On 19/06/06, Paolo Maggi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I was giving a look to bug #330868 (Adding "License" button and dialog > to About dialog). It seems to me we are duplicating the same long > strings (mostly the GPL license) in most applications marking them for > translation in order to add a "License" button to the about dialog.
If you intend to present localised license text, please provide a way to turn it off (and probably turn it off by default ...). Translations can introduce ambiguities or change the meaning of a text, which is not acceptable in the case of a legal document. My agreement to license my code under the GPL does not imply my agreement to license it under a random translation of the GPL, so it shouldn't be presented as such to the user. James. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
