Hello,
for the record.
Helge
----- Forwarded message from "\"Schalk W. Cronjé\"" <ysb33r@gmail.com> -----
> Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2012 00:23:56 +0100
> From: "\"Schalk W. Cronjé\"" <ysb33r@gmail.com>
> To: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
> CC: dwayne@translate.org.za
> Subject: Re: Bug#555168: Unclear license situation for (e)glibc locales provided
> by you
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>
> Absolutely, please remove the text and adjust the license to be the same as whatever af_ZA, en_ZA are licensed as nowadays.
>
> I have added that text way back in the 90s when the localisation effort was just starting in Southern Africa. It is worth a review anyway. I have CC'd Dwayne Bailey who coordinated *_ZA locales
> subsequently.
>
> Regards.
>
> Op 07/06/2012 18:51, het Helge Kreutzmann geskryf:
> >Hello,
> >you are listed as contact person/author of the following locale(s):
> >
> >en_BW en_ZW
> >
> >These locales come with a statement
> >
> >% Distribution and use is free, also
> >% for commercial purposes.
> >
> >Thus they do not allow modification; it is unclear, however, if this
> >statement was meant as a license.
> >
> >As discussed in
> >http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=555168 these
> >locales could strictly speaking not be part of Debian which would be a
> >great loss. (Currently they are allowed pending investigation).
> >
> >To properly resolve this, I would like to ask you the following
> >question:
> >
> >Would you be willing to relicense these locale(s) to a proper license,
> >e.g. (L)GPL v2 or higher or another free software license of your choice?
> >
> >If you have any questions regarding this issue, do not hesitate to
> >contact me (via the reply-to address set).
> >
> >Thanks for helping to resolve this!
> >
> > Helge
> >
>
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