Danilo Šegan wrote: > On Tuesday at 18:53, Bruno Patri wrote: > > http://translationproject.org/disclaim.txt > > "I disclaim all copyright interest in my works, which consist of > > translation of portions of free software programs from one human > > language to another human language, > > This ("I disclaim...") means that you are putting your > translations in public domain.
Taken by itself it would, but it is preceded by "I [...] do hereby acknowledge to the Free Software Foundation". The disclaimer says this only to the FSF. No maker of a proprietary program can show in court a signed document that says I have disclaimed the interest in my copyright on the strings found in their hypothetical program. So it would be good to adjust the fourth item in the licensing FAQ a little: https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/LicensingFAQ -- maybe "Why no signed disclaimers like for FSF programs?" And then say that it is too much hassle to get and keep a signed document from every contributor? Please notice that it is not the Translation Project that asks for a disclaimer, but the FSF, for all the programs that it owns. At the TP there are many packages (about 90 of the 150) that don't require a disclaimer. Also notice that translators disclaim the _interest in their copyright, not the copyright itself. So they get to keep that. To lawyers this appears to make a difference. Benno -- launchpad-users mailing list launchpad-users@lists.canonical.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users
