[Wikipedia-l] Making Wikipedia even more international

[lsanger at nupedia.com]

Well, I didn't mean translating the license, I meant translating our text
that says that stuff is released under that license.

Larry

On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Michel Clasquin wrote:

> On Saturday 29 September 2001 00:56, lsanger at nupedia.com wrote:
> > Beginning next Tuesday (when Jason Richey returns from a weekend
> > vacation), we are going to be taking the non-English Wikipedias more
> > seriously:
> >
> > 2. We'll be actively seeking out translations of the main text (e.g.,
> > the GNU license notice), and uploading the translations. I.e., we will
> > proactively goes to Wikipedia-L, to the individual non-English
> > Wikipedias, and perhaps also to specific individuals, requesting the
> > text and promising to upload it immediately upon receipt.
>
> Larry,
>
> You might want to talk to the FSF about that. The GNU licenses were't just
> written off the top of Richard Stallman's head - they were checked and
> double checked by some real lawyers - Eben Mugler, (sp?) and such. If one
> of the translations doesn't *quite* carry  the same nuances as the
> original, that could have major legal consequences.
>
>