Nicolas =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I would like to avoid the positions of two other projects: > > * The Translation Project is asking for a (paper) disclaimer for the GNU > translations [1] (I find it too restrictive)
This is arguably the safest and is similar to other GNU contributions, AIUI. I doubt many projects have the manpower/structures to handle it, so I see why you want to avoid it. > * Translations from Rosetta do not contain the name of the contributors > (how to relicense a software with such a translation?) I think this is stupid and makes lawyerbombs, so I see why to avoid it. > [...] The easiest way would be to indicate > that the licenses of the translations done with this infrastructure are > the same as the original documents. > > Is it sufficient to have such a notice in the documentation of the L10N > infrastrusture (or on the main page, all pages, on mailing list > subscription, etc.)? Maybe, but I'm not sure. Why take that risk? > The infrastructure will also serve some files (e.g. PO files), which > contain original strings (e.g. the strings used in the software). These > files may not contain a license (when they are taken out of their source > tree) or a copyright notice. Do you think it is a problem we should take > into account while building this infrastructure? Do you have an idea on > how it can be solved? Yes, it should be taken into account. Could the infrastructure insert a standard header for the translator copyright notice(s) and put the work under the software's licence? This may require a little extra setup when each source tree is added to the infrastructure, but I think it is still a fairly simple solution. I suggest telling it which lines of which file contain the licence reference, so it can update itself if the upstream licence changes (say GPLv2->3 or even just replacing the FSF's address). For additional safety, can the infrastructure accept GPG-signed submissions? Thanks for working on translation support, -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only: see http://people.debian.org/~mjr/ Please follow http://www.uk.debian.org/MailingLists/#codeofconduct -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
