I will look into this; thank you for bringing it up. Luis
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:41 AM, Ihar Hrachyshka <ihar.hrachys...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > > I'd like to raise a question which was already discussed in gnome-i18n > with no end result [1] in legal-l...@gnome.org hence this email. > > Recently one of Gnome localizers, Andika Triwidada, asked in gnome-i18n > if we should really translate legal notices found in Gnome software > translation catalogues. He stated that there is a policy for this in > Fedora Project [2] which states that asks translators not to translate > legal notices since such translations are risky if not approved by > professional lawyers (which is of course not the case for 99% of Gnome > translations). > > Localization participants tried to find any related policy on Gnome Wiki > pages with no success. Some translators stated that they translate > everything put in translation catalogues, legal notices included. > > It would be great if Gnome legal experts will discuss this problem in > more detail and end up with final policy for translators. > > Below are some examples of such translation messages. They are quite > common in Gnome applications translation catalogues. > > #: ../src/brasero-app.c:1153 > msgid "" > "Brasero is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the > " > "terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software " > "Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later " > "version." > msgstr "" > > #: ../src/brasero-app.c:1158 > msgid "" > "Brasero is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY " > "WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS " > "FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more " > "details." > msgstr "" > > #: ../src/brasero-app.c:1163 > msgid "" > "You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with > " > "Brasero; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin " > "Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA" > msgstr "" > > [1]: http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-i18n/2010-April/msg00193.html > [2]: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/FAQ#Should_I_translate_legal_notices.3F > > _______________________________________________ > legal-list mailing list > legal-l...@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/legal-list > _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
