On Mon, 2006-06-19 at 12:31 -0400, Christian Rose wrote: > On 6/19/06, Paolo Maggi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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. > > > > What about storing the most important open source licenses in a unique > > repository in order to minimize string duplication and translators work? > > I'm thinking to a special package like the one containing all the > > languages name (the iso_639 module). > > I would prefer if such functionality could be added to GTK+, at least > for the short License declarations (like "This program is free > software; you can redistribute it and/or > modify it under the terms..."), for the following reasons:
I replied to this thread, but seems like it didn't make it through the list. I've been working on exactly what you suggest in this bug: http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336225 A couple of technical questions remain open, but you get the idea. -- behdad http://behdad.org/ "Commandment Three says Do Not Kill, Amendment Two says Blood Will Spill" -- Dan Bern, "New American Language" _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
