Re: unifying copyright entries

[Karl Eichwalder <keichwa gmx net>]

Sander Vesik <Sander.Vesik@sun.com> writes:

> well, imho its very unclear what automaticly extracted from GPL software
> (or really any software) strings would be covered under. I'mnot a lawyer
> but it is not immediately evident that there would be any copyright (other
> than that owned by the person making the pick for the collection onthat
> colection) involved at all.

The one who has written the texts in the first place owns the
copyright; if he does not allow the translation database creation the
publication database is illegal, strictly spoken (IMO).  But one should
ask gnu@gnu.org.

> All the online help documents in gnome are covered by gfdl, and so would
> need to be translations. a copllection of phrases/words made out of such
> would probably be un-encumbered but somebody would need to ask an
> un-biased lawyer.

Under those circumstances one should probably say that within the .po
file.

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