[Foundation-l] translation and the GFDL

Platonides Platonides at gmail.com
Mon Jul 2 17:24:20 UTC 2007


geni wrote:
> On 7/2/07, Any File wrote:
>> You can find some unofficial translation (actually not many) at
>> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/translations.html
>>
>> It seems reasonable to use the translation present there, if
>> available, or to coordinate a translation on that site.
>>
>> AnyFile
> 
> No. See if you use it you risk ending up in the situation where the
> content is licensed under the translation and not the GFDL.

The "only the english version applies" boilerplate (which imho should 
also be
on the translated) should avoid this. However, it's still risky.




More information about the foundation-l mailing list