default disclaimer (was: Re: Invariant sections? GFPL)

[Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>]

On 06/09/2005, at 7:02 AM, Pedro de Medeiros wrote:

> > GFDL (and any other GNU licenses) itself is valid only in original
> > English language[1].  Translated versions are there only for
> > convenience, so just do not worry about it.
>
> Good to know that. Is there a default disclamer notice for that kind
> of thing? So we don't have to come up with a new way of saying that on
> each language GNOME is translated for. Sorry if it is a stupid
> question. :)

If you go to the link Danilo quoted:

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/translations.html

then further down the page, it says:
_______________________________________
To label your translations as unofficial we want you to add the  
following text at the beginning, both in English and in the language  
of the translation---replacing language with the name of that language:

This is an unofficial translation of the GNU General Public License  
into language. It was not published by the Free Software Foundation,  
and does not legally state the distribution terms for software that  
uses the GNU GPL--only the original English text of the GNU GPL does  
that. However, we hope that this translation will help language  
speakers understand the GNU GPL better.

 If you make a translation, please inform the GNU Translation  
Managers <web-translators gnu org>. They will check to make sure that  
your translation follows the above guidelines and make a link to it  
from this page.
_______________________________________

which is really useful to know. :)  There may even be an existing  
translation of each licence for your language, Pedro: see the lists  
further down the page. :)

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhÃm  
Viát hÃa phán mám tá do)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN