Re: Translating Powerfolder !

[Jean-Christophe Helary <fusion mx6 tiki ne jp>]

On 23 oct. 06, at 19:42, Yavor Doganov wrote:

> В Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:41:50 +0930, Clytie Siddall  
> написа:
>
> > http://www.powerfolder.com/
> >
> > This is a keen free-software project looking for translators.
>
> This is the first program that I see licensed under CC-BY-SA -- note
> that this license is considered unsuitable for programmatic works and
> also (versions 2.0 and 2.5) considered non-free by Debian.
> Furthermore,  which is more important, this program depends on the
> proprietary Sun Java, so it is completely useless for the citizens of
> the Free World (see http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html).
>
> I would urge translators to ignore it.

So besides for Debian and non-Java, the world of free computing does  
not exist ?

As a translator who contributes to the free computing world while  
having to use non-free applications professionally, I urge  
translators to not react with sectarian guts and do what they  
consider is right...


Jean-Christophe Helary