Re: ubuntu translation credits

[Claude Paroz <paroz email ch>]

Le samedi 23 septembre 2006 �8:16 +0200, Wouter Bolsterlee a �it :
> 2006-09-23 klockan 17:15 skrev Beno�Dejean:
> > 	i've just noticed that on ubuntu 5.04, About->Translators displays most
> > of the time "The Ubuntu Team". I haven't checked newer releases. This
> > seems totally unfriendly. Do they have the right to rip off our names
> > (and copyright ?). We have to to something about this legal issue. Is
> > anyone already aware of this problem ?

There is already bug reports about that.
https://launchpad.net/products/rosetta/+bug/116
https://launchpad.net/products/rosetta/+bug/59377

You can also raise bugs against Ubuntu packages when you see some.

> Ubuntu sucks wrt upstream translation work in many respects. Upstream
> translations are not applied to their packages, while their own translations
> (mostly from inexperienced volunteers using the crappy Rosetta web
> interface) make it into a release, causing *really low* quality i18n for the
> software we worked so hard for to get right and consistent...

Please Wouter, don't rant so hard. It's worth nothing and doesn't help
free software. Ubuntu HAS to improve this situation, and the best way is
to told them to do so.

Regards.

Claude