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Subject: Re: Internationalization
From: Tom Welch <tom () linspire ! com>
Date: 2005-05-21 20:59:46
Message-ID: 428FA142.4000300 () linspire ! com
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According to the information on the signup form we say:
Linspire pledges that all translations performed through IRMA, which are
subject to any open source license agreements, will be provided to the
open source community. However, certain software programs, or portions
thereof, included in the Linspire operating system are subject to the
intellectual property rights of Linspire and others. To ensure there is
no confusion down the road, we have spelled out the translation terms in
the Translation
Then if you read further in the license agreement we state that we
maintain the ownership of the "Licensed Software" (which would include
software that we develop) and that included in "Licensed Software" is
software covered by 3rd Party Licenses and that these third party
license agreements may contain terms that expand (or restrict) your
rights to use the software.
I'm including my legal team on this email so they can review as well but
the intent is to ensure that if we put proprietary work into IRMA from
ourselves or other vendors that want help with translations, it can stay
protected.
Tom
Funda Wang wrote:
>Tom> I'm interested in peoples
>Tom> feedback on our tool and possibly how we can best keep the translations
>Tom> coming smoothly. What format would you like us to make the submissions
>Tom> in, how can we best help make KDE a much better translated product?
>Correct me if I'm wrong.
>
>According to the Translator Agreement of IRMA,
>1. Linspire own the translation, rather than the individuals. Thus, if
>those translations be backported to KDE, Linspire will be listed on the
>hall of shame. It is unfair to people who are doing actual works.
>2. Translations are copyrighted work, so it cannot be merged with
>existing KDE translations.
>
>If I'm not wrong, the translators' agreement should be modified, before
>Linspire backporting the IRMA translations.
>
>Regards.
>
>
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According to the information on the signup form we say:<br>
<br>
Linspire pledges that all translations performed through IRMA, which
are subject to any open source license agreements, will be provided to
the open source community. However, certain software programs, or
portions thereof, included in the Linspire operating system are subject
to the intellectual property rights of Linspire and others. To ensure
there is no confusion down the road, we have spelled out the
translation terms in the Translation <br>
<br>
Then if you read further in the license agreement we state that we
maintain the ownership of the "Licensed Software" (which would include
software that we develop) and that included in "Licensed Software" is
software covered by 3rd Party Licenses and that these third party
license agreements may contain terms that expand (or restrict) your
rights to use the software.<br>
<br>
I'm including my legal team on this email so they can review as well
but the intent is to ensure that if we put proprietary work into IRMA
from ourselves or other vendors that want help with translations, it
can stay protected.<br>
<br>
Tom<br>
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Funda Wang wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid20050522032306.04DF.FUNDAWANG@linux.net.cn"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Tom> I'm interested in peoples
Tom> feedback on our tool and possibly how we can best keep the translations
Tom> coming smoothly. What format would you like us to make the submissions
Tom> in, how can we best help make KDE a much better translated product?
Correct me if I'm wrong.
According to the Translator Agreement of IRMA,
1. Linspire own the translation, rather than the individuals. Thus, if
those translations be backported to KDE, Linspire will be listed on the
hall of shame. It is unfair to people who are doing actual works.
2. Translations are copyrighted work, so it cannot be merged with
existing KDE translations.
If I'm not wrong, the translators' agreement should be modified, before
Linspire backporting the IRMA translations.
Regards.
</pre>
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