Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:22:22 +0300 (MSK) From: Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@FreeBSD.org> To: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Rene Ladan <rene@FreeBSD.org>, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/ru/copyright freebsd-license.sgml Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0911231721280.70057@woozle.rinet.ru> In-Reply-To: <20091119213003.GB1656@frankie.nitro.dk> References: <200911161159.nAGBx9rO005356@repoman.freebsd.org> <e890cae60911160417k48192bb0w2777154d90901f41@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0911162033120.84928@woozle.rinet.ru> <20091119213003.GB1656@frankie.nitro.dk>
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On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Simon L. Nielsen wrote: SLN> > RL> > ? ?ru/copyright ? ? ? ? freebsd-license.sgml SLN> > RL> > ?Log: SLN> > RL> > ?Use less mechanical translation [1] SLN> > RL> > SLN> > RL> > ?1: http://cylib.iit.nau.edu.ua/Mirrors/ask.km.ru/unics/bsd.html SLN> > RL> > SLN> > RL> > ?PR: ? ? www/132091 SLN> > RL> > SLN> > RL> > ?Revision ?Changes ? ?Path SLN> > RL> > ?1.9 ? ? ? +16 -14 ? ?www/ru/copyright/freebsd-license.sgml SLN> > RL> > SLN> > RL> SLN> > RL> I was wondering if the license always applies in each country if SLN> > RL> translated literally. SLN> > RL> I can imagine that some conditions in the disclaimer (the capital text SLN> > RL> part) conflict or are null and void in some countries. SLN> > SLN> > Well, correctness (and especially legal one) is another story; I just switched SLN> > from near-to-unusable wordings to next-to-readable ;-) SLN> SLN> While I think it's a good idea to translate the license so people can SLN> easily understand it, perhaps it would be a good idea to add short a SLN> footer stating that the English version is the authoritative / "legal SLN> version" - just to avoid any misunderstandings. I thought about something similar myself. Done, thank you for the reminder. -- Sincerely, D.Marck [DM5020, MCK-RIPE, DM3-RIPN] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *** Dmitry Morozovsky --- D.Marck --- Wild Woozle --- marck@FreeBSD.org *** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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