Re: question about license of unofficial translation of GPL as a sample text in dbacl (Re: notmuch users: how do you filter debbugs?)

2016-10-12 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
I'm not a lawyer, so please don't take my recommendations as definitive answer. Regarding license translations that only serve as sample text, then I guess the best thing to do is to remove the sample text. If you decide to contact a lawyer or someone from the FSF who's able to answer this

Re: question about license of unofficial translation of GPL as a sample text in dbacl (Re: notmuch users: how do you filter debbugs?)

2016-10-01 Thread ng0
John Darrington writes: > [ Unknown signature status ] > The GPL itself is not Free (!) > > It's license is: > > "Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies > of this license document, but changing it is not allowed." > > PLUS some extra

Re: question about license of unofficial translation of GPL as a sample text in dbacl (Re: notmuch users: how do you filter debbugs?)

2016-10-01 Thread ng0
Adonay Felipe Nogueira writes: > [ Unknown signature status ] > If I'm not mistaken, translations of the GNU GPL are not legally binding > if they are presented by themselves. > > One must note that when the translation text is preceded by a section > written in the

Re: question about license of unofficial translation of GPL as a sample text in dbacl (Re: notmuch users: how do you filter debbugs?)

2016-10-01 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
I **guess** that restriction on modifying the GPL was made because of the problem of license proliferation that could arise from translations not accepted as such (that is: not accepted as translations). signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: question about license of unofficial translation of GPL as a sample text in dbacl (Re: notmuch users: how do you filter debbugs?)

2016-10-01 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
If I'm not mistaken, translations of the GNU GPL are not legally binding if they are presented by themselves. One must note that when the translation text is preceded by a section written in the license's original language that instructs the reader to take the original one as valid, then the

Re: question about license of unofficial translation of GPL as a sample text in dbacl (Re: notmuch users: how do you filter debbugs?)

2016-10-01 Thread John Darrington
The GPL itself is not Free (!) It's license is: "Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies of this license document, but changing it is not allowed." PLUS some extra permissions regarding translation which are given at https://www.gnu.org/licenses/translations.html Note