Vladimir, all,
Vladimir Stefanov wrote: (skipping some very good points) > > The whole problem is with the civil war in Greece in 1940-ties when > over 300.000 Macedonians were banish from the Region called Macedonia > in North Greece (Macedonian geographical region is spread in my > country Republic of Macedonia, Greece and Bulgaria, and it was divided > in Balkans Wars in the beginning of 20 century despite the will of the > Macedonian people to have it's own country), among them my grandfather > and grandmother. Now the Greece is afraid that if we are recognized in > the UN by our constitutional name, the refugees can claim the property > of the land, houses...etc which once belong to them, and now is the > property of the Greeks who came there from souther Greece. That is the > whole picture of the so called "problem with the name" Thank for this information. It helps me get more background on this topic. > > No, our temporary name in the UN is Former Yugoslav Republic Of > Macedonia (FYROM) which is highly offensive to us. If you plan to call > our locale by this name, then I'm afraid there is no point to open any > project in native-language, as my native language is Macedonian, I'm > Macedonian and I leave in the Republic of Macedonia, and nobody can't > tell me how should I call myself. If Greece is so much in love with > that name, they should change their name in South Macedonia, right? > As for the name Skopje, it our capital city, and nobody despite Greece > is using it to address us! And about the ISO code and locale, it is > accepted as "mk" (native spelling of my country name is Makedonija) in > the ISO organization, you can check this on their web site. Also in > KDE, GNOME and all major Linux distributions our name is Macedonia, > and locale is "mk". So, after all this arguments I cannot see why > there should be any problem with the ISO code and locale. All right then. If the ISO code for Macedonian language is mk, then, there is no problem at all. All I wanted to know was to know how the situation was and if there was an ISO code for Macedonian. > > I hope after the marathon you should change your opinion and the > official name of the project will be OpenOffice.org in Macedonian > language. Otherwise, as I told you above, we shall build OO by ourself > and distribute it in our country without the support of your > organization. Please Vladimir, I didn't mean no harm to you nor to the Macedonian culture and country. I had heard about this controversy and didn't know all the details. Here in Paris, I once opened an atlas and at the chapter of the Balkanic region, Macedonia was denominated "Skopje (FYROM)". So I had some reasons questioning not your project but the name issue. Besides, our greek friends (http://el.openoffice.org) do not seem to have a problem with all this, judging by their silence. You are highly welcome Vladimir, you and the Macedonian community in the NLC, please be sure of that. For convenience though, I'd like however to point you out to the L10N project because they will take less time registering you than here. What is needed for the NLC is the following: your OOo username and your registration to the NLC domain name: mk (that will be http://mk.openoffice.org) a signed and sent/faxed copy of the JCA : see here: http://www.openoffice.org/FAQs/faq-licensing.html#usinglicenses and here: http://www.openoffice.org/licenses/jca.pdf As soon as I'll get your OOo username, I'll file the issue for opening the project, but it will stand in a queue. Please be patient! Meanwhile, I suggest you read carefuly http://native-lang.openoffice.org its uses, how to upload your ssh keys, our guidelines, etc. +1 for the Macedonian Native-Lang Project! Best, Charles-H. Schulz. > > Best regards > Vladimir Stefanov > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
