--On Tue, Oct 13, 1998 1:41 pm +0200 "Philipp Frauenfelder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi, > > in the course of tranlating intro/license_disc.wml to german I > found some sentences which were not that clear to me. I know the > document is still under development but perhaps it's only a > misunderstanding of some sort. As there is no author's address > (would be reasonable for a page under development) I write to > the whole list. > > First one is in the good/bad part of GPL: > > "Anyone who releases software using the GPL does not consider > these restrictions bad, because it prevents others from making > money off of their hard work while allowing others to use it." > > I understand it like this: "Anyone who releases software using > the GPL does not consider these restrictions bad, because it > prevents others from making money off of their hard work while > not sharing their work with the public." > Whilst the sentence you give is correct (more or less - the GPL doesn't restrict distribution for profit, merely licensing for-profit - a subtle, but important difference), I don't think that it is in fact the desired meaning. I think the desired meaning is that the GPL allows people to use the work, but doesn't allow them to make money off it (again, this is not quite true). > Second sentence is in the section "Some common mistakes in > self-written licenses" in "Requiring that all changes to the > software be reported to the author": > > "History has shown that as long as development on the original > code doesn't stall branches only succeed if there are other > forces driving the split." > > My understanding of this: "History has shown that stalled > branches from development of the original source only succeed if > there are other strong forces inside the project driving the > split." I suspect you would have understood the desired meaning, had there been a few extra commas as follows: "History has shown that, as long as development on the original code doesn't stall, branches only succeed if there are other forces driving the split." I.e - If original development doesn't stall (stop), branches will not succeed, unless other forces drive the split. > > Could please somebody make this clear. Either the formulations > or that I need some more english lessons (which I do anyway) :-). Not as much as I need German lessons... Tschuss Jules /----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------\ | Jelibean aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 6 Evelyn Rd | | Jules aka | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Richmond, Surrey | | Julian Bean | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | TW9 2TF *UK* | +----------------+-------------------------------+---------------------+ | War doesn't demonstrate who's right... just who's left. | | When privacy is outlawed... only the outlaws have privacy. | \----------------------------------------------------------------------/
