge Kreutzmann <deb...@helgefjell.de> > CC: dwa...@translate.org.za > Subject: Re: Bug#555168: Unclear license situation for (e)glibc locales > provided > by you > User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; af; rv:1.9.2.27) > Gecko/20120216 Thunderbird/3.1.19 > > Absolutely, please remove the text and adjust the license to be the same as > whatever af_ZA, en_ZA are licensed as nowadays. > > I have added that text way back in the 90s when the localisation effort was > just starting in Southern Africa. It is worth a review anyway. I have CC'd > Dwayne Bailey who coordinated *_ZA locales > subsequently. > > Regards. > > Op 07/06/2012 18:51, het Helge Kreutzmann geskryf: > >Hello, > >you are listed as contact person/author of the following locale(s): > > > >en_BW en_ZW > > > >These locales come with a statement > > > >% Distribution and use is free, also > >% for commercial purposes. > > > >Thus they do not allow modification; it is unclear, however, if this > >statement was meant as a license. > > > >As discussed in > >http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555168 these > >locales could strictly speaking not be part of Debian which would be a > >great loss. (Currently they are allowed pending investigation). > > > >To properly resolve this, I would like to ask you the following > >question: > > > >Would you be willing to relicense these locale(s) to a proper license, > >e.g. (L)GPL v2 or higher or another free software license of your choice? > > > >If you have any questions regarding this issue, do not hesitate to > >contact me (via the reply-to address set). > > > >Thanks for helping to resolve this! > > > > Helge > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Dr. Helge Kreutzmann deb...@helgefjell.de Dipl.-Phys. http://www.helgefjell.de/debian.php 64bit GNU powered gpg signed mail preferred Help keep free software "libre": http://www.ffii.de/
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