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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: License for _desktop_, _json_ and appdata po (ca, uk, maybe others)
From:       "Josep Ma. Ferrer" <txemaq () gmail ! com>
Date:       2019-07-23 18:31:33
Message-ID: CADXomxvNmAdLW7ryQhSSuWyxfcpdi3f7j4_dB2F2Y+V44Vhq=Q () mail ! gmail ! com
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Missatge de Luigi Toscano <luigi.toscano@tiscali.it> del dia dl., 8 de
jul. 2019 a les 23:35:
>
> Hi,
>
> looking at the files I think that this message affects for Catalan and
> Ukrainian: can you please recheck the license of po files which ends up into
> the appdata files? Most of the appdata files are distributed under the CC0-1.0
> license, and adding an LGPL license may complicate the work of the distributor
> a bit.
> The same topic apply to _desktop_.po and _json_.po files, where usually the
> license of the program applies.
>
> The use of a different license for the other files is already a mild
> complication, but at least those files are on their own; on the other hand, we
> don't have a proper way right now to inject the copyright and translations of
> those special po files into the original file. And frankly speaking, I'd
> really prefer a bit more of homogeneity here, which would simplify everyone's
> life.
>
> If anyone else had no idea about this licensing issue and assumed something
> different about the license of their files, please speak up.
>
> My tl;dr suggestion is: please use a "this use the same license of the
> original file" for ._desktop_.po, _json_.po and org.kde.*.appdata.po files, or
> at least a dual license (either the same license, or LGPL or whatever other).
>
> --
> Luigi

Done for Catalan and Catalan@Valencian.

Thanks!
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