Re: Unification of free software disclaimers

["Christian Rose" <menthos gnome org>]

On 7/9/06, Alexander Shopov <ash contact bg> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> It seems that most programs are getting the GNU GPL disclaimers in their
> interface. Can we have these messages unified?
>
> 1. Can they be shown in widgets that do not need explicit new lines and
> do the wordflow themselves?
>
> 2. Can we use the template "This program" instead of the real name of
> the program? Thus fewer mistakes will be made.

There are some discussions going on about putting common license
templates into gtk+, which can then be shown in the about boxes of
applications using gtk+ if the application authors enable it:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336225

I'm not sure of how the discussions about localization of the licenses
fit into this, though, or what the outcome has been. If you have
anything to add to the proposals in the bug report, then please do.


Christian